Shikha Sharma (born November 19, 1958) is the Managing Director & CEO of Axis Bank, the third largest private sector bank in India. Sharma joined Axis Bank in 2009 and as a leader adept at managing change, she has focused on transforming Axis Bank into a Bank with strengths across a wide range of Corporate and Retail Banking products. At Axis Bank, she has focused on strengthening its retail lending franchise, enlarged its investment banking & advisory capabilities and developed a comprehensive portfolio of products in the payments space.
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Early life and education
Daughter of an officer in the Indian Army, Shikha was born on November 19, 1958. As her father was an army man, the Sharma family travelled all over the country and Shikha attended seven schools in as many cities before finishing her schooling from Loreto Convent in Delhi. She went on to do BA (Honours) in Economics from the Lady Shri Ram College for Women (LSR) in Delhi and MBA from IIM Ahmedabad. She also holds a post-graduate diploma in Software Technology from the National Centre for Software Technology in Mumbai.
According to a Business Standard report, "Physics was her first choice for an undergraduate course but she settled for economics because the former was not offered by LSR. But she has no regrets as economics gave her enough opportunity to prove her formidable skills in maths -- a subject very close to her heart."
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Family
Sharma is married to Sanjaya Sharma, her batch-mate at IIM-A. Sanjaya is the ex- Chief Executive Officer of Tata Interactive Systems. The couple have two children, Tilak and Tvisha, Sharma has two younger brothers who are cardiologists.
Career
Sharma has more than three decades of experience in the financial sector having begun her career with ICICI Bank in 1980. In her 29-year tenure with the ICICI group, Sharma was instrumental in setting up ICICI Securities - a joint venture between ICICI and J.P. Morgan, besides setting up various group businesses for ICICI, including investment banking and retail finance. In her last assignment at ICICI, as Managing Director & CEO of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company, she built and contributed remarkably to make it the number 1 private sector Life Insurance Company in India.
Achievements
Since Sharma's appointment as MD & CEO of Axis Bank in 2009, the bank's stock has gained over 90%. After one and half year of her appointment as MD & CEO Axis Bank acquired Enam Securities. The bank's compounded annual net profit growth rate was above 20 per cent in the three years ending 2014-15. The bank's net non-performing asset ratio was 1.34 per cent as of March 2015, much lower than the 4.4 per cent for the banking sector as a whole. Net profit in 2015-16 rose 18.3 per cent to Rs 7,358 crore, operating profit was up 24 per cent at Rs 3,582 crore, while net interest income grew 19 per cent to Rs 14,224 crore. Advances grew 22 per cent and deposits were up 15 per cent during the year, both higher than the industry. The share of low-cost current account savings account (CASA) deposits remained stable at 45 per cent, a high ratio. The Bank continued its international expansion during the year and opened a Representative Office in Dhaka.
Under Sharma's leadership, Axis Bank has received many awards notably, 'Bank of the Year in India' for the year 2014 by The Banker Magazine, Financial Times. The Bank was conferred the Certificate of Recognition for excellence in Corporate Governance by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), for the year 2015. The Bank was ranked as the 'Most Trusted Private Sector Bank' second year in a row - 'Most Trusted Brand Survey', conducted by Brand Equity, Economic Times. Axis Bank was ranked No 1 company to work for in the BFSI sector - 'The Best Companies to Work for' survey by Business Today in 2013. As an acknowledgement of her efforts, Harvard Business School published a case study on Managing Change at Axis Bank in 2013.
The Bank's CSR arm, Axis Bank Foundation, won the title of 'Outstanding Corporate Foundation' as part of the Forbes India Philanthropy Awards 2014. Axis Bank Foundation has set a target of providing sustainable livelihood to one million households by 2017.
Awards and recognition
- 'Banker of the Year' for 2014-15 by Business Standard
- AIMA - JRD Tata Corporate Leadership Award for the Year 2014
- 'India's Best Woman CEO' by Business Today- 2013
- 'Transformational Business Leader of the Year' at AIMA's Managing India Awards - 2012
- Woman Leader of the year' at Bloomberg - UTV Financial Leadership Awards - 2012
- Businessworld's Banker of the Year Award - 2012
- Forbes List of Asia's 50 Power Business Women - 2012
- Indian Express Most Powerful Indians - 2012
- India Today Power List of 25 Most Influential Women - 2012
- Finance Asia's Top 20 Women in Finance - 2011
- Business Today 'Hall of Fame' - 2011
- Fortune Global and India list of 50 Most Powerful Women in Business - 2011
- Businesswoman of the Year at the Economic Times Awards - 2008
- Entrepreneur of the Year - Manager at the E&Y Entrepreneur Awards - 2007
- Outstanding Businesswoman of the Year, CNBC TV 18's Business Leader Awards
References
External links
- Board of Directors:Shikha Sharma, MD & CEO Axis Bank
- Quintessential Risk-Taker
- Stuff Of Folklore
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- I want to make Axis Bank India's JPMorgan: Shikha Sharma
- Eight Indians among Forbes Asia's 50 top businesswomen
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- In Conversation with Shikha Sharma On Global Vs Domestic Crises
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- Philanthropy Awards 2014
- Fixing The Big Picture: Axis Bank Foundation
- India's best CEOs 2015: Axis Bank under Shikha Sharma yielded remarkable results
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