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Mr. C M Vasudev
Mr. Aditya Puri
Mr. Keki Mistry
Mrs. Renu Karnad
Dr. Pandit Palande
Mr. Partho Datta
Mr. Bobby Parikh
Mr. A. N. Roy
Mr. Harish Engineer
Mr. Paresh Sukthankar
   
Mr.C M Vasudev
Mr. C. M. Vasudev holds a Master’s Degree in Economics and Physics. He joined the Indian Administrative Services in 1966. Mr. Vasudev has worked as an Executive Director of World Bank representing India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Bhutan.
Mr. Vasudev has extensive experience of working at policy making levels in the financial sector and was responsible for laying down policies and oversight of management at World Bank. He chaired the World Bank’s committee on development effectiveness with responsibility of ensuring effectiveness of World Bank’s operations.

Mr. Vasudev has also worked as Secretary, Ministry of Finance for more than 8 years and has undertaken various assignments, viz. Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Department of Expenditure, Department of Banking and Additional Secretary, Budget with responsibility for framing the fiscal policies and policies for economic reforms and for co-ordinating preparation of budgets of the Government of India and monitoring its implementation. He has previously been appointed as a Government nominee Director on the Boards of many companies in the financial sector including State Bank of India, IDBI, ICICI, IDFC, NABARD, National Housing Bank and also on the Central Board of the Reserve Bank of India. He was also member secretary of the Narasimham Committee on financial sector reforms. He also chaired a committee on reforms of the NBFC sector. He also worked as Joint Secretary of Ministry of Commerce with responsibility for state trading, trade policy including interface with WTO.

Mr. Vasudev is a Director on the Boards of ICRA Management Consulting Services Limited, Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited, Star Paper Mills Limited, Power Exchange India Limited, Bedrock Ventures Private Limited, NSDL Database Management Limited and Centinnial Development Advisory Services Private Limited. He is a member of the Audit Committee and the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee of ICRA Management Consultancy Services Limited and the Chairman of the Risk Management Committee and a member of the Audit Committee of Power Exchange India Limited.

Mr. Vasudev does not hold any equity shares in the Bank as on March 31, 2012.

Email ID: Chairman.bod@hdfcbank.com
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Mr. Aditya Puri
Mr. Aditya Puri holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from Punjab University and is an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

Prior to joining the Bank, Mr. Puri was the Chief Executive Officer of Citibank, Malaysia from 1992 to 1994.

Mr. Puri has been the Managing Director of the Bank since September 1994. He has nearly 38 years of experience in the banking sector in India and abroad.

Mr. Puri has provided outstanding leadership as the Managing Director and has contributed significantly to enable the Bank scale phenomenal heights under his stewardship.

The numerous awards won by Mr. Puri and the Bank are a testimony to the tremendous credibility that he has built for himself and the Bank over the years.

The Bank has made good progress on key parameters like balance sheet size, total deposits, net revenues, earnings per share and net profit during Mr. Puri's tenure. The rankings achieved by the Bank amongst all Indian banks with regard to market capitalization, profit after tax and balance sheet size remains amongst the top 10.

Mr. Puri has led one of the biggest mergers of the Indian banking industry in recent times with the merger of Centurion Bank of Punjab with the Bank. The subsequent integration has been smooth and seamless under his inspired leadership.

Mr. Puri is not a Director on the Board of Directors of any other company.

Mr. Puri holds 16,89,765 equity shares in the Bank as on March 31, 2012.

Email ID: Managingdirector@hdfcbank.com
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Mr. Keki Mistry
Mr. Keki Mistry was appointed as an additional director of the Bank during the year. He has obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Commerce from the Mumbai University. He is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Mr. Mistry is also a member of the Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants, USA.

Mr. Mistry started his career with The Indian Hotels Company Limited, one of the largest chain of hotels in India. In the year 1981, Mr. Mistry joined Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited (HDFC). He was inducted on to the Board of Directors of HDFC as an Executive Director in the year 1993 and was elevated to the post of Managing Director with effect from November 2000. In October 2007, Mr. Mistry was appointed as Vice Chairman & Managing Director of HDFC and became the Vice Chairman & CEO in January 2010.

Mr. Mistry is a Director on the Boards of HDFC, HDFC Asset Management Company Limited, HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Limited, HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company Limited, GRUH Finance Limited, Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited, The Great Eastern Shipping Co Limited, Greatship (India) Limited, Next Gen Publishing Limited, Shrenuj & Company Limited, Torrent Power Limited and BSE Limited. Mr. Mistry is also a member on the India Advisory Board at PriceWaterhouse Coopers.

Mr. Mistry is the Chairman of the Audit Committee of Great Eastern Shipping Limited, Greatship (India) Limited, Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Limited and Torrent Power Limited. He is a member of the Audit Committee of HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Limited, HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company Limited, HDFC Asset Management Company Limited, GRUH Finance Limited, Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited and Shrenuj & Company Limited.

He is a member of the Compensation Committee of GRUH Finance Limited, Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited and Greatship (India) Limited. He is the Chairman of the Nomination Committee of Greatship (India) Limited and a member of the Nomination Committee of Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited and Torrent Power Limited.

Mr. Mistry holds 2,91,915 equity shares in the Bank as on March 31, 2012.

Email ID: Kmistry.bod@hdfcbank.com
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Mrs. Renu Karnad
Mrs. Renu Karnad is a law graduate and also holds a Masters Degree in Economics from Delhi University. She is a Parvin Fellow-Woodrow Wilson School of International Affairs, Princeton University, U.S.A.

Mrs. Karnad is a Director on the Boards of BOSCH Limited, Credit Information Bureau (India) Limited, GRUH Finance Limited, Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited, HDFC Asset Management Company Limited, HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company Limited, HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Limited, AKZO Nobel India Limited, Indraprastha Medical Corporation Limited, EIH Limited, Feedback Infrastructure Services Private Limited, G4S Corporate Services (India) Private Limited, Value and Budget Housing Corporation (India) Private Limited, Lafarge India Private Limited, Transunion LLC- Chicago and HDFC PLC -Maldives.

Mrs. Renu Karnad is Chairperson on the Boards of Directors of HDFC Property Ventures Limited, Credila Financial Services Private Limited, HDFC Sales Private Limited, HDFC Education and Development Services Private Limited.

Mrs. Karnad is the Chairperson of the Audit Committee of AKZO Nobel India Private Limited, Credit Information Bureau (India) Limited and Bosch Limited. She is a member of the Audit Committee of HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company Limited and a member of Investor Grievance Committee of BOSCH Limited. She is the Chairperson of the Remuneration Committee of AKZO Nobel India Limited as well as the Chairperson of Compensation Committee of HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Private Limited. She is also a member of the Investment Committee, Compensation Committee, Compensation-ESOS Committee, Committee of Directors of GRUH Finance Limited; Customer Service Committee and Risk Management Committee of HDFC Asset Management Company Limited; Remuneration Committee of Credit Information Bureau (India) Limited; Investment Sub Committee and Property Sub Committee of BOSCH Limited; Allotment Committee of HDFC Education and Development Services Private Limited.

Mrs. Karnad holds 2,94,620 equity shares in the Bank as on March 31, 2012.

Email ID: Rkarnad.bod@hdfcbank.com
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Dr. Pandit Palande
Dr. Pandit Palande has a Ph.D. degree in Business Administration and has completed an Advanced Course in Management from the Oxford University and the Warwick University in UK. Dr. Palande has been working as a director of the School of Commerce and Management for 20 years in Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University ("YCMOU"). Dr. Palande is a former Pro-Vice Chancellor of YCMOU.

Dr. Palande has extensive experience of working in the fields of business administration, management and agriculture. Under the guidance of Dr. Palande, YCMOU has become one of the green universities in India. As a Project Director of Indian Space Research Organisation ("ISRO") GAP-3 of YCMOU, Dr. Palande has been serving the academic and agriculture community on a large scale.

