Mr. Srinivasan Vaidyanathan is the Chief Financial Officer at HDFC Bank. In this role, he is responsible for finance and related processes. Additionally, he is also responsible for Corporate Communications function at the Bank. 

Mr. Vaidyanathan joined the Bank from Citigroup, New York where he was Managing Director – Finance & Deputy Treasurer in the Institutional Clients Group, managing a Balance Sheet of over $ 1.3 trillion. Prior to this, he was the CFO in Citi Global Treasury, New York. He joined Citi in 1991 and has held regional and global leadership positions in diverse geographies such as Singapore, Hong Kong, and New York. He brings varied expertise in products and processes having covered Retail, Cards, & institutional businesses and corporate functions. 

During his 27 years of stint in Citi, he has successfully led financial control and processes, passionately built the finance function and drove business results. He has led financial planning; MIS and analysis; treasury; treasury reporting and analysis; and expense control and management. In recognition of his achievements, he was conferred with the Citi Global Consumer Award for Excellence and Citi Chairman’s Award for Service Excellence. He was also part of the Global Consumer Planning Group. 

A Commerce graduate from Madras University, Mr. Vaidyanathan has various post graduate degrees. He is a Fellow of India Chartered Accountants and Cost & Management Accountants; Fellow of the UK Association of International Accountants and a Member of CMA, USA. He has also earned an MBA. He is an All-India Rank Holder at the Intermediate and Final level of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. 

Mr. Vaidyanathan is a cricket aficionado and has represented various clubs in Singapore as well as Chennai. When not crunching numbers, he can be found listening to Carnatic music or traveling across the world or spending time with his family.