Biswamohan Mahapatra

Biswamohan Mahapatra’s career spans over three decades. He retired as Executive Director of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in August 2014. At RBI, he was in charge of banking regulation, policy and supervision. Post retirement, he was an Advisor to RBI on the new bank licensing process. He has represented RBI at various national and international forums and chaired several RBI Committees.

He was also the Member-Secretary to the Committee set up to introduce a financial holding company structure in India and was also involved in the formulation of Basel II and Basel III regulations. He also serves as an Independent Director on the Boards of various companies. Recently, he was appointed as the Non-Executive Chairman of the National Payments Corporation of India.

He holds a Master of Science in Management (MSM) Degree from the Arthur D. Little Management Education Institute, Cambridge and an MBA from University of Delhi.