DR. N. KAMAKODI

45 years of age is at present, the MD & CEO of City Union Bank Limited.
In 1995 he passed out B. Tech in Chemical Engineering from NIT (The then Regional Engineering College), Trichy.  He started his career as a production engineer with Reliance Industries Ltd. At the Patalaganga Project, Gujarat, and continued there till 1998.  Armed with the work experience of three years in Reliance, he went to Hongkong to pursue his MBA degree from the Chinese University of Hongkong.  On his return from Hongkong with the management qualification, he conceived and developed an Off-shore BPO unit in 2000 and was associated with it till 2003.  In the year 2003, he joined City union Bank as Deputy General Manager (HR) and was instrumental for major initiatives like Campus Recruitment, Fast track promotions, Performance based incentive, etc.  He was elevated to the position of General Manager in April 2005 and was in charge of Credit, Sanction, Monitoring & Recovery. During this period he became a Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB).  In September 2006, he took charge as Executive Director of the Bank and in January 2011 was re-designated as Executive President.  In May 2011, he assumed charge as MD & CEO of the Bank.

In pursuit of widening knowledge, he took up research studies and received his Doctorate in Banking in October 2009 from SASTRA UNIVERSITY, Tanjore.  Within a span of 18 years, he has demonstrated his skill and ability to achieve major developments in the bank that included rapid branch expansion, high growth trajectory, the introduction of ESOS and adoption of technology to take the bank almost on par with the high tech banks in the industry.  He hails from a small village called Thippirajapuram near Kumbakonam of Tanjore District of Tamil Nadu state. He is happily married to Ms. Vilasini and has two children.