Mumbai: YES BANK has announced the appointment of Mr. S. Anantharaman as its Chief Risk Officer (CRO), effective April 1, 2026, in accordance with Regulation 30 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.
The appointment has been formally communicated to National Stock Exchange of India and BSE Limited.
Mr. Anantharaman brings over three decades of experience in banking and financial services, with deep expertise in enterprise risk management, credit strategy, portfolio quality, fraud risk, and regulatory governance. He is a Chartered Accountant (ACA) and Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).
Before joining YES BANK, he served as Group Chief Risk Officer at Jio Financial Services, where he built a group-wide risk management architecture across lending, payments, insurance broking, and asset management businesses.
Previously, he was Chief Risk Officer at Bank of Baroda, playing a key role in strengthening the bank’s risk framework and improving asset quality and portfolio resilience. He has also held senior leadership positions at HDFC Bank and L&T Finance Holdings, where he led major corporate and retail credit portfolios and implemented advanced data-driven risk management systems.
This leadership appointment is expected to further strengthen YES BANK’s risk governance and support its continued focus on building a resilient and sustainable banking franchise.