Uday Kotak is Founder and Director of Kotak Mahindra Bank. Over the past 38 years, under his leadership, the Kotak Mahindra group has emerged as one of India’s leading diversified and integrated financial services conglomerates, providing a range of financial solutions. The Kotak Education Foundation, a philanthropic trust founded by Mr Kotak, works with some of India’s most economically underprivileged communities, attempting to alleviate poverty through education and livelihood programmes. He is a member of the GIC International Advisory Board, the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s International Advisory Panel and Co-Chairman of the Indo-UK Financial Partnership (IUKFP), among others. He has been awarded the Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2014.

Mr Kotak holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce and a Master’s degree in Management Studies from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai.