Yes Bank has recently announced several leadership appointments for India. The bank onboarded Manish Jain as country head of wholesale banking and Pankaj Sharma as chief strategy and transformation officer.

Jain, a seasoned banking professional will be responsible for spearheading the wholesale banking business at YES BANK encompassing the bank’s large corporates portfolio that includes Investment banking, project finance business & loan syndication, emerging local corporates, transaction banking group and institutional & government Banking (Government Banking, Multinational Corporate Banking, IFSC Banking Unit, Indian Financial Institutions Banking and Corporate & Government Advisory) and Business Economics Banking. 

Jain has joined Yes Bank from from Standard Chartered Bank, where he last served as managing director and co-head, CCIB Client Coverage, India & Corporates, South Asia. Ernst & Young Consulting India, GE India and Maruti Suzuki are other organisations where Jain worked previously in various capacity.

A senior banking professional with 25 years of experience within the Banking and Financial Services industry, Sharma will work with key stakeholders to translate and align the Bank’s strategy into transformation activities and initiatives, and develop a clear roadmap to achieve the Bank’s strategic and financial objectives.