Indian- American Nandita Bakshi has been appointed the President and Chief Executive Officer of Bank of the West, a unit of French banking giant BNP Paribas. Ms. Bakhshi holds a Masters of Arts degree in international relations from Jadavpur University in India. She is a history graduate from University of Calcutta.
“I am excited to join Bank of the West, one of America’s most reputable banks. Bank of the West is well positioned in the US market and I am thrilled at the prospect of leading an organisation with such a strong focus on customer service,” Bakhshi said in a statement.
“We are pleased to welcome Nandita Bakhshi to the Bank of the West. Her extensive experience in product and distribution, coupled with her visionary thinking, relentless customer focus and value-driven philosophy will serve us well in taking the Bank of the West to greater heights,” head of international retail banking for BNP Paribas Stefaan Decraene said.
Career Profile
Chief Executive Officer and President of Bank of the West since June 1, 2016.
Prior to joining TD Bank
Executive Vice President of Consumer Deposits and Payments at Washington Mutual in Seattle, now JP Morgan Chase.
Held leadership positions at FleetBoston, now Bank of America
First Data Corp.
Executive Vice President and Head of Direct Channels at The Toronto-Dominion Bank until March 2016.
Head of Consumer Bank and Executive Vice President at TD Bank, N.A. since February 19, 2013.
Head of Product Management at TD Bank, N.A.
Managing Director of First Data Mobile Solutions since January 2005.
Division Executive of Consumer Deposit Products at WMI Holdings Corp. (now known as WMIH Corp.).
Executive Vice President of Consumer Deposits and Payments at FleetBoston Financial Corp since March 20, 2006.
Executive Vice President of Product at TD Bank, N.A. until February 19, 2013.
Executive Vice President and Manager of Payments for Retail Banking Group at WMI Holdings Corp., since March 20, 2006.
