Mr. Ajay Kanwal

Ajay Kanwal is Jana Small Finance Bank's Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. He is a veteran consumer and commercial banker with 36 years’ experience in the banking industry. Ajay was Regional CEO of ASEAN & South Asia at Standard Chartered Bank before joining Jana Small Finance Bank as CEO in 2017. He also had a short stint as Senior Advisor at TPG and Mastercard. He began his career with Citibank and has held various leadership positions throughout his banking career at Standard Chartered, including CEO of Taiwan, Regional CEO for North East Asia and Regional Head of Consumer Banking for South East Asia.
Ajay has served on the board of several companies, including as Chairman of the Board of Standard Chartered Bank (Singapore) Ltd., Director of Standard Chartered Bank (China) Ltd. and Standard Chartered Bank (Korea) Ltd. and Commissioner of PT Bank Permata, among others.
He holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Telecommunication from Jawaharlal Nehru Engineering College, Mahatma Gandhi Mission University and a Master of Management Studies (Marketing) from the Welingkar Institute of Management, University of Mumbai.