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Highlights of Q3 FY22 Results

Board of Directors: MD & CEO Profile Section 6: Board of Directors & Key Shareholders Vaidyanathan worked with Citibank from 1990-2000 in retail banking, then set up ICICI Group's retail banking from 2000-2009. He built ICICI Bank's branch network to 1411 branches and 28 million customers, built a large retail deposits & CASA business, and built retail loans including mortgages, auto loans, credit cards and personal credit businesses to Rs. 1.35 trillion ($30 bn). He was appointed at the Board of ICICI Bank in 2006 at age 38. In 2009, he became the MD and CEO of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company in India. In 2010, he quit ICICI Group for an entrepreneurial opportunity to acquire an NBFC with an idea to convert it to a bank focused on consumer and MSME lending. On acquiring equity stakes, he shut down all non-core businesses like broking and real estate financing, and instead used the NBFC platform to build MSME and Consumer Financing businesses, based on new technologies and algorithms. Between 2010 to 2018, he grew the loan book from Rs. 94 crores to Rs. 29,600 crores (US$4.05b), grew the equity capital from Rs. 691 crores (US$118 m) to Rs. 3,993 crores (US$600 m), reduced Gross NPA from 5.3% to 1.9%, reduced Net NPA from 3.6% to 1%, acquired 7 million customers, got the long-term credit rating upgraded from A+ to AAA, turned around the company from losses of US$5 m (2010) to profit of US$50 m (2018), and increased the market cap 10 times from Rs. 780 crores (US$120 m) to Rs. 8,200 crores (US$1.2 b) between 2012 to 2018. Capital First was growing at a 5-year CAGR of loan growth of 30%, and 55% in PAT between 2013-2018. Then, in order to secure a commercial banking license, he agreed to merge Capital First with IDFC Bank in December 2018 and took over as the MD and CEO of the merged entity. Since then he has increased retail loan book to Rs. 85,337 crores, and grown retail from 36% at merger to 70% of loans, increased NIM from 2.9% at merger to 5.90%, increased CASA from 8.7% to 51.5%, turned the bank into profitability, and is currently busy converting the bank into a world-class retail bank in India. The bank now has over 10 million customers and loan book of Rs. 1.2 lac crores (~US$16 bn). He believes India provides unlimited opportunity in financial services in India. During his career, he and his organization have received a number of domestic and international awards including the prestigious CNBC Awaaz Entrepreneur of the year 2020, CNBC Asia's "Innovative company of the year" India Business Leader Awards-2017, "Most Inspirational Leveraged Management Buyout, India 2018" by CFI Awards, "Entrepreneur of the Year" Award at Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards 2017, "Transformational Leader 2018" by CFI Awards UK, "Financial Services Company of the Year, 2018 - VC Circle", "Outstanding contribution to Financial Inclusion, India, 2017" from Capital Finance, London, "Most Promising Business Leaders of Asia" 2016 by Economic Times, 'Outstanding Entrepreneur Award' in Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards 2016, Business Today - India's Most Valuable Companies 2016 & 2015, Economic Times 500 India's Future Ready Companies 2016, Fortune India's Next 500 Companies 2016, Dun & Bradstreet India's Top 500 Companies & Corporates 2016 & 2015. During his prior stint, awards included "Best Retail bank in Asia 2001", "Excellence in Retail Banking Award" 2002, "Best Retail Bank in India 2003, 2004, and 2005" from the Asian Banker, "Most Innovative Bank" 2007, 77 "Leaders under 40" from Business Today in 2009, and was nominated for "Retail Banker of the Year" by EFMA Europe for 2008. He is an alumnus of Birla Institute of Technology and Harvard Business School (Advanced Management Program). He has run 23 half-marathons and 8 full marathons.
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