Bijay has a post-graduate degree in Economics. He joined Nepal Grindlays Bank Ltd in 1991 as a Marketing Officer swiftly rising to Manager in the priority & medium sized export business sector. In 2000, he joined Standard Chartered Bank Nepal Ltd as Relationship Manager for credit dispersal in the priority/deprived & medium sized export business sector and then moved on to do banking with ANZ Banking Group Ltd in Auckland in 2001. There he gained experience as a Credit Analyst in Corporate & Institutional Banking. In 2005, Bijay returned to Nepal and worked for Lumbini Bank for one year as the Assistant General Manager overseeing the restructure/reform there before joining Nepal Investment Bank Limited in 2006 as Assistant General Manager where his responsibilities included managing IT & general services departments, product development & research, portfolio monitoring (asset/liability), strategic planning, and involvement in management decision processes of the bank.
Chief Operating Officer : Pramod Bohara
Pramod has a Masters Degree in Business Administration and has a 20-year banking experience with Nepal Grindlays Bank Ltd and Standard Chartered Bank Nepal Ltd. He has handled various senior roles and responsibilities in operations while at Standard Chartered. The major roles undertaken by him were Branch Manager, Head of Centralized Operations, Head of Country CRES etc.
Manager Credit : Kalyan Bikram Pande
Kalyan, an MBA from Bangalore University and Graduate in Electrical Engineering, has working experience in multi-national companies before joining Kumari Bank Limited as Relationship Manager-Corporate Credit in 2004. Having worked there for around 3 years, he moved on to Laxmi Bank Limited as Senior Relationship Manager – Corporate Banking where he was able to manage and maintain a healthy risk asset portfolio.
Head Credit Risk: Manish Timilsina
Manish with a MBA degree and 14 years of banking experience, has worked at various positions and role at Lumbini Bank Ltd and Kumari Bank Ltd. The major roles under taken by him during his carrier are; Credit In charge, Head-Corporate Credit, Head Corporate Relationship and Branch Manager as well as Regional Head-Eastern region. Currently he is the “Head Credit Risk Management Department” as a Manager since 2nd November 2010.
Chief Finance Officer : Shankar Kharel
Shankar, a Chartered Accountant by profession, has equipped himself with 4 years experience as Senior Audit Manager in JBRH & Co., one of the leading chartered accountant firms in Nepal. He got promoted as one of the partners of the firm after qualifying as a CA. He has audit experience in banking as he has lead the internal audit of some financial institutions like NMB Bank Ltd, Clean Energy Development Bank, Siddhartha Development Bank, etc. The 7 years of experiences in different banking scenarios and management styles gave him adequate exposure to specialized internal control systems and financial modules in banking system with expertise in compliance. Shankar is also an active member of ICAN and one of the committee members of Career Counseling Committee of ICAN.
Head Treasury & Correspondent Banking : Narendra Shrestha
Narendra, Masters Degree holder in Business Studies, has more than 12 years experience in banking both at home & abroad. Starting his career in 1997 as an Assistant in Nabil Bank Limited (then Nepal Arab Bank Limited), he has worked in different areas of banking like Accounts, Bills, LC, Loans, Guarantee, Central Operations, Fixed Assets Management and Treasury Back Office. In April 2005, he joined Doha Bank, Qatar on secondment where he gained international banking experience working in Treasury Settlements Department for 2 years. After returning to Nabil in 2007, he worked in Centralised Trade Operations for a brief period and then in Treasury & Correspondent Banking Department as Dealer of Money Market and Forex.
Head Internal Audit & Compliance: Anil Regmi
Anil completed his Chartered Accountancy from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). He is an active member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nepal (ICAN) and one of the committee members in the Ethics Committee of ICAN. He has three and half years’ job experience in Joshi & Bhandary, one of the leading chartered accountant firms in Nepal where he initiated the role of a supervisor and moved on to become a manager. He has audit experience in different banks in India (ICICI Bank, Corporation Bank, Punjab & Sindh Bank, etc.) and Nepal (Nepal Investment Bank Ltd., Himalayan Bank Ltd., Kist Bank Ltd., etc.) in the areas of statutory audit, internal audit, system audit, taxation and other special audit assignments. He has also equipped himself in the areas of audit, taxation and consultancy of the insurance sector, hydropower sector, development sector etc., at national and international levels.
Department Heads:
Sulav Hari Joshi – Senior Relationship Manager
Mintu Kumar Jha – Head IT
Mahesh Silwal – Head Credit Administration
Tilak Laudari – Head Legal
Muna Shrestha – Head SME & Retail Banking
Bipul Devkota– Head Trade Operations
Nikita Thapa – Head Corporate Communication
Kamlesh Giri – Head General Services
Sudeep Rajbhandary – Head Operational Risk Management