Renu Kohli Appointed as Non-Executive Independent Director of CSB Bank

The Board of Directors of CSB Bank Limited has approved the appointment of Renu Kohli as an Additional Director (non-executive and independent) for a period of five years, with effect from December 14, 2023. Subject to the approval of the shareholders of the bank.

The Board has also approved the appointment of Satyendra Sharma as the Chief Risk Officer of the Bank, with effect from January 8, 2024. The appointment is for a fixed tenure of a minimum of three years. With the appointment of Satyendra Sharma, the current Chief Risk Officer (Interim), Ragesh M., will step down from the post as of January 6, 2024.

Renu Kohli has experience with macroeconomic policies and issues. Kohli is currently the Senior Fellow at the Centre for Social and Economic Progress (CSEP), an independent public policy think tank based in New Delhi. She has previously worked with the RBI, the IMF, and think tanks including ICRIER and the Institute of Economic Growth. She has been published in refereed journals such as the Review of Development Economics, Journal of Development Studies, Journal of Asian Economics, Oxford University Press, IMF Working Papers, RBI Staff Papers, and contributed to edited volumes. She is currently on the boards of National Commodities Management Services Limited and NCML Finance Private Limited as an Independent Director. She has exposure to multilateral surveillance, including Article IV missions. As a short-term expert with the IMF Institute, her training missions include courses on financial programming and policies and macroeconomic diagnostics. She has wider engagement with the private financial sector and investors through talks, presentations, and consultations on Indian macroeconomic policies. She has a Doctorate of Philosophy (DPhil) in Economics.