Mr. Ashwini Kumar Tewari
Associate Director
Mr. Ashwini Kumar Tewari started his career in State Bank of India (SBI) in the year 1991 as a Probationary Officer. Presently, he is the Managing Director of SBI and handling the portfolios of International Banking, Information Technology and Subsidiaries of the Bank. He has been a part of SBI for almost three decades now and has handled several assignments for the Bank, across various locations in India and abroad.
Prior to becoming Managing Director at SBI, he served as Managing Director and CEO of SBI Cards and Payment Services Ltd., from July 2020 to January 2021. As Managing Director & CEO of SBI Cards and Payment Services Ltd, he oversaw key partnerships inked with GPay, PayTM, BPCL, etc and steered the company through the immediate aftermath of the COVID-19 period.
Earlier, he was the Country Head of the US Operations of SBI from April 2017 to July 2020. This included its offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington DC and Sao Paulo (Brazil). Prior to that, he was the Regional Head and General Manager, East Asia, for SBI. Based in Hong Kong, he oversaw the business development and control of State Bank of India, in Hong Kong, China, Japan, Korea and the neighbouring region.
Over the years, he held other leadership positions in SBI including Deputy General Manager (Operations & Information Systems), International Banking Group, Mumbai, Head of SBI’s Cash Management, Regional Manager, Branch Head, amongst others.
Mr. Tewari has served on the Board of International Institute of Bankers, New York, and the Board of University of Washington Global Bankers Program. He is also a Director on the Boards of SBI Capital Markets Ltd, SBICAP Securities Ltd, SBICAP Ventures Ltd, SBI Cards & Payment Services Ltd, SBI Infra Management Solutions Pvt Ltd, SBI Life Insurance Co Ltd, SBI Payment Services Pvt Ltd, SBI General Insurance Co Ltd, SBI Global Factors Ltd, SBI Pension Funds Pvt Ltd and SBI DFHI Ltd.