Profile Overview
Ashwini Mehra
Sr. Advisor Restructuring
Over three decades of banking experience with State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest commercial bank, with deep expertise in Business Strategy, Institutional lending, Corporate & Project Finance, Credit Risk, Retail Banking, and HR & Talent management across different markets (India and US)
KEY POSITIONS HELD
Dy. Managing Director – Corporate Development Officer (CDO) Nov 2014 – Oct 2016
Introduced the largest performance management system globally for objectively evaluating performance of ~1,70,000 employees
Introduced state-of-the-art talent management processes and employee career paths, a first among PSBs
Revamped postings policies at SBI, to reduce transfers by >25%, and bring in transparency & objectivity
Undertook several initiatives to improve quality of new hires including a proposal to IBA on hiring of management graduates cadre (in progress), and re-designing selection process of Probationary officers, including website upgrade.
Led the committee for negotiation of non-monetary issues of non-officer cadres in the banking industry level Xth Bipartite settlement from December 2014 to May 2015
Bank’s Director on the Indian Instt. Of Banking & Finance, formed under the aegis of IBA
Controller of the Training system consisting of 47 Training Centres all over the country and 5 Apex Trg Institutes incl. e-learning, strategic tie-ups with Harvard, NIBM, etc.
Controller of Corporate Communications, Public Relations, CSR initiatives, Corporate Services, legal department, security & liaison.
Additional leadership positions
Led SBI’s operations in Karnataka as Chief General Manager, Bangalore Circle 2012 – 2014
Gen Mgr in charge of Bank’s retail operations in Hyderabad & present day Telengana 2011
Executive Vice President and Head of SBI Capital Markets Ltd. in New Delhi 2009 – 2010
Dy Head of Project Finance SBU for funding large Infrastructure & industrial projects 2004-2008
Assistant Vice President of Credit Department in New York, USA 1993 – 1997
ADDITIONAL CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Chairman of the Whole Bank Credit Committee for sanction of large advances.
Bank ascended to No. 1 position in business in Karnataka, despite 5 other PSBs & our Associate (SBM) headquartered in Bangalore/Manipal.
Established a large industrial projects appraisal cell within Project Finance Special Business Unit in early 2004-08
Established a new format high value credit appraisal cell at N Delhi under BPR for faster turnaround time in 2003
Migrated Jaipur Branch (staff nos. 250) from manual accounting to Bank Master within 2 months of joining in 1998
ADDITIONAL ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Attended Executive Development Programs on topics of Leadership, Credit, Infrastructure Finance and Marketing at:
Wharton Business School, USA
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Illinois, USA
Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow
Others including Euromoney (Mumbai & London), Robert Morris Associates, USA; Queens College, City University of New York, USA; Columbia University and World Bank Institute