Naina Lal Kidwai
Naina Lal Kidwai is an Indian banker and business executive. She is currently the Group General Manager and Country Head of HSBC India.[1][2][3] She is a chartered accountant by profession, later earned a Bachelors degree in Economics from University of Delhi and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1982.[4][5] Kidwai was the first Indian woman to graduate from Harvard Business School.[6] From 1982-1994 she worked at ANZ Grindlays, where her assignments included Head of the Investment Bank, Head of Global NRI Services and Head of the Western India, Retail Bank.
Her other positions include being a non-executive director on the board of Nestle SA, Chairwoman, City of London's Advisory Council for India, Global Advisor, Harvard Business School. She is on the Governing Board of NCAER, Audit Advisory Board of the Comproller and Auditor General of India, and on the National Executive Committee of CII and FICCI. Her interests include microfinance and livelihood creation for rural women and environment. Naina, also supports the world's largest youth driven organization - AIESEC as a National Advisory Board Member to AIESEC India. Kidwai has repeatedly ranked in the Fortune global list of Top Women in Business, 12th in the Wall Street Journal 2006 Global Listing of Women to Watch ad listed by Time Magazine as one of their 15 Global Influentials 2002.[7]
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- ^ Naina Lal Kidwai: Managing director of HSBC India
- ^ Naina Lal Kidwai to head HSBC India ops
- ^ HSBC needs to have one face for its Indian businesses: Kidwai
- ^ Harvard Business School
- ^ Naina Lal Kidwai: chartered accountant
- ^ Naina Lal Kidwai Story - Harvard Business School
- ^ Naina Kidwai named among world's top business influentials - Times Of India
