NEW YORK (TIP): Mr. Amit Verma has taken over as new Country Head of the US Operations of State Bank of India, which includes its offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Sao Paulo and Washington DC. Mr. Verma joined State Bank of India (SBI) as a Probationary Officer in 1995. In his banking career spanning over 28 years, he has handled diversified assignments in the Bank, particularly in the areas of Large Value Corporate Credit, Human Resources and Retail Banking, besides working in different geographies in the International Banking Group of the Bank.
He is a Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Banking & Finance.

He has held key roles in important branches under SBI’s Corporate Credit set up, in Mumbai. In his subsequent assignment, he was handling the responsibilities of General Manager, in the Retail & Developmental Banking vertical of SBI, with a diverse client base, including SME, Agriculture, Retail and Corporate Banking. Prior to his present assignment, he was the appointed as Regional Head – East Asia. Stationed at Hong Kong, he was responsible for supervision and oversight of SBI’s operations in China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, and Bank’s Representative Office in the Philippines.