Mr. Palamadai Sundararajan Jayakumar is the Non-Executive Chairman and an Independent Director of ICRA Limited.
Mr. P. S. Jayakumar is a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, an MBA graduate from XLRI Jamshedpur and Gurukul Chevening Scholar, London School of Economics and Political Science.
Mr. P. S. Jayakumar had joined Citibank NA as Management Associate in 1986 and at the time of leaving the Bank in 2008, he served as Co Head, Citibank India, with responsibility for its consumer banking. During his stint with Citibank, Mr. P. S. Jayakumar also served in senior position with Citibank Asia Pacific Region based out of Singapore.
Mr. P. S. Jayakumar had served as the Managing Director and CEO of Bank of Baroda during 2015-19 and was the first person from Private Sector to be appointed to manage a large public sector bank. Apart from transformation of Bank of Baroda, Mr. Jayakumar successfully integrated Bank of Baroda along with Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank and the success of this model resulted in other consolidation in the public sector banking system.
Mr. Jayakumar also co-promoted two companies, (i) VBHC Value Homes and (ii) Home First India, which is now a listed entity in the NSE. These companies address both the supply and demand side for affordable housing and stays engaged with VBHC as the non-Executive Chairman.
Mr. P. S. Jayakumar also serves as a Chair and an Independent Director in several Public and Private Limited companies and various sector covering manufacturing, financial services, pharmaceuticals, media and logistics.
Mr. Jayakumar also mentors several start ups and is also a member at Governing Board of the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs.