Deepa Rath is the Managing Director & CEO on the Board of Axis Trustee Services Limited.
Ms. Deepa Rath is a Senior Banker with more than 20 years of experience in Corporate Banking,Fintech, Credit, Project Funding, MSME Financing, Retail Banking, Supply Chain Finance, Trade Finance etc. .
Ms. Deepa is known for her strategic leadership, customer centric approach, superior people & relationship management skills which have helped her set up and scale up New Businesses & High Impact Teams across domains. Prior to taking over as MD & CEO of Axis Trustee Services Ltd, Ms.Deepa was part of the founding leadership team and spearheaded TReDS (Trades Receivable Discounting System) platform business at INVOICEMART / A. TREDS LTD (JV of Axis Bank & Mjunction), a pioneer work in the space of Digital & Transparent Financing of MSMEs, Financial Inclusion, API Integration & Blockchain implementation.
Previous to this, she led various business functions across geographies with Axis Bank Corporate Banking department. In the early part of her career, she took several roles with IDBI Bank and ICICI Bank Ltd within the Corporate Banking & Retail Banking franchise.
She has been a speaker on various Finance & Fintech related forums and was a part of Axis Bank’s Senior Business Leadership program initiatives pertaining to Ethics & sustainability (POSH), Recruitment & Employee Engagement, Corporate social responsibility etc. She is a panel /advisory member on the International Consulting/Advisory related to Supply Chain Finance, Fintech, Go-To-Market strategy & Corporate Banking practices.
She holds a MBA- Finance from IMT Ghaziabad with Master’s in Economics and an Advanced Diploma in Software Technology & Systems Management", NIIT. Apart from several certifications like Coursera, Axis Business Leadership Program - ISB Hyderabad, Ms. Deepa also has completed “Advanced Program in Fintech & Financial Blockchain” from IIM Calcutta to continue her strive for knowledge & learning. .
Rajesh Kumar Dahiya is a non-executive director on the board of the Trustee and also the Chairman of Axis Trustee Services Limited.
He is a general management professional with over three decades of experience across industries and business functions. He was an Executive Director on the Board of Axis Bank Ltd till 31.12.2021, responsible for multiple Governance functions under the Corporate Centre of the Bank.
Before joining the Axis Bank in June 2010, he was associated with Tata Group for 20 years where he handled various responsibilities across functions such as Human Resources, Manufacturing, Exports, Distribution and Institutional Sales. Presently, he is the MD & CEO of Good Govern. He also serves on the Board of Max Life Insurance and Calibre Chemicals.
Mr. Ganesh Sankaranis a non-executive director on the board of the Trustee
Mr. Ganesh Sankaran is the Group Executive - Wholesale Banking Coverage Group at Axis Bank Limited. He has nearly 25 years of experience across coverage, credit and risk functions and has handled verticals like Corporate Credit, Financial Institutions, Business Banking, Mortgages, Commercial Transportation, Equipment Finance & Rural Lending.
Before joining Axis Bank, he was Executive Director at Federal Bank, responsible for business architecture across the Wholesale Bank, Micro/Rural bank, Business Banking and international operations. Additionally, he had also served as a Member of the Board of Directors for Equirus Capital and Fedbank Financial Services. Prior to that he was associated with HDFC Bank where he was CoHead, Corporate Banking.
Mr. Ganesh Sankaran is an Engineer with a Master’s degree in Business Administration. Presently, he also serves on the Board of Cauvery Basin Refinery and Petrochemicals.