CAREER
5 May 2006 HSBC
Chief Executive Officer of HSBC India and Country Head of HSBC Group Companies in India
November 2002 Deputy Chief Executive Officer HSBC, India Vice Chairperson & Managing Director HSBC Securities & Capital Markets India Pvt Ltd
1994-2002 Morgan Stanley India / JM Morgan Stanley
Vice Chairperson and Head Investment Banking
1982-1994 Anz Grindlays Bank Plc. (now Standard Chartered Bank)
1994-1991 Chief Manager Retail Bank
1989-1991 Chief Manager and Head Investment Bank, India
1987-1989 Manager North India of the Investment Bank based in Delhi
1984-1987 Manager West India of the Investment Bank based in Bombay
1977-1980 Price Waterhouse & Co.
EDUCATION
1980-1982 Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, Boston, Massachusetts (USA) Degree of Master in Business Administration
1977-1980 Institute of Chartered Accountants, Delhi (India) Studied Chartered Accountancy
1974-1977 Delhi University Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi (India) Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics (Honors)
1968-1973 Loreto Convent, Simla (India) Indian School Certificate Examination (specialisation in Science and Mathematics).
BOARD MEMBERSHIPS
India Board of Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, (USA)
Chairperson Population and Health Committee and Member National Council of Confederation of Indian Industry and Corporate Governance Council (India)
Member Governing Body NCAER (National Council of Applied Economic Research, India)
National Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board of the Government of India (India)
Board of Dean's Advisors and India Advisory Board, the Harvard Business School (USA)
Government of India representative on the Indo German Consultative Group
Board member of the Grassroots Trading Network for Women
Member of the Indian advisory council of the City of London
PERSONAL BACKGROUND
Interests include Western and Indian classical music, books, wildlife.