Vishakha Mulye

Bio

Vishakha joined the ICICI Group in 1993 and has vast experience in the areas of strategy, treasury & markets, proprietary equity investing and management of long-term equity investments, structured finance and corporate & project finance. She led the team that planned and executed the merger of ICICI and ICICI Bank in 2002. From 2002 to 2005, she was responsible for the Bank's structured finance and global markets businesses, and its financial institutions relationships. She is credited with being a key driver and enabler of the debt securitization market in India, and with building the Bank's global markets business. From 2005-2007, she was the CFO of ICICI Bank. Under her leadership, the Bank raised close to US$ 7 billion in equity capital and several billion dollars of debt financing. She led landmark fundraising deals like ICICI Bank's US$ 5 billion equity offering in 2007, and the first hybrid capital issuance by an Indian bank in 2006. In October 2007, she was elevated to the Board of ICICI Bank's general insurance subsidiary, ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company. Vishakha has been selected as a 'Young Global Leader' for the year 2007 by the World Economic Forum and named one of the "Most Powerful Women in Indian Business - 2007" by Business Today. She was awarded the India CFO Award, 2006 instituted by IMA for excellence in finance in a large corporate. Vishakha is a member of the Aspen Institute's 'India Leadership Initiative'.