Newly-appointed President of $100-billion BRICS bank K. V. Kamath, on Monday, said he would relinquish his current responsibilities in the next few days and move to Shanghai, the headquarters of the New Development Bank (NDB).
“I have not yet left posts. I am in the process of disengaging (and) in the next few days, I hope to do that. Let me go to Shanghai and understand the situation better,” he told reporters after meeting Finance Minister Arun Jaitley here.
Seasoned banker Mr. Kamath, who has been chosen to be the first head of the BRICS bank or NDB, said, “I am honoured and humbled, I look forward to nomination of BRICS bank.”
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Earlier in the month, the Government had announced appointment of Mr. Kamath as the first President of the NDB for a term of five years. The bank is likely to be operationalised in one year.
Before joining the NDB, Mr. Kamath will have to relinquish his current responsibilities and board positions. He is at present non-executive Chairman of two major entities, ICICI Bank, country’s largest private sector bank, and Infosys, a software major headquartered in Bengaluru.