Smt Bharati Rao has been appointed as Independent Director w.e.f. July 18, 2018 and as Chairperson w.e.f. July 19, 2018. She is an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company. She has completed M.A. (Economics) and Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB). She has more than 41 years of experience in the banking industry, has held both domestic and international positions and was incharge of areas such as Project Finance, Credit & Risk Management, International Banking, Human Resources, mergers and acquisitions. Served as the Deputy Managing Director of SBI and she had held concurrent charge of SBI’s 7 Associate Banks and 7 Non-Banking Subsidiaries. Smt.Bharati Rao is currently a member on the Boards of various listed and unlisted Companies like SBI Capital Markets Limited, SBICap Securities Limited, SBI Global Factors Ltd, Neuland Laboratories Limited, Cholamandalam Investments and Finance Company Ltd., Carborundum Universal Limited, Tata Teleservices Ltd., Delphi TVS Diesel Systems Ltd. She is also an Advisor to Brickworks Ratings India Pvt. Ltd.

Shri Girish Kousgi is a Banking professional with 24+ years of experience.

Shri Girish Kousgi is currently the Managing Director and CEO of Can Fin Homes Ltd.

He has extensive experience of managing assets and liabilities and has gained expertise in mortgage, retail lending, SME and Agri business.

During his career so far, he has worked in HDFC Ltd., ICICI Bank, IDFC Bank and Tata Capital. He has dealt with a variety of loan products like home loans, business loans, LAP, personal loans, mortgages, deposits, retail and rural products, etc. and gained wide experience in handling sales, product, credit underwriting, risk and operations.

He has significant experience of retail banking for over 15 years in Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kerala apart from an experience of about 10 years in credit risk including risk-based verification strategies for loan products, measure credit expansion opportunities in the lending market and validate and implement credit risk models.

Shri Girish Kousgi is a graduate in commerce (B.Com) and has also done his Masters in Business Administration (MBA).

The Board of Directors have appointed Shri G Naganathan, FCA, as a director of the Company on September 07, 2016. He is an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company.

Shri G Naganathan is a rank holder in Chartered Accountancy and Cost Accountancy. He has completed the Diploma in Information Systems Audit, Courses in Certified Information Systems Auditor and also Valuation Certificate. Presently, he is the Managing Partner in M/s. R K Kumar & Co., Chartered Accountants. He has put in a practice of 34 years in R K Kumar & Co. His areas of practice and expertise include statutory and related attestation services, consultancy in direct taxes and FEMA and management advisory services. Shri G Naganathan is involved in the audit of banking and Insurance companies, representation before various adjudicating authorities for the last three decades. He also has been involved in monitoring of large sick companies on behalf of consortium of banks

Shri Shreekant M Bhandiwad has been appointed as the Deputy Managing Director of Can Fin Homes Ltd. w.e.f April 28, 2018. He is a Post-Graduate Degree holder in Agricultural Science viz., M.Sc.,(Agri) and a CAIIB.

Shri Shreekant Mohanrao Bhandiwad started his career as an Officer in Canara Bank in the year 1994. During his service in the Bank he has headed different branches, Circle Offices and various departments at the Circle and Corporate level. Shri Bhandiwad is a senior banker with over 24 years of commercial banking experience having served across the States of Haryana, Rajasthan and Karnataka.

Before his posting to the Company, he was heading the Rajasthan operations of Canara Bank as Head of Jaipur Circle of the Bank. Prior to this, he had worked in Jaipur Regional Office, Bengaluru Cantonment and Yediyur Branches. He had also worked in Bengaluru Langford Town, Davanagere Regional Office and also in Head Office, Bengaluru.

Apart from his successful tenure at various places as above, Shri Bhandiwad carries with him the experience of over eight years at the Managing Director’s Secretariat in the Bank.

Dr Yeluri Vijayanand has been appointed as an Additional Director (Non-executive Independent) on the Board of the Company w.e.f. 29/08/2018 for a tenure upto 3 years. The said appointment is subject to approval by the shareholders at the next General Meeting. He is PhD in Economics (2011) from University of Mysore, M.A in Economics (1967) from Bangalore University, Bachelor of Laws (1969) from Bangalore University and CAIIB (1978) from Indian Institute of Bankers. Dr Vijayanand retired from State Bank of India as Deputy Managing Director on 31/08/2007 after serving for more than 37 years. As DMD and Group Executive of Associates and Subsidiaries, he was the nominee director of SBI in all Associate Banks, and non-banking subsidiaries, as also in ARCIL, Thomas Cook India, and CIBIL. He was also on the boards of three overseas subsidiaries/joint ventures of SBI. The other prominent positions held by him were Managing Director of State Bank of Mysore, President and COO of SBICAP, Chief General Manager, Corporate Accounts Group, General Manager (Commercial), Chennai and Vice President, SBI New York. Post retirement from SBI, he worked as a Corporate Advisor in Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited, Hyderabad for nine years. He was a non-executive director in three group companies. He was also an independent director in SBI Global Factors Limited, and Caparo Financial Solutions Limited. He is a visiting faculty at State Bank Staff College and Academy, JNIDB, Institute of Public Enterprise, NALSAR - IIRM, BITS Pilani - Hyderabad Campus, Osmania University, Bangalore University and University of Mysore. He was awarded a PHD in Economics by the University of Mysore in 2011 for his thesis on "Impact of Banking Regulations on Indian Commercial Banks: A study of current and emerging issues". He also contributed articles to academic and professional journals, and took part in several conferences and seminars.

Shri Shankara Narayanan Subramanian (S Subramanian) has been appointed as an Additional Director (Non-executive Promoter) on the Board of the Company w.e.f October 6, 2018. Shri S Subramanian is a Chief General Manager in Canara Bank (Promoter). Shri S Subramanian is a graduate in B.Sc., a Diploma holder in Company Law and a Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB). Shri S Subramanian started his career in Canara Bank in the year 1981 and has more than 36 years of commercial banking experience. During his service in the Bank he has handled various duties at various branches. He has worked in the Credit Administration & Monitoring Wing (Head Office Bengaluru), Chandigarh Circle Office, Prime Corporate Branch, Bengaluru, Coimbatore Circle Office (Core Credit Group), Perundurai SME Branch, Overseas Business cell (Madurai Circle Office), Kolkata Overseas branch, and various other places. Currently he is the General Manager of Prime Corporate Credit Wing, Canara Bank, Head Office, Bengaluru.

Shri Debashish Mukherjee has been appointed as an Additional Director (Non- executive Promoter) on the Board of the Company w.e.f March12, 2019. Shri Debashish Mukherjee is an MBA (Finance) from the University of Kolkata. He started his career with Punjab National Bank as a Financial Analyst in scale II in 1994.

He joined United Bank of India as an Asst. General Manager (Credit) in the year 2006. He worked in various capacities at Regional Offices, headed Corporate Finance Branch at Kolkata and was Regional Manager of Bihar Region. He has vast experience in Corporate Credit, Credit Monitoring and Recovery. He is an avid reader and has travelled extensively.

Shri Debashish Mukherjee has taken charge as Executive Director of Canara Bank on 19/02/2018. He is overseeing the functions of Risk Management (including Capital planning), Financial Management and subsidiaries, MSME, Credit Administration & Monitoring, stressed Assets Management and Recovery, Inspection, Treasury, International Operations & Corporate Customer Relations. He is also one of the Directors on the Board of Bank's Mutual Fund Subsidiary viz., Canara Robeco Asset Management Company and Bank's Life Insurance Partner M/s Canara HSBC OBC Life Insurance Company.