Anand Viswanathan

About Anand Viswanathan

Domain: Banking professional with twenty years of expertise in three core domains – markets (sales & structuring of currency and fixed income products), analytics (portfolio and standalone modeling) and risk management (risk strategy, model risk, capital planning, operational risk, ESG risk, strategic risk, risk culture etc.)Leadership: Considerable experience in setting up and leading teams to address new areas of concern / “white spaces” e.g. mid-cap treasury sales, offshore support for structuring, technology risk, model risk, portfolio analytics etc. In my current role, I am leading several initiatives for building sustainable capabilities for the Bank in areas of risk strategy & governance, model risk, ESG risk, risk culture and corporate credit risk.

Experience

1. President & Group Chief Risk Officer

   Axis Bank

   Jan 2026 — Present · IN

   Head of Risk function for Axis Bank with oversight over Risk at the group level.

Education

• The Institute of Company Secretaries of India

  Company Secretary, Corporate laws

  1997 — 2000

• Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

  Chartered Accountant, Finance, Tax, Accounts

  1994 — 1997

• Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

  PGDM, Finance, Economics

  1998 — 2000

• Global Association of Risk Professionals

  FRM, Risk management

  2014 — 2014

• Global Association of Risk Professionals

  Sustainability & Climate Risk Program, Climate

• University of Mumbai

  Bachelor of Commerce, Accounting, Economics

  1993 — 1996

Skills

• Portfolio Management
• Banking
• Risk Management
• Foreign Exchange
• Fixed Income
• Structured Finance
• Financial Markets
• Investment Banking
• Financial Structuring
• Mergers
• Credit
• Financial Modeling
• Capital Markets
• Credit Analysis
• Structured Products
• Credit Risk
• Fx Options