YES BANK Appoints Indranil Pan as Chief Economist

YES BANK announces the appointment of Indranil Pan as Chief Economist. In this critical role, Indranil will lead the business economic banking function, the economic intelligence unit of the bank. Under his leadership, the function will play a pivotal role in providing strategic and policy-level inputs for the bank, based on macroeconomic developments at the global and national level.

 Indranil has over 30 years of experience in economics research and client engagement and advisory. He has served as Group Chief Economist of leading Indian banks such as IDFC First Bank Limited, and Kotak Mahindra Bank. He has also been associated with leading organizations like Kotak Mahindra Capital Company, CRISIL, Business India Magazine, and Dalal Street Journal. Indranil is a Bachelors in Science from Presidency College, Calcutta with a Masters in Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He also holds a Post-graduate Diploma in Development Policy from Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai.

 Commenting on the appointment, Prashant Kumar, MD, and CEO, YES BANK said, “We welcome Indranil to lead the Business Economic Banking function as Chief Economist, YES BANK. We had embarked on a transformational journey last year to strengthen our liabilities franchise and asset-side of the business, complemented with stronger management and governance practices. Going forward in this journey, the bank will rely on Indranil’s expertise to provide impetus to the function along with thought leadership in areas of macroeconomics research, client advisory, and policy matters related to global economic trends, currency, interest rates, and commodities.”