RBL Bank announced the reappointment of R Subramaniakumar as its Managing Director and CEO for a period of three years, with effect from June 23, 2025, up to June 22, 2028.
The reappointment is, however, subject to approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The bank has said it will make an application to the RBI seeking approval for reappointing Subramaniakumar as MD and CEO for a further period of three years under Section 35B of the Banking Regulation Act, 1935.
Renowned as one of the top bankers in the country, R Subramaniakumar has immense depth of knowledge in domains of business transformation, banking technology, risk management, innovation, NBFC management, and business process re-engineering, among other areas, across organisations.
R Subramaniakumar began his banking career with Punjab National Bank (PNB) in 1980. During his 33-year tenure there, his work reflected the evolution of financial technology. As he rose through the ranks in various managerial capacities, he worked across the bank’s spectrum and geography, heading Business Transformation and especially enhancing business areas of Digital, Human Resources, MSME, Retail, and Overseas Operations, among others. As part of the core team at PNB, he established Banking subsidiaries’ operations in the UK, Bhutan, Nepal and Kazakhstan. He has held various leadership roles through the course of his career at PNB, including being the Director of DRUKPNB, Bhutan.
Before joining RBL Bank, he was the Managing Director & CEO and Board Chairman of Indian Overseas Bank, where he spearheaded the transformation across domains. He has also held the position of Executive Director at Indian Bank and Indian Overseas Bank. He was appointed as an Administrator at Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Limited (DHFL), where he successfully resolved the debt, a first of its kind in the country, during the pandemic.
Over the span of his career, he has also held various board-level positions. He was a member of a few committees of the Reserve Bank of India apart from being an Independent Director and Chairman of the investment committee of the LIC Pension Fund Limited. He acted as a board member of Indian Financial Technology & Allied Services (IFTAS), Repco Home Finance Ltd, and India 1 Payments Ltd. He has also chaired the role of an Advisor & Administrator at SREI Infrastructure Finance Ltd, under IBC.
R Subramaniakumar is a Physics graduate with a PGDCA (Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Application) degree. He has acquired CISA (Certified Information System Audit) & CISM (Certified Information Security Manager) certifications from ISACA, USA. A Banker with CAIIB (Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers), he also holds an Advanced Banking Certificate from the University of Maryland, USA.
