Bangalore, 12^th March 2021 (GPN): Shri. K Satyanarayana Raju is a Physics Graduate, Post Graduate in Business Administration (Banking and Finance), and CAIIB.

He has joined erstwhile Vijaya Bank in 1988 and has risen to the level of Chief General Manager in Bank of Baroda. During his 33 Years long banking career he has headed various Branches for 12 years including the Specialised Corporate Banking Branch. He was Regional head of Shimoga, Vijayawada, Hyderabad, and Mumbai. He was also Zonal Head of Mumbai Zone which is the Biggest Zone of the Bank. He has also headed the Operations and Services Department at Head Office.

He has rich experience in all Segments of Banking including Branch Banking, Corporate Credit, Retail Credit, Agri Financing, Credit Monitoring, Credit Recovery, Compliance, etc.

He is a Director of BoB Financial Solutions Limited, Subsidiary of Bank of Baroda. He is also a member of the steering committee of the BOB-IIT Bombay Innovation center.

He has taken charge as Executive Director of Canara Bank on 10^th March 2021.

About Canara Bank: 

Widely known for customer centricity, Canara Bank was founded by Shri Ammembal Subba Rao Pai, a great visionary and philanthropist, in July 1906, at Mangaluru, then a small port town in Karnataka. Canara Bank is the fourth-largest public sector bank in the country after its amalgamation with Syndicate Bank in April 2020. At present, it is functioning with 10,491 Branches, 3075 Rural, 3175 Semi-Urban, 2103 Urban & 2138 Metro along with 12973 ATMs throughout. The Bank has gone through various phases of its growth trajectory over the hundred years of its existence. The growth of Canara Bank was phenomenal, especially after nationalization in the year 1969, attaining the status of a national level player in terms of geographical reach and clientele segments. In June 2006, the Bank completed a century of operation in the Indian banking industry. The eventful journey of the Bank has been characterized by several memorable milestones. Today, Canara Bank occupies a premier position in the comity of Indian banks.