16 February 2020, Kathmandu
Mr. Anil Kishora, Deputy Managing Director & Chief Risk Officer of State Bank of India, visited Nepal on 7th February 2020 for four days. Mr. Kishora has gained vast experience of the banking sector, working in different verticals of SBI for the last 37 years.
He has worked in both national and foreign offices of SBI. During his visit, an interaction program was organized by Nepal SBI Bank Ltd at Radisson Hotel, Kathmandu. In the program, Chief Executive Officers and Chief Risk Officers of most of the commercial banks were invited.
During the interaction program, Mr. Kishora highlighted significant risks faced by the banking sector and also highlighted how the risk factors have been changing and what measures were applied in the past for risk mitigation.
Further, he highlighted cyber risk as an emerging risk in the banking sector, how SBI is trying to mitigate these risks, and suggested the invitees attending the program to be proactive in reducing cyber threats.