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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
Business Head – Wealth for Central India, East, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh & Telangana
Ankur joined HDFC Bank in February 2022 as Head of Investment Analytics & Wealth Products. In that role, he spearheaded client-centric investment strategies, leveraging his team of analysts to identify market-aligned products. He has over two decades of experience in Consumer Banking & Wealth Management.
Prior to HDFC, Ankur founded and led Equirus Wealth, after a decade at Citibank and roles at JP Morgan, ICICI Bank, and Asian Paints.
He's been recognised with awards like "Rising Star for Asia-Pacific" in 2020 and "40-under-40" in 2019 by AIWMI, IAAIF, and Business World Magazine.
Ankur is an engineering graduate and IIM Calcutta alum. He is also a prolific author with publications in leading dailies and financial journals.
Business Head – Wealth for Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala
Rajesh has been with HDFC Bank for close to 3 years. He has over two decades of experience across Private Banking, Wealth Management and Retail Banking.
Prior to joining HDFC Bank, he worked with Citibank India for close to 17 years. He started his career with a 2-year stint at Tata Steel as a mining engineer.
Rajesh is BE in Mining Engineering from Bengal Engineering College, Shibpur, Kolkata (now IIEST) and MBA from NMIMS, Mumbai. He likes long distance running, swimming, music & movies, tracking Indian politics and spending time with family.
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.
Product & Research Team
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.
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.
Ankur Maheshwari
Business Head – Wealth for Central India, East, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh & Telangana
Ankur joined HDFC Bank in February 2022 as Head of Investment Analytics & Wealth Products. In that role, he spearheaded client-centric investment strategies, leveraging his team of analysts to identify market-aligned products. He has over two decades of experience in Consumer Banking & Wealth Management.
Prior to HDFC, Ankur founded and led Equirus Wealth, after a decade at Citibank and roles at JP Morgan, ICICI Bank, and Asian Paints.
He's been recognised with awards like "Rising Star for Asia-Pacific" in 2020 and "40-under-40" in 2019 by AIWMI, IAAIF, and Business World Magazine.
Ankur is an engineering graduate and IIM Calcutta alum. He is also a prolific author with publications in leading dailies and financial journals.
Rajesh Singh
Business Head – Wealth for Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala
Rajesh has been with HDFC Bank for close to 3 years. He has over two decades of experience across Private Banking, Wealth Management and Retail Banking.
Prior to joining HDFC Bank, he worked with Citibank India for close to 17 years. He started his career with a 2-year stint at Tata Steel as a mining engineer.
Rajesh is BE in Mining Engineering from Bengal Engineering College, Shibpur, Kolkata (now IIEST) and MBA from NMIMS, Mumbai. He likes long distance running, swimming, music & movies, tracking Indian politics and spending time with family.
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.