Rajeev Chalisgaonkar has more than 23 years of experience in Corporate, Commercial and Retail Banking across diverse geographies including Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India.

Rajeev heads Business Banking for Standard Chartered Bank globally since April 2014. He joined Standard Chartered in September 2011 as the General Manager of SME Banking, India & South Asia. In his previous assignment, Rajeev was Head of Corporate Banking with Barclays Bank India and before that led the SME and Business Banking for Barclays Emerging Markets across 14 countries in Asia, Middle East and Africa. Prior to joining Barclays, Rajeev worked for Citibank and Export Import Bank of India holding leadership positions in Central Europe and and India.

Rajeev completed his MBA at IIM Calcutta. His academic achievements also include a Bachelor of Engineering (Metallurgical Engineering) from Malaviya National Institute of Technology, India.