The bank will decide on the final name by the third week of December, at least a month before the RBI deadline of January 31
The stock is down 7% at Rs 191, extending its previous day's 7% fall after former SBI chