Expanding its leadership team, Suryoday Small Finance Bank Ltd. has appointed Alok Pathak as Chief Risk Officer (Designate).
With more than 27 years of experience in banking, treasury, risk management, and financial services, he brings strong expertise in enterprise risk governance, operational resilience, and strategic business leadership.
Before joining Suryoday Small Finance Bank, Alok Pathak served as Director and Chief Executive Officer at Sharp Financial Services Pvt. Ltd. Earlier, he spent over 9 years at Utkarsh Small Finance Bank, where he played a key role in developing and strengthening the bank’s risk management framework. As Chief Risk Officer, he established and led the bank’s operational, credit, market, information security, and fraud risk management functions.
In his most recent role at Utkarsh Small Finance Bank as Head of Assets, he was responsible for driving the topline and profitability of the bank’s entire asset portfolio. This included corporate lending, MSME, housing finance, LAP, digital personal loans, credit cards, NBFC, and business banking.
Prior to that, Alok held senior leadership roles at YES BANK as Executive Vice President and Senior Vice President. He was responsible for operational risk management and strengthening the bank’s governance and risk frameworks, including preparations for the Advanced Measurement Approach (AMA).
Earlier, during his 6-year tenure at Axis Bank, he led the Operational Risk function, implemented enterprise governance, risk, and compliance (eGRC) frameworks, approved new products and processes, and strengthened operational risk controls across treasury, corporate banking, and capital markets.
Alok began his banking career with State Bank of India as a Probationary Officer, where he gained experience across branch banking, corporate banking, MSME, forex, retail assets, and agricultural banking. He later worked as Dealer – Fixed Income/Equity at State Bank of Mysore, managing treasury portfolios and liquidity operations. He also served as Electronic Data Processing Manager at Oriental Bank of Commerce, contributing to the automation of regional banking operations.
With extensive experience in enterprise risk management, business strategy, treasury operations, governance, and banking transformation, Alok’s appointment is expected to further strengthen Suryoday Small Finance Bank’s risk management capabilities as the bank continues to expand its presence across India’s banking sector.
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