Axis Bank’s high-level exits continue as CRO Amit Talgeri exits; Anand Viswanathan takes over

Axis Bank has announced another senior-level change with Chief Risk Officer (CRO) Amit Talgeri set to exit at the end of his second term. Talgeri will cease to be CRO from the close of business on December 31, 2025, and will be relieved from the bank’s services on January 18, 2026.

The bank has appointed Anand Viswanathan as the new CRO for a three-year term beginning January 1, 2026.

Talgeri’s departure adds to a string of senior exits and transitions at the bank over the past two years. Since March 2024, Axis Bank has seen multiple high-ranking executives move on, including Ravi Narayanan (Retail Liabilities, Branch Banking & Products) in March 2024, Sumit Bali (Retail Lending) in August 2024, Ganesh Sankaran (Wholesale Banking Coverage Group) in November 2024, and Chief Audit Executive S. Bhaskar in February 2025.

In 2025, the trend continued with the resignation of Arjun Chowdhry (Affluent Banking, Cards, Payments and Retail Lending) in August 2025 and the retirement of Deputy Managing Director Rajiv Anand the same month.

Viswanathan, who currently heads Market & Liquidity Risk, Enterprise Risk Management and Model Risk at Axis Bank, brings over two decades of experience across financial markets, structuring, analytics and risk management. An alumnus of IIM Calcutta, he ranked second in his class and is a rank-holder Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary.

He also holds the FRM certification from the Global Association of Risk Professionals.

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made the announcement as part of its disclosure under Regulation 30 of SEBI’s Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements Regulations, confirming that Viswanathan will be designated as senior management under applicable laws.

The board approved the appointment during its meeting on November 26.