Wednesday, August 6, 2008

George Joseph is new CMD of Syndicate Bank



George Joseph has taken over as Chairman and Managing Director of Syndicate Bank. Prior to this, he was the Executive Director of Syndicate Bank since April 2006. During his tenure as Executive Director of the Syndicate Bank, George Joseph grew the business from INR 91,284 crore to INR 1,60,368 crore.

George Joseph is a commerce graduate with first rank from Kerala University. He stood first among the Indian candidates and 11th in the world in AIB Examination (London) of the Institute of Bankers, London. He is also a Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Banking & Finance. George Joseph joined Canara Bank as Probationary Officer in 1969 and served the Bank in various capacities. While at Canara Bank, he was deputed to Bahrain as Chief Executive of the Exchange Company under Canara Bank management. George Joseph had served Canara Bank for over 36 years. Before joining Syndicate Bank.

Syndicate Bank was established in 1925 in Udupi, the abode of Lord Krishna in coastal Karnataka with a capital of INR. 8000 by three visionaries - Sri Upendra Ananth Pai, a businessman, Sri Vaman Kudva, an engineer and Dr.T M A Pai, a physician - who shared a strong commitment to social welfare.

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