Uday Sankar Roy takes over as MD & CEO of SBI Life Insurance

Uday Sankar Roy has taken over as managing director & CEO of SBI Life Insurance from the incumbent, S Krishnamurthy, who retired at the end of January, 2007. Roy, a post-graduate in Science, joined State Bank of India in January 1972 as a probationary officer. During his tenure in SBI for over 34 years,. Roy has held several key assignments in various Circles of the Bank including the Banks’ London office and at the Corporate Centre in Mumbai. His previous assignment was as Chief General Manager of SBI’s oldest Circle, now spanning the states of West Bengal, Sikkim and the Bay Islands, from 2005. Besides, managing banking operations, Mr. Roy as Chief General Manager of SBI’s IT Global Hub at Belapur, Mumbai, was instrumental in implementing SBI Connect network and Core Banking software across the Bank.