Development Credit Bank (DCB); Max Healthcare Institute Ltd; SOS Children's Villages of India and Society for Integrated Development of Himalayas (SIDH).
Mr. Singh is a Chartered Accountant with over three decades of experience in the financial services sector, including over two decades as a Chief Executive for various businesses. Having built a number of successful businesses, he is now pursuing Board level engagements with select professionally managed and value driven organizations, which aim to leverage the full potential of an active Board.
Earlier, Mr. Singh was Country Head, India and Regional Head, Consumer Banking, Middle East and South Asia, for ANZ Grindlays Bank - the largest foreign bank in India. At ANZ Grindlays Bank, he implemented a new revenue led business strategy and significantly turned around the bank's overall performance.
Mr. Singh has also been the Country General Manager for retail banking at Bank of America for five years. He spearheaded Bank of America's launch in India and oversaw the retail banking business in the country. He was appointed a member of the global key 200 management group of Bank of America by office of the Chairman. Mr. Singh introduced 365 day banking in India.
Mr. Singh worked for 15 years in various leadership positions with American Express and concluded as Regional General Manager for South Asia. He established the company in several countries in the region. His exemplary work in launching new products and services in regional markets, including the signature American Express Card, earned him the coveted "Chairman's Award for Quality" in 1994. He also inspired the creation of the Finance Resource Center (FRC) - the country's first Business Processes Outsourcing organization, which is now a living example of successful strategic reengineering.
Qualified as Chartered Accountant in 1976, Mr. Singh did his article-ship from A.F. Ferguson and Co., a leading firm of public accountants in India, where he also spent two years as a Management Consultant. He also worked overseas, with Ernst & Young.
Mr. Singh graduated from Delhi University in 1973 and studied at the Doon School, Dehra Dun.
Mr. Singh is married to Catherine Morice Singh, a professor of Mathematics and a keen Indologist. They have two daughters, Priyanka and Divya, who are pursuing college in Australia and France respectively. |