Dr. Palande is neither a Chairman nor a Director of any other company.

Dr. Palande is liable to retire by rotation and being eligible offers himself for re-appointment at the ensuing Annual General Meeting.

Dr. Palande does not hold equity shares in the Bank as on March 31, 2012.

Email ID: Ppalande.bod@hdfcbank.com

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Mr. Partho Datta
Mr. Partho S. Datta is an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). He joined Indian Aluminum Company Limited (INDAL) and was with INDAL and its parent company in Canada for 25 years and held positions as its Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer and Director Finance during his tenure. Thereafter, he joined the Chennai based Murugappa Group as the head of Group Finance and was a member of the Management Board of the Group, as well as a Director in several Murugappa Group companies. Post retirement from the Murugappa Group, Mr. Datta was an advisor to the Central Government appointed Board of Directors of Satyam Computers Services Limited during the restoration process and has also been engaged in providing business / strategic and financial consultancy on a selective basis.

Mr. Datta is a Director of Peerless Funds Management Company Limited, IRIS Business Services Limited and Endurance Technologies Private Limited. He is the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Risk Management Committee, Investment Committee and Remuneration Committee of Peerless Funds Management Company Limited. He is also the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Investor Grievance Committee of Endurance Technologies Private Limited. He is a member of the Audit Committee and the Board Committee of IRIS Business Services Limited.

Mr. Datta has a rich and extensive experience in various Financial and Accounting matters including financial management, investor relations, foreign exchange risk management, international financing, international tax, mergers and acquisitions and strategic planning. Mr. Datta is one of the financial experts on the Audit & Compliance Committee of the Bank.

Mr. Datta is liable to retire by rotation and being eligible offers himself for re-appointment at the ensuing Annual General Meeting.

Mr. Datta does not hold any equity shares in the Bank as on March 31, 2012.

Email ID: Pdatta.bod@hdfcbank.com

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Mr. Bobby Parikh
Mr. Bobby Parikh has a Bachelor's degree in Commerce from the Mumbai University and has qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1987. Mr. Parikh is a Senior Partner with BMR & Associates and leads its financial services practice.

Prior to joining BMR & Associates, he was the Chief Executive Officer of Ernst & Young in India and held that responsibility until December 2003. Mr. Parikh worked with Arthur Andersen for over 17 years and was its Country Managing Partner, until the Andersen practice combined with that of Ernst & Young in June 2002.

Over the years, Mr. Parikh has had extensive experience in advising clients across a range of industries. India has witnessed significant deregulation and a progressive transformation of its policy framework. An area of focus for Mr. Parikh has been to work with businesses, both Indian and Multinational, in interpreting the implications of the deregulation as well as the changes to India's policy framework, to help businesses better leverage opportunities that have become available and to address challenges that resulted from such changes. Mr. Parikh has led teams that have advised clients in the areas of entry strategy (MNCs into India and Indian companies into overseas markets), business model identification, structuring a business presence, mergers, acquisitions and other business reorganizations. Mr. Parikh works closely with regulators and policy formulators, in providing inputs to aid in the development of new regulations and policies, and in assessing the implications and efficacy of these and providing feedback for action. Mr. Parikh led the Financial Services industry practice at Arthur Andersen and then also at Ernst & Young, and has advised a number of banking groups, investment banks, brokerage houses, fund managers and other financial services intermediaries in establishing operations in India, mergers and acquisitions and in developing structured financial products, besides providing tax and business advisory and tax reporting services.

Mr. Parikh has been a member of a number of trade and business associations and their management or other committees, as well as on the advisory or executive boards of non-Governmental and not-for-profit organizations.

Mr. Parikh is a Director of BMR Advisors Private Limited, Tax and Advisors Private Limited, BMR Managed Services Private Limited, BMR Advisors Pte Limited, BMR & Associates, Aviva Life Insurance Company India Limited, Green Infra Limited, Indostar Capital Finance Limited and Birla Sun Life Asset Management Company Limited.

