The Bank's Board of Directors accepted Mr Vishwavir Ahuja's request to go on leave with immediate effect at its meeting today, December 25, 2021, the bank said in a filing.
Subject to regulatory and other approvals, the Board appointed Rajeev Ahuja (currently the Executive Director) as interim Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank with immediate effect.
In 2010, Vishwavir Ahuja joined RBL Bank. From 2001 to 2009, he was the MD and CEO of Bank of America in India.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had also appointed its chief general manager Yogesh K Dayal as an additional director on the bank's board earlier in the day.
Dayal's appointment is for two years, from December 24, 2018, to December 23, 2023, or until further orders are issued, whichever comes first.