Aditya Puri

Aditya Puri is a senior advisor at The Carlyle Group. He was the managing director of HDFC Bank, India's largest private sector bank. He assumed this position in September 1994. Puri was the longest-serving head of any private bank in the country. India Today ranked him at #24 in India's 50 Most Powerful People of 2017 list.

Biography

Aditya Puri was born in Gurdaspur District (Punjab) and studied at Punjab University, Chandigarh, gaining a bachelor's degree in Commerce. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

Career He has worked in the banking sector for 40 years, in India and other countries. He became CEO of Citibank, Malaysia in 1992. In September 1994 he returned to India as managing director of HDFC Bank.

He presided over HDFC's acquisitions of Times Bank Limited in 2000 and of Centurion Bank of Punjab in 2010.

In August 2019 he was reported to be the most highly paid CEO of any Indian bank with a monthly salary of .

He officially stepped down from his position in HDFC Bank on 26 October 2020. Sashidhar Jagdishan took charge as the chief executive officer (CEO) of HDFC Bank from 27 October 2020. In January 2021, he joined the biopharma company Strides Group as Advisor and will also serve as a Director of its associate company, Stelis Biopharma. He recently joined Deloitte India as a Senior advisor in 4 October 2023.

Awards and honours 2020 Induction in Chartered Accountants Hall of Fame

2019 QIMPRO Platinum Standard Awards 2019 - National Statesman for Quality in Business "Corporate and Philanthropic leadership Award" by American Indian Foundation "AIMA - JRD TATA Corporate Leadership Award" by the AIMA.

2018 Barron's Top 30 Global CEOs

2016 The only Indian to feature in Fortunes Businessperson of the Year list. Best CEO: Institutional Investor All-Asia Executive Team ranking 2016 Outstanding Business Leader of the year-CNBC-TV18 India Business Leader Awards (IBLA) 2015-16 Barron's World's Top 30 CEOs

2015 Best CEO Award - Business Today

Personal life He is the father of actress Amrita Puri and son Amit Puri. He is cousin of Bharat Puri MD of Pidilite Industries and Ex CMD of Cadbury India.