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Banking sector veteran R Subramaniakumar, with over 40 years of experience, will take charge of private sector RBL Bank from June 24, replacing the interim MD & CEO Rajeev Ahuja. Ahuja took charge as the interim MD & CEO of the bank after the sudden ouster of the then chief Vishwavir Ahuja in late December 2021, who was sent on leave with immediate effect. Subramaniakumar had in past served as the Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer (MD & CEO) of Chennai-based public sector lender Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) and also as the Executive Director (ED) of the bank. Besides, he was also the ED at Indian Bank and held various positions in the banking industry. He was instrumental in the transformation at Delhi-based Punjab National Bank (PNB). Also, he served as a board of director of PNB's Bhutan joint venture Druk PNB. The search committee constituted to identify the MD & CEO for the bank ran an exhaustive process along with Egon Zehnder and recommended the name .