N S Kannan
He is a gold medalist awarded for his outstanding all-around performance at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, during his post-graduation degree in Management.
Before assuming the responsibility as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), he also held the position of Executive Director between August 2005 and April 2009 at ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company.
N.S. Kannan has been the Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Ltd since June 19, 2018. He first joined ICICI Ltd. in 1991 and has been an invaluable part of the ICICI group for over 30 years. He also served on the Board of Directors of ICICI Bank as Executive Director from May 2009 till June 18, 2018. He is a gold medalist awarded for his outstanding all-around performance at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, during his postgraduation degree in Management. He is a CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) and a graduate of the National Institute of Technology (formerly Regional Engineering College), Tiruchirappalli, with an honors degree in Mechanical Engineering.
He got on the road with his career 27 years ago with ICICI Bank as a Project Officer. He has worked across finance, treasury, corporate legal, operations, risk management, secretarial, and corporate communication. Before assuming the responsibility as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), he also held the position of Executive Director between August 2005 and April 2009 at ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company.
The disciplined Kannan will now head the life insurance venture for the ICICI Group. He is known within the group as a man of meticulous groundwork and a very sharp mind. His reputation precedes him as he does not go to meetings without homework. His quest to learn and hard work are reasons behind his steady rise.
Aside from serving on the boards of ICICI Group companies, Kannan was Chairman of the Boards of ICICI Securities Primary Dealership Limited, ICICI Bank UK Plc, ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company Limited, and ICICI Bank Canada, etc.
Kannan has served as a member of several committees set up by the GOI(Government of India) and other regulatory bodies, including the Insurance Advisory Committee of the Insurance Regulatory Development Authority of India, the RBI Steering Committee on Implementation of Indian Accounting Standards, the IBA Sectoral Committee of the Private Sector Member Banks, the Corporate Law Committee Working Group on Fund Raising, and the CII National Council on Corporate Governance. Under the RBI Act, he was assigned to assist the Administrator of DHFL as a member of the Advisory Committee. Finance Asia named Kannan the Best CFO in India in 2013. At the CNBC TV 18 CFO Awards for 2012 and 2013, he was named the Best CFO in the banking/financial services sector. A ranking issued by Institutional Investors ranked ICICI Bank's investor relations team third among Asian banks in fiscal 2013 (after two China-based banks) and Kannan second among Asian CFOs (after the CFO of a China-based bank). In addition, Finance Asia ranked ICICI Bank's investor relations team as the best among Indian companies under Kannan's leadership in 2014.
N.S. Kannan, the M.D. & CEO of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Ltd has been an invaluable part of the ICICI group for over 30 years. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a graduate of the National Institute of Technology (formerly Regional Engineering College), Tiruchirappalli, with an honors degree in Mechanical Engineering. He began his career 27 years ago with ICICI Bank as a Project Officer. He has worked across finance, treasury, corporate legal, operations, risk management, secretarial, and corporate communication.
He is a gold medalist awarded for his outstanding all-around performance at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, during his post-graduation degree in Management.
Before assuming the responsibility as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), he also held the position of Executive Director between August 2005 and April 2009 at ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company.
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