K. V. Kamath

Kundapur Vaman Kamath
Chair of the New Development Bank
In office
11 May 2015 – 27 May 2020
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byMarcos Prado Troyjo[1]
Personal details
Born (1947-12-02) 2 December 1947 (age 76)
Mangalore, Province of Madras, Dominion of India (present-day Karnataka, India)
SpouseRajalaxmi
ChildrenAjay Kamath (son)
Ajnya Kamath Pai (daughter)
Alma materNITK
IIM Ahmedabad
OccupationPresident of New Development Bank
former Independent director at Infosys
former Chairman of ICICI Bank
AwardsPadma Bhushan

Kundapur Vaman Kamath is the current Independent Director and Non-Executive Chairman of Jio Financial Services[2] and the former chief of the New Development Bank of BRICS countries, previously he has also served as the Chairman of Infosys Limited, the second-largest Indian IT services company, and as the Non-Executive Chairman of ICICI Bank. Kamath also served as ICICI Bank's founder and Managing Director and CEO from 1 May 1996 until his retirement from executive responsibilities on 30 April 2009.[3]

Kamath took charge as the Chairman of Infosys from N. R. Narayana Murthy on 21 August 2011.[4] He remained Chairman till June 2015.[5] Before serving in this position, he was the Non-Executive Chairman of the company from 2 May 2011.

Kamath also serves as an independent director on the boards of the Houston-based oil services company Schlumberger since 2010, and the Indian pharmaceutical manufacturer Lupin. He is also a member of the Board of Governors of the Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University.[6]

  1. ^ "KV Kamath demits office as NDB President, Brazil's Marcos Troyjo to replace". businesstoday.in. New Delhi: Business Today. 30 May 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020. Kamath, 72, was the non-executive Chairman of the ICICI bank beside Chairman of the IT bellwether Infosys before joining the NDB.
  2. ^ https://www.jiofinancialservices.com/our-company[dead link]
  3. ^ "Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned". Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  4. ^ IIFL: KV Kamath: Infosys may spend US$1bn on acquisitions
  5. ^ "KV Kamath steps down from Infosys, R Seshasayee appointed". The Economic Times. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Reliance appoints K V Kamath as independent director". The Times of India. 4 November 2022. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 14 September 2023.

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