P V Bharathi is Corporation Bank new MD & CEO

The Government of India has appointed P V Bharathi as Managing Director and CEO of Corporation Bank. Bharathi took over the charge on Friday.

She is a graduate in Science and a Bachelor of Education and holds a Post Graduation in Arts (Economics). She is Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers and has done an integrated Course on Banking and Finance from NIBM, Pune.

Prior to this appointment, Bharathi was Executive Director in Canara Bank since September 15, 2016 where she was responsible for many key areas including HR, Corporate Credit, Retail Banking, Credit Monitoring, Recovery, Risk Management, Information and Technology, Audit and Inspection, International Banking, Treasury and others.

She is a seasoned banker with over 37 years of varied experience in handling key responsibilities in branches, regional offices, circle offices and head office, covering a vast spectrum of banking operations.

She joined the Banking Industry as an officer in 1982 in Canara Bank and served in various capacities in Branches and Administrative Offices of the Bank across the length and breadth of the country and Hong Kong.

As a General Manager, she was the Chief Risk Officer of Canara Bank.

She has held various important positions during the course of her career. She was Canara Bank’s nominated member on the IBA’s Working Group for Standardisation of Procedure for Empanelment of Valuers by Banks.

She was on the Board of various subsidiaries of Canara Bank and a Joint Venture - M/s Commercial Indo Bank LLC, Moscow.

Currently, she has been appointed as Scheduled Commercial Banks’ (SCBs) nominee Director on the Board of India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL) by Government of India.