Samit Ghosh
Samit Ghosh
Overview
Samit has been in international banking for over thirty years. At Citibank, he co-pioneered consumer banking in India in 1985. He led the launch of retail banking for Standard Chartered in the Middle East and South Asia and for HDFC Bank in India. His last assignment was as Chief Executive (India) of Bank Muscat. He founded Ujjivan in 2005 as a pioneering microfinance firm for the urban poor. He serves as the President of Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN), Chairman of Association of Karnataka Microfinance Institutions (AKMI) and Board Member of Women's World Banking (WWB). He is an alumnus of Jadavpur University and Wharton School.