Mr. K. V. Kamath, Managing Director and CEO, ICICI Bank Limited
Mr. Kamath was born on December 2, 1947, in Mangalore, Karnataka.
After completing Higher Secondary and Pre-University from St. Aloysius, he joined the Karnataka Regional Educational College (KREC) for a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering. After graduating from KREC in 1969, he joined the prestigious Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) for a Masters Degree in Business Administration. The two-year curriculum at IIMA served as a valuable input in the process of his development as a manager and future business leader.
Mr. Kamath is a Member of the Governing Board on various educational institutions including the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad, Indian School of Business, National Institute of Bank Management and Manipal Academy of Higher Education. Mr. Kamath is also a Member of the National Council of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). The Asian Banker Journal of Singapore had voted Mr. Kamath as the most e-savvy CEO amongst Asian banks. Recently, the Mumbai Management Association conferred him with the Finance Man of the Year award and the World HRD Congress in its Mumbai session in November 2000, voted Mr. Kamath as the best CEO for Innovative HR practices.
Mr. Kamath was named CNBC-TV18's "Outstanding Business Leader of the Year" in 2006, Business India's "Businessman of the Year" in 2005 and CNBC's "Asian Business Leader of the Year" in 2001.