Successful visit to Sri Lanka by SBI Chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya

A top team from State Bank of India led by Chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya was in Sri Lanka recently as part of furthering its engagement in Sri Lanka.

Bhattacharya, who is among Forbes’ Fifty Most Powerful Business Women in Asia and also the first woman Chairman of SBI in its over 208 years of history, was in Sri Lanka on invitation from the Central Bank to deliver the 66th anniversary oration titled ‘Financial Sector Reforms in India.’ 

She together with the visiting SBI Deputy Managing Director (International Banking Group) Siddhartha Sengupta and Deputy Managing Director and Chief Risk Officer Dr. M.S. Sastry also met staff and customers to better understand and serve needs in Sri Lanka where SBI has had presence for 152 years since opening a branch in 1864. 

The visiting SBI officials were also present at the Public Enterprise Development Ministry organised seminar on State Bank Reforms including Governance Issues in State Banks – for the CEOs, DGMs and Members of the Board. 

The Chairperson and the Deputy MD visited the main branch at No. 16 Sir Baron Jayatilleke Mawatha hosted customers for lunch and met with heads or members of the Sri Lanka Banks Association. 

The SBI team also attended a Corporate Social Responsibility project at the Prithipura Infants Home at Beach Road, Hendala, Wattala.

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