Yes Bank Limited announced that Mr. Pankaj Sharma has been appointed as Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer of the Bank. At YES Bank, Mr. Sharma will work with key stakeholders to translate and align the bank?s strategy into transformation activities and initiatives and to develop a clear roadmap to achieve the bank?s strategic and financial objectives. As a highly trusted and strategic partner to the CEO and the Board, he will be responsible for identifying and evaluating growth opportunities.

Mr. Sharma will also lead the Implementation of major organizational transformation and change programs, including direct oversight of digital transformation initiatives. Responsible for Innovation and Partnerships, and Transformation, he will play a critical role in ensuring the successful development and execution of the bank?s strategic priorities. Mr. Sharma is a senior banking professional with 25 years of experience in the Banking and Financial Services industry.

He brings rich experience of leading organization wide business transformation programs, product life cycle management, large scale distributed service footprint, centralized back-office transaction delivery and driving business productivity and process efficiency. His expertise also involves driving large-scale technology deployments across Business Operations. Mr. Sharma joins Yes Bank from RBL Bank, where he was COO and responsible for Operations, Transformation & Corporate Services.

He previously held several executive positions with Axis Bank, ICICI Bank, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance and GE Countrywide. Mr. Sharma is a Certified Master Black Belt and holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Studies from College of Business Studies, University of Delhi and has done his MBA (Finance) from Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development, Pune.