Arundhati Bhattacharya is currently chairperson of State Bank of India. Bhattacharya joined SBI as a probationary officer back in 1977. During her 36-year career, she has had stints in areas such as retail, treasury and corporate finance, and performed in a range of roles like deputy MD, corporate development officer, CGM, head of external audit and correspondent relations, CFO and MD. She also headed SBI’s merchant banking arm SBI Caps.