India, Oct. 12 -- An engineer by education, Anup Bagchi has spent more than three decades building a career in financial services. Now, the ICICI Group veteran is set to lead HDFC Bank, India's largest private sector lender, from October 27, 2026. His appointment marks a major leadership change at the bank, where he will succeed Sashidhar Jagdishan. Here are five things to know about the banker and his journey to the top job:

Bagchi graduated in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, before pursuing a management degree from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore. His career eventually took him into banking and financial services, where he worked across several businesses.

His journey fro...