He is the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of Investment Committee, Asset Liability Management Committee and Remuneration Committee of Aviva Life Insurance Company India Limited. He is the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Compensation Committee of Green Infra Limited. He is also a member of the Audit Committee and Risk Management Committee of Indostar Capital Finance Limited. Mr. Parikh is one of the financial experts on the Audit and Compliance Committee of the Bank.

Mr. Parikh holds 7,840 equity shares in the Bank as on March 31, 2012.

Email ID: Bparikh.bod@hdfcbank.com

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Mr. A. N. Roy
Mr. A N Roy is an M.A., M. Phil and a distinguished retired civil servant. During his long career of 38 years in the prestigious Indian Police Service (IPS), he handled with great distinction a range of assignments including some of the most prestigious, challenging and sensitive ones, both in the state of Maharashtra as well as Government of India. He retired in the year 2010 as the Director General of Police (DGP), Maharashtra.

His areas of specialisation include policy planning, budget, recruitment, training and other finance and administration functions in addition to all operational matters.

A firm believer of technology in Police for providing solutions to a variety of complex problems or citizen facilitation and as 'force-multiplier', Mr. Roy brought in technology in a very big way in the Police department with full co-operation and support of the entire IT Industry. He also held the position of Director General of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, in which capacity he initiated a policy document on vigilance matters for Government of Maharashtra.

Mr. Roy has wide knowledge and experience of security and intelligence matters at the state and national level. Having handled multifarious field and staff assignments, Mr. Roy has a rich and extensive experience of functioning of the government at various levels and of problem solving. Mr. Roy has also completed many training courses on very important areas of Public Administration in some prestigious institutions in India and abroad.

Mr. Roy is a Director on the Board of India Ventures Advisors, Glaxo SmithKline Pharmaceuticals Limited and Planet Retail Holdings Limited. He is the Chairman of Vandana Foundation, a non-profit company registered under section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956.

Mr. Roy does not hold equity shares in the Bank as on March 31, 2012

Email ID: Anroy.bod@hdfcbank.com
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Mr. Harish Engineer
Mr. Harish Engineer is an Executive Director in whole-time employment of the Bank. He is a Science Graduate from Mumbai University and holds a Diploma in Business Management from Hazarimal Somani College, Mumbai.

Mr. Engineer has been associated with the Bank since 1994 in various capacities and is responsible for Wholesale Banking at present. Mr. Engineer has over 41 years experience in the fields of finance and banking. Prior to joining the Bank,

Mr. Engineer worked with Bank of America for 26 years in various areas including operations and corporate credit management.

Mr. Engineer is neither a Chairman nor a Director of any other company.

Mr. Engineer holds 1,42,500 equity shares in the Bank as on March 31, 2012.

Email ID:ed.wholesalebanking@hdfcbank.com
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Mr. Paresh Sukthankar
Mr. Paresh Sukthankar is an Executive Director in whole-time employment of the Bank. He has done his Masters in Management Studies (MMS) from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute (Mumbai) and the Advanced Management Program (AMP) from the Harvard Business School. Mr. Sukthankar has been with the Bank since its inception in 1994. Mr. Sukthankar has overall approval, supervision and control responsibilities for the Bank's Credit and Risk Management function - covering the corporate and retail credit portfolios as well as the treasury activities. Mr. Sukthankar also has supervisory responsibility for the Finance and Human Resources functions and leads various strategic initiatives of the Bank.

Prior to joining the Bank, Mr. Sukthankar worked in Citibank for around 9 years, in various departments including corporate banking, risk management, financial control and credit administration. He has been a member of various committees formed by Reserve Bank of India and Indian Banks' Association.

Mr. Sukthankar is neither a Chairman nor a Director of any other company.

Mr. Sukthankar holds 5,51,255 equity shares in the Bank as on March 31, 2012.

Email ID:Psukthankar.bod@hdfcbank.com
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