Brijesh Mehra, who has been India head of Royal Bank of Scotland, is joining RBL Bank as head of Corporate and Institutional Banking. The portfolio also covers large companies, public sector units and financial institutions. RBS has closed down its operations in India in February 2015. Mehra joined RBS after his erstwhile ABN Amro Bank was acquired by the British lender in a global takeover. He started his career with ANZ Grindlays as a management trainee in 1986. At RBL Bank, he will report to MD & CEO, Vishwavir Ahuja. Gurumurthy R, who has been in charge of corporate and institutional banking in the bank for over the last five years, will now be in charge of risk and governance. The bank also promoted Neeta Mukherjee as chief credit officer. She is a 26-year-old banking veteran with stints at GE Capital Services India, Asset Reconstruction Company (India) and ICICI Bank.
