The Bank Managing Director of UCO Bank, Atul Kumar Goel has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Indian Banks' Association replacing the Union Bank Managing Director and CEO Rajkiran Rai G.
Atul Kumar Goel was shortlisted by the Banks Board Bureau to take over the CEO position at Punjab National Bank from January 2022 last month in a meeting. He would take charge of PNB once the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet cleared the path for him. The association has also elected SBI Chairman Dinesh Kumar Khara, Canara Bank MD L V Prabhakar, and IDBI Bank MD Rakesh Sharma as Deputy Chairman.