Mumbai, June 29 -- Two private-sector lenders saw their chief financial officers resign within a day of each other. Axis Bank's CFO Puneet Sharma quit on Sunday to pursue the next phase of his professional journey, and will step down on 31 August, the bank said in an exchange filing on Monday. Bandhan Bank said on Monday that CFO Rajeev Mantri resigned to pursue another career opportunity, and will continue in his role until 25 September as per the bank's notice period policy.

Sharma has served as Axis Bank's group head and chief financial officer since March 2020, overseeing not only the bank's finance function but also its legal, secretarial, investor relations and procurement divisions. Sharma would cease to be the bank's key manageri...