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HDFC Bank chairman rules out systemic governance concerns
HDFC Bank chairman Rajiv Kumar has assured shareholders there are no governance-related concerns at the systemic level, describing the bank as fundamentally strong with a pristine balance sheet. In a statement, Kumar…
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HDFC Bank chairman Rajiv Kumar has assured shareholders there are no governance-related concerns at the systemic level, describing the bank as fundamentally strong with a pristine balance sheet. In a statement, Kumar said the board is committed to integrity, transparency, accountability and prudent stewardship, and that control systems and oversight at committee levels are robust.
The reassurance follows a controversy triggered by former chairman Atanu Chakraborty's resignation in March, who cited practices conflicting with his personal values and ethics. The board had external law firms conduct a three-month independent review covering two years before his exit. The review found no evidence supporting Chakraborty's concerns. The RBI approved Kumar's appointment as part-time chairman for three years from July.
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News outlets have built a clash-of-titans narrative around Atanu Chakraborty's resignation and public allegations. But the external legal review found no contemporaneous evidence for his claims, and the board stands behind the bank's systems. The real test is not who is right in the boardroom but whether HDFC Bank's cross-selling numbers from the merger sustain. That concrete metric will show if the governance dispute was a distraction or a symptom.
Source: businesstoday.in
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