Best of HDFC Bank yet to come: Puri

New Delhi, August 13

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A lot has been achieved in the 26-year old journey of HDFC Bank but the “best is yet to come”, the lender’s outgoing Managing Director Aditya Puri said. Puri expressed satisfaction that he was passing on the baton to Sashidhar Jagdishan, who is the “worthiest person” to lead the bank.

Earlier this month, HDFC Bank appointed Jagdishan as the managing director with effect from October 27, when Puri turns 70.

“I haven’t been happier than I’m now as I write this. I’ve always maintained our best is yet to come, and with Sashi now at the helm I have no doubt that our best will come.

“I wouldn’t go into the qualities he possesses because most of us would know that. Suffice to say that in him you have the best person to lead and I have the worthiest person to hand over the baton to,” Puri said in an e-mail to the lender’s employees.

The veteran banker has been instrumental in building the bank from scratch and turning it into the largest private lender of the country. — PTI