Shri S S Kohli is a graduate in Mechanical Engg. from BHU, CAIIB
He has rich experience as a banker, spanning over 40 years having held positions of Chairman & MD of Punjab and Sind Bank, Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) and Punjab National Bank (PNB).
He was the Chairman & MD of India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL), a wholly owned company of the Government of India, engaged in promotion and development of infrastructure till April 2010. Under his leadership, IIFCL commenced its operations and carved a niche for itself in financing infrastructure projects. The support of IIFCL helped in speedier achievement of financial closure of infrastructure projects in sectors like highways, airports, seaports, power, etc. IIFCL was conferred with the “Most Admired Infrastructure Financier 2010” by KPMG-Infrastructure Today.
During his Chairmanship at PNB, he undertook complete transformation of Banking operations making it a Techno-savvy bank by implementing core banking solutions and introducing various technology-based products and services. Resultantly, PNB became the #1 bank among the nationalized banks in terms of Assets, Asset quality, Technology, PAT and Return on assets. PNB also emerged as one of India’s Most Trusted Brands and the PNB Group floated three public offerings of capital during his tenure which were highly successful.
Shri S.S. Kohli held the chairmanship of Indian Banks’ Association, a forum for promoting the interest of banks for two terms and was member of several committees associated with financial sector policy/ies. The committees he chaired dealt with a variety of issues relating to small/medium enterprise financing, willful default in loans, Human Resources Development in the banking industry and reconstruction of distressed small industries etc.
A recipient of several awards including the “Enterprise Transformation Award for Technology” by the Wharton-Infosys Limited, the “ Bank of the Year Award” by the Banker’s Magazine of Financial Times, London for the year 2000, and also ranked 22nd in the list of India’s Best CEOs ranking over the period 1995 to 2011, by the Harvard Business Review recently. He now holds directorship in various institutions in India.