Development Credit Bank appoints StanChart's Murali Natrajan as MD and CEO

Murali M Natrajan has been appointed managing director and CEO DCB.

With 24 years of banking in India besides overseas markets including Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea and Indonesia, Natrajan will steer the new generation private sector bank.

Prior to this assignment, Murali served as a global head for SME banking in Standard Chartered Bank, driving business development across 27 markets in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

A fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Natrajan started his career with American Express TRS in India where he worked for five yearsbefore joining Citibank in 1989 where he spent 14 years.

Prior to joining Standard Chartered Bank in October 2002, he had stints as credit cards business director in Citibank India, Hong Kong and Indonesia.