Team
Group Head
The Private Banking business has further strengthened under his leadership and now manages assets close to Rs.5321 bn across over 72,000+ families in India and overseas. In the Euromoney Private Banking and Wealth Management Survey for 2018, 2021 & 2022, HDFC Bank was ranked #1 Private Bank in the High Net worth Super Affluent Clients & Mass Affluent Clients' category respectively. HDFC Bank has been adjudged Best Private Bank in India at the Global Private Banking Awards 2021, organised by Professional Wealth Management (PWM) published by the Financial Times.
Rakesh has over 30 years of experience in managing Client Relationships, Debt and Equity Capital Markets, Structured Finance, Leveraged Finance, Debt Restructuring, and managing Proprietary Investments. Prior to joining HDFC Bank, he worked with Rothschild, Morgan Stanley, DSP Merrill Lynch, Standard Chartered Bank and ANZ Investment Bank.
Rakesh is an MBA from Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad and has completed Technology Leadership Program with University of California (UC), Berkeley, USA. He also serves as a Trustee on the Board of Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action (SNEHA) and is a Member of the Steering Committee of Climate Finance Leadership Initiative (CFLI) India. Sales Team
Guneet re-joined the bank in 2019 having worked in his first stint from 2011 to 2015. Prior to HDFC Bank he has worked with Max Life, Aviva, HSBC Bank, IDFC Bank and also co-founded a Private Wealth Management business named Validus Wealth. Guneet is a Management graduate in marketing from IMI- Delhi and carries domain expertise on Capital Markets across Debt and Equity, Life Insurance and Goal Based Investing.
Product & Research Team
Roopa has over 27 years of experience in managing Client Relationships, Retail Banking, Third Party Products and Banking Programmes. She has worked with HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank prior to joining HDFC Bank.
Ankur joined the bank in February 2022 as Head – Investment Analytics & Wealth Products. He is instrumental in driving client-centric Investments strategy along with his team of Investment Analysts and identifying right products in-line with the market environment. Ankur has over two decades of experience in the Consumer Banking & Wealth Management industry.
Prior to joining HDFC Bank, Ankur was the Chief Executive Officer at Equirus Wealth, a firm he established ab-initio. Prior to setting up Equirus Wealth, he worked with Citibank for over a decade. He has also worked with JP Morgan, ICICI Bank & Asian Paints in past.
In the year 2020, Ankur was awarded "Rising Star for Asia-Pacific" at the 30th Private Banker International Global Wealth Awards. In the year 2019, he was recognized as "40-under-40" talent conducted by AIWMI (Association of International Wealth Management of India) and IAAIF (Indian Association of Alternate Investments Funds) in partnership with Business World Magazine.
He holds a degree in engineering and is an alumnus of IIM Calcutta. He has also authored numerous thought pieces, published articles and interviews with various leading dailies and financial journals.
Rakesh K Singh
Group Head - Investment Banking, Private Banking, International Banking, Digital Ecosystems and BaaS
Rakesh K. Singh is Group Head - Investment Banking, Private Banking, International Banking, Digital Ecosystems and BaaS at HDFC Bank. He joined the bank in 2011 and has been instrumental in setting up the Investment Banking and Project Finance business for HDFC Bank. The Bank is ranked #1 in INR Bonds by Bloomberg for H1 FY 2023 and is amongst the top ranked domestic banks for private sector IPOs and Rights Issues during H1 FY 2023 as per PRIME League Tables. The Bank is also ranked #2 amongst leading arranger of INR Loans by Bloomberg for FY 2022 and is a leader in lending for infrastructure projects across transportation, energy and other sectors.The Private Banking business has further strengthened under his leadership and now manages assets close to Rs.5321 bn across over 72,000+ families in India and overseas. In the Euromoney Private Banking and Wealth Management Survey for 2018, 2021 & 2022, HDFC Bank was ranked #1 Private Bank in the High Net worth Super Affluent Clients & Mass Affluent Clients' category respectively. HDFC Bank has been adjudged Best Private Bank in India at the Global Private Banking Awards 2021, organised by Professional Wealth Management (PWM) published by the Financial Times.
Rakesh has over 30 years of experience in managing Client Relationships, Debt and Equity Capital Markets, Structured Finance, Leveraged Finance, Debt Restructuring, and managing Proprietary Investments. Prior to joining HDFC Bank, he worked with Rothschild, Morgan Stanley, DSP Merrill Lynch, Standard Chartered Bank and ANZ Investment Bank.
Rakesh is an MBA from Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad and has completed Technology Leadership Program with University of California (UC), Berkeley, USA. He also serves as a Trustee on the Board of Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action (SNEHA) and is a Member of the Steering Committee of Climate Finance Leadership Initiative (CFLI) India.
Guneet Singh
Guneet Singh is Business Head – Wealth, managing business across South, East and part of Mumbai. He has over 2 decades of experience serving High Net Worth Families, Corporates and assisting them with their Wealth Management needs.Guneet re-joined the bank in 2019 having worked in his first stint from 2011 to 2015. Prior to HDFC Bank he has worked with Max Life, Aviva, HSBC Bank, IDFC Bank and also co-founded a Private Wealth Management business named Validus Wealth. Guneet is a Management graduate in marketing from IMI- Delhi and carries domain expertise on Capital Markets across Debt and Equity, Life Insurance and Goal Based Investing.
Ritesh Sampat
Ritesh Sampat is Business Head – Wealth for the markets of North, Central India, Gujarat and part of Mumbai. Ritesh has been with the bank for close to 12 years and has over 23 years of experience and was instrumental in setting up Investment Banking & Project Financing practice for HDFC bank. Prior to HDFC Bank, he has worked with Standard Chartered, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch & ICICI Bank. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Certified Treasury Manager and has vast experience across project finance, structured / mezzanine financing & bonds market.Roopa Natarajan
Roopa Natarajan has been with the Bank since 2004 and has held various positions in the bank across Retail Branch Banking, Third Party Products and Managed Programmes. In her current role, she is responsible for the bank’s Mass Affluent, High Net Worth Client Propositions across Wealth, Imperia, Preferred, Classic & Prime segments. In her earlier role as Head of Third Party Products, she was instrumental in introducing Open Architecture having multiple agency partners each for Life, General & Health Insurance at HDFC Bank in order to offer complete range of solutions as per client needs.Roopa has over 27 years of experience in managing Client Relationships, Retail Banking, Third Party Products and Banking Programmes. She has worked with HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank prior to joining HDFC Bank.
Ankur Maheshwari
Head – Investment Analytics and Wealth ProductsAnkur joined the bank in February 2022 as Head – Investment Analytics & Wealth Products. He is instrumental in driving client-centric Investments strategy along with his team of Investment Analysts and identifying right products in-line with the market environment. Ankur has over two decades of experience in the Consumer Banking & Wealth Management industry.
Prior to joining HDFC Bank, Ankur was the Chief Executive Officer at Equirus Wealth, a firm he established ab-initio. Prior to setting up Equirus Wealth, he worked with Citibank for over a decade. He has also worked with JP Morgan, ICICI Bank & Asian Paints in past.
In the year 2020, Ankur was awarded "Rising Star for Asia-Pacific" at the 30th Private Banker International Global Wealth Awards. In the year 2019, he was recognized as "40-under-40" talent conducted by AIWMI (Association of International Wealth Management of India) and IAAIF (Indian Association of Alternate Investments Funds) in partnership with Business World Magazine.
He holds a degree in engineering and is an alumnus of IIM Calcutta. He has also authored numerous thought pieces, published articles and interviews with various leading dailies and financial journals.