Shri Ramnath Pradeep
Chairman & Managing Director
Shri Ramnath Pradeep has been appointed as Chairman & Managing Director of Corporation Bank. He has assumed the office of Chairman & Managing Director of the Bank on 1st September, 2010.
Before his appointment as Chairman & Managing Director, Shri Ramnath Pradeep was Executive Director of Central Bank of India.
Shri Ramnath Pradeep is a Law Graduate and a Post Graduate in Economics. He is a recipient of Government of India’s merit scholarship. After completion of LLB, Shri Pradeep practiced for a short period and joined Madhya Pradesh Financial Corporation as a Law Officer. He Joined Dena Bank in the year 1981 for a brief period and thereafter joined ONGC Off-Shore Project at Mumbai. In 1984, Shri Pradeep again joined back Dena Bank as Senior Manager [Legal].
He was promoted as a Chief Manager in the year 1989 and had held various positions. He was instrumental in launching of Credit Card for Dena Bank and also setting up one of the first Asset Recovery Branches in Public Sector Banks. He was promoted as Assistant General Manager in 1994 and headed as the Regional Manager of Bhopal region. He than headed the Industrial Finance Branch, Mumbai as the Deputy General Manager. He was promoted as General Manager of the Bank in the year 1999 and he worked in various areas like Treasury, Recovery Management, Asset Liability Management etc.
In the year 2001 he was posted as the Chief Vigilance Officer in the Scale of Deputy Management Director in State Bank of India and thereafter re-appointed to Bank of India as Chief Vigilance Officer till 2004 and then as General Manager (Legal & Recovery) upto 2005. During his tenure, he supported Bank’s effort to implement Core Banking Solutions (CBS), an outsourcing model, which got appreciation from International Community for best outsourcing model.
After completion of his deputation at Bank of India, Shri Pradeep joined his parent bank Dena Bank in January 2006. He was the in-charge of IT department and CBS implementation. The CBS was successfully implemented along with most of other solutions in the Bank.
He took charge as Executive Director of Central Bank of India in December 2008. During his tenure the Bank started moving forward in terms of retention of the customers and restoring confidence among employees at all levels, customers and Regulatory Govt. Authorities.
