Narayanan Vaghul

Overview

Narayanan Vaghul has served as one of our directors and our Chairman of the Board since July 2006. Mr. Vaghul is currently Chairman of the Board of ICICI Bank Limited, the second largest bank in India, which he joined in October 1985 as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Vaghul relinquished his position as Chief Executive Officer at ICICI in May 1996. At ICICI, Mr. Vaghul was instrumental in starting an investment bank, a commercial bank, a venture capital company and an asset management company, as part of the ICICI group. From August 1978 to December 1980, Mr. Vaghul served as Executive Director of Central Bank of India and from January 1981 to December 1983, Mr. Vaghul served as the Chairman of the Board of the Bank of India. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Mittal Steel, WIPRO Limited, Apollo Hospitals, Mahindra and Mahindra Limited and Nicholas Piramal. Mr. Vaghul has a B.Com degree from Madras University.