Shikha Sharma

Shikha Sharma

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Shikha Sharma Profile

  • Name:
  • Shikha Sharma
  • Born:
  • November 19, 1960
  • Born / Home Town:
  • Delhi
  • Spouse:
  • Sanjaya Sharma

Shikha Sharma Biography

Shikha Sharma is the Managing Director & CEO of Axis Bank since 2009 - India’s third largest Bank in the private sector in terms of total assets and 4th largest Bank in the country in terms of market capitalization. This private sector bank was set up in 1994. Shikha is also the Chairperson of Axis Asset Management Company Limited. She has also served as Managing Director and CEO of ICICI Prudential till 2008. She was appointed as the MD & CEO of Axis Bank in 2009. Axis has the largest ATM network among private banks in India and this achievement happened under Shikha’s leadership. She has received numerous honours and awards for best talents and achievements throughout her career. In 2012, her name was listed among Asia’s 50 Power Business Women by Forbes magazine.

 

She was born in November 19, 1960 as the daughter of an army officer. As a part of his frequent transfers, Shikha schooled at 7 schools across the country. She finished her schooling from Loreto Convent in Delhi. She completed graduation in Economics from the Lady Shri Ram College for Women in Delhi and MBA from IIM Ahmedabad. She also holds a post-graduate diploma in Software Technology from the National Centre for Software Technology in Mumbai. Though Physics was her first option, she settled with Economics as Lady Shri Ram College for Women didn’t offer Physics major. Yet she used her mathematics skills for Economics and doesn’t have any regret at all. She married Sanjaya Sharma, her classmate of IIM.

 

Shikha has more than three decades of experience in the financial sector. She began her career with ICICI Bank in 1980. In 1992 she was involved in setting up ICICI Securities. In 1995, she moved to ICICI Securities and after a short association with JP Morgan & Co. she returned back in 1997 and has a long term association with it till 2009, when she moved to AXIS Bank.

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Updated: February 13, 2014

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