Mr. Debashish Mukherjee, an MBA (Finance) from IISWBM, Kolkata (under University of Calcutta) and CAIIB qualified, has over three decades of banking experience in three major Public Sector Banks, namely Punjab National Bank, United Bank of India and Canara Bank, wherein he was involved in the whole gamut of banking: both retail and wholesale.
He started his banking career with Punjab National Bank as a Financial Analyst in scale II in 1994. Thereafter, he joined United Bank of India as an Asst. General Manager (Credit) in the year 2006. He took charge as Executive Director of Canara Bank on February 19, 2018 and superannuated on May 31, 2025.
Although his forte has been large corporate credit, he also had the opportunity of handling various other banking functions, notably Recovery, Risk Management, Forex Business and International Banking at the apex level. As Regional Head and Branch Head, he had been deeply associated with grassroot and retail banking as well.
As an Executive Director of Canara Bank, he had been overseeing nearly all the banking functions, starting from HR to Risk Management, Overseas Banking, Treasury, Associates & Subsidiaries, etc. He was on the boards of some of the subsidiaries of Canara Bank, notably Canfin Homes Ltd., Canara Robeco Asset Management Company and Canara HSBC Life Insurance Company as Nominee Director, chairing some committees of the board. He was also the Chairman of the board of Canara Bank Securities Ltd.
