Keki Mistry

A Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). Mr. Keki Mistry brings with him over four decades of varied work experience in the Banking & Financial Services domain. In 1981, Mr. Mistry joined HDFC Ltd. India’s premier housing finance company. Over the years he held several responsibilities, prior to being inducted onto its Board as Executive Director in 1993. He was appointed as the Managing Director in 2000, as the Vice Chairman & Managing Director in October 2007 and the Vice-Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation with effect from January 1, 2010.

Mistry is responsible for the overall functioning of the Corporation. As a part of the management team, Mr. Mistry has played a critical role in the successful transformation of HDFC into India’s leading Financial Services Conglomerate by facilitating the formation of companies including HDFC Bank Ltd., HDFC Asset Management Company Ltd., HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Ltd. and HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company Ltd. Mr. Mistry worked with the Indian Hotels Company Ltd. before joining HDFC.

Besides being on the board of several HDFC Group companies and HDFC Bank, Mr. Mistry is also on the Board of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd, Torrent Power Ltd, CDC Group (London), Greatship (India) Ltd., Griha Investments – Mauritius, Griha Investments pte ltd – Singapore.

He is also the Non-Executive Chairman of GRUH Finance Ltd., a subsidiary of HDFC Ltd and also on the Advisory Boards of a few Indian corporates. Mr Mistry is also on various committees, prominent among them being Member of Corporate Governance Committee constituted by Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), Primary Market Advisory Committee (PMAC) of SEBI and Chairman of the CII Corporate Governance Committee.

Some of Mr. Mistry’s recent recognitions include, being awarded ‘Best Independent Director Award 2014’ by Asian Centre for Corporate Governance & Sustainability, the Best CEO Financial Services (Large Companies) 2014 by Business Today magazine, CFO India Hall of Fame by the CFO India magazine in 2012, One of Best CEO for Investor Relations – India at the Thomson Reuters “Extel Awards” – 2012, Best Banker of the Year in 2011 by Financial Express, awarded the QIMPRO Gold Standard 2011 – Leader for Quality in Business by the Qimpro Foundation, honoured with the ‘CA Business Achiever of the year’ award in the Financial Sector by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) in 2011, declared as the Best CFO in the Financial Services category by the ICAI for 2008, CNBC TV18’s Award for the ‘Best Performing CFO in the Financial Services Sector’ for three consecutive years – 2006, 2007; 2008 and CFO of the Year for 2008 and selection as the ‘Best Investor Relations Officer’ in the Corporate Governance poll by Asiamoney (2008).