Debadatta Chand

Dr. Debadatta Chand is a Chairperson at IndiaFirst Life Insurance Co. Ltd., a CEO, Managing Director & Executive Director at Bank of Baroda, a Chairman at BOBCARD Ltd., a Member-General Body at Management Development Institute, a Member-Governing Board at National Institute of Bank Management and a Member-Governing Council at Indian Institute of Banking & Finance.
He is on the Board of Directors at Bank of Baroda, Tengri Bank JSC, Bank of Baroda (Kenya) Ltd., Bank of Baroda (Tanzania) Ltd., India Infradebt Ltd. and National Insurance Co. Ltd. Prior to his appointment as MD & CEO, Dr. Chand served as the Executive Director at Bank of Baroda where he was overseeing Corporate & Institutional Credit, Corporate & Institutional Banking, Treasury & Global Markets, Mid-Corporate Business and Trade & Foreign Exchange.
In addition, he had also successfully overseen the International Banking Business, Domestic Subsidiaries/Joint Ventures, Wealth Management, Capital Markets, NRI Business as well as key platform functions such as HRM, Finance & Planning, Risk Management, Audit & Inspection, Credit Monitoring, Collections, Legal, Compliance, Learning & Development, Disciplinary Proceedings, Information Security and Estate Management & Security at the Bank.
He holds a B. Tech.
degree, an MBA, and CAIIB qualification.
Additionally, Dr. Chand has a PG Diploma in Equity Research and is a Certified Portfolio Manager.