BC Achary 2022 speaker

Executive Director & Deputy Chief Executive Officer

FCMB UK

Biography

BC Achary joined FCMB Bank UK in September 2008 as Head, Risk and Compliance and was appointed as an Executive Director in December 2012. He has been the Executive Director and Chief Risk Officer of the Bank since its authorisation as a wholesale Bank in 2013. He took over as the Chief Executive Officer on an interim basis, from May 2015. BC attends the meetings of the Board Audit and Risk Committee and the Remunerations and Nominations Committee.

BC Achary has over 30 years of banking experience having worked in India and the United Kingdom with State Bank of India in various capacities. His experience includes financial risk management, credit, treasury, asset liability management, trade finance, regulatory compliance, anti-money laundering, business strategy and development, branch management and training. He was actively involved in the centralisation of treasury operations of various banks in the State Bank Group as a member of the committee constituted to achieve synergy in treasury operations.

While at the UK operations of State Bank of India, BC Acharywas also responsible for business strategy, budgeting and performance monitoring, compliance and risk management. BC Achary is postgraduate in Economics with an MBA. He is also a Chartered Fellow of Chartered Institute for Investments and Securities (CISI) and is a member of its examination panel for corporate finance regulation and risk management. He is also a member of the Institute of Risk Management.