FINANCIAL NEWS
CEO of one of India's biggest private banks forgoes salary in Covid year
HDFC Bank's Aditya Puri emerged as the highest-grossing banker among the top three private-sector lenders in his retirement year with total emoluments of ₹13.82 crore.
His successor Sashidhar Jagdishan, who took over as the chief executive and managing director of the largest private sector lender on October 27, 2020 grossed a salary of ₹4.77 crore for the fiscal year, which included payments as a group head till his elevation. Puri's overall payments included ₹3.5 crore as post-retirement benefits.
bank on Saturday reported a 78% increase year-on-year in standalone net profit to ₹4,616 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2021 owing to higher net interest come and lower provisions. The net profit stood at ₹2,599 crore in the corresponding quarter last fiscal.
Amitabh Chaudhry, who has been leading the third largest private sector lender Axis Bank, got paid ₹6.52 crore, the bank's annual report said, adding that the top management was not given any salary increment in FY21.
In the case of ICICI Bank, material risk takers including executive directors, chief financial officer and company secretary voluntarily opted for a 10 per cent salary reduction from May 1 in their payments, possibly because of the impact of COVID. Its executive director in-charge of wholesale banking Vishakha Mulye grossed ₹5.64 crore, as per the annual report.
When compared with the bank's median salary, the allowances drawn by Jagdishan were the highest at 139 times the median salary of a bank employee, while Chaudhry earned 104 times the median and ICICI Bank executive directors drew 96 times the median salary.