Bank Board Bureau meets 10 candidates to select 3 PSB heads

The Bank Board Bureau at its maiden interviews for appointments of MDs & CEOs at three state-run banks held here today met as many 10 candidates, according to sources.
The interview took place at the Reserve Bank office here for managing directors and chief executives for Indian Overseas Bank, United Bank of India and Bank of Maharashtra.
Executive directors of banks such as Punjab National Bank, Central Bank of India, Bank of India, Allahabad Bank, and United Bank of India, aamong others, appeared for the interview, sources told PTI.
This was the first job interview that was conducted by the recently constituted Bank Board Bureau. The Bureau under the chairmanship of former national auditor CAG Vinod Rai started functioning from April 1.

It will be followed by the selection of executive directors of various public sector banks, though the process for the same is yet to begin.
Apart from Rai, the Bank Board Bureau comprises Anil Khandelwal (former chairman of Bank of Baroda), HN Sinor (former chief executive of the Indian Banks Association and the mutual funds body Amfi) and Roopa Kudva (former chief of Crisil).
The ex-officio members of the Bureau are R Gandhi (RBI deputy governor), Anjuly Chibb Duggal (financial services secretary) and Ameising Luikham (secretary, department of public enterprises).