Overview of the Familiarization Programme conducted for the Independent Director (Mr. Cornelis Petrus Adrianus Joseph (“Eli”) Leenaars) of the Bank: Sessions were conducted by the Bank on March 18, 2024 (from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.), March 19, 2024 (from 9:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.) and March 20, 2024 (from 12 noon to 4:00 p.m.) to familiarise Mr. Leenaars with the nature of the industry in which the Bank operates. The topics covered were Kotak Group Structure, Financials, Companies Act and LODR (important provisions), Commercial Bank, Human Resources, Consumer Bank, Kotak Securities (Institutional Equities), Investment Banking, Wealth Management, Wholesale Banking, Asset Reconstruction, Treasury, Risk Management, Internal Audit, Asset Management, Kotak Securities (Retail), Information Technology, Customer Service, Digital, CSR & ESG.
Cyber Security Awareness Session was conducted for the Board of Directors on October 17, 2023 from 11.00 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. by Ernst & Young (E&Y) LLP, India, which was attended by Mr. Prakash Apte, Mr. Uday Khanna, Dr. Ashok Gulati, Ms. Ashu Suyash, Mr. C S Rajan, Mr. Uday Kotak, Mr. Dipak Gupta, Mr. K.V.S. Manian and Ms. Shanti Ekambaram.
Presentations on critical parameters, such as, business strategy, financial outlook, financial reports and their integrity, risk, compliance, ESG, CSR, financial inclusion, Human Resources, Consumer Banking Business, Wholesale Banking Business, Technology and Customer Service were also made to the Directors periodically.
Attendance of Non-Executive Directors (tabular form)
Name of the Non-Executive Director
|
Attendance of Directors in the programme
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No. of programmes attended
|
No. of hours spent in the programmes attended
|
FY 21-22
|
FY 22-23
|
FY 23-24
|
Cumulative
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FY 21-22
|
FY 22-23
|
FY 23-24
|
Cumulative
|
Farida Khambata@
|
12
|
N.A.
|
N.A.
|
14
|
24
|
N.A.
|
N.A.
|
41
|
Prakash Apte
|
12
|
6
|
15
|
37
|
16
|
7
|
9
|
53
|
Uday Khanna
|
12
|
6
|
23
|
48
|
16
|
7
|
16
|
89
|
Uday Shankar
|
12
|
5
|
18
|
40
|
16
|
6
|
12
|
63
|
Dr. Ashok Gulati
|
15
|
6
|
23
|
44
|
31
|
7
|
16
|
54
|
Ashu Suyash
|
9
|
6
|
23
|
38
|
23
|
7
|
16
|
46
|
C S Rajan^
|
N.A.
|
9
|
23
|
32
|
N.A.
|
16
|
16
|
32
|
Eli Leenaars*
|
N.A.
|
N.A.
|
8
|
8
|
N.A.
|
N.A.
|
6
|
6
|
C Jayaram
|
11
|
6
|
23
|
43
|
15
|
7
|
14
|
55
|
Amit Desai
|
6
|
9
|
21
|
36
|
7
|
11
|
14
|
32
|
Uday Kotak#
|
NA
|
NA
|
23
|
23
|
NA
|
NA
|
16
|
16
|
@ ceased to be a Director and an Independent Director with effect from September 7, 2022
^ appointed as Independent Director with effect from October 22, 2022
* appointed as Independent Director with effect from January 1, 2024
# held position as a Non-Executive Director with effect from September 2, 2023