
Ganesh Narayanan Succeeds Udaya K. Hebbar As CEO & MD Of CreditAccess Grameen
CreditAccess Grameen Limited, a Bengaluru-based NBFC-MFI, has appointed Ganesh Narayanan as its Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director (CEO & MD), effective August 5, 2025, following approval from the Reserve Bank of India.
Narayanan succeeds Udaya Kumar Hebbar, who has been appointed as Non-Executive (Nominee) Director at CreditAccess Grameen.
Narayanan joined the company in January 2020 as Chief Business Officer (CBO) and brings over 27 years of experience in banking and financial services. He has held senior leadership roles at ICICI Bank, Fullerton India (now SMFG India Credit), and YES Bank, with deep expertise in rural & agri banking, microfinance, and financial institutions. At YES Bank, he served as Group President & Deputy National Head of IFI Banking, overseeing diverse segments including NBFCs, cooperative banks, capital markets, and fintechs. Narayanan holds a master’s degree in management and a degree in electronics.
Hebbar has over four decades in the financial services sector and began his career at Corporation Bank before joining ICICI Bank in 1995, where he led key functions like Corporate Credit, Payment Operations, and Rural-Micro Banking. He later headed Commercial & Payment Operations at Barclays India. In 2010, driven by a passion for social impact, Hebbar became CEO of CreditAccess Grameen, scaling it from Rs 250 crore to over Rs 26,000 crore in assets and expanding outreach to 4.8 million borrowers. He is a commerce postgraduate from Kundapur and holds a banking operations degree from Vanderbilt University. He is also a Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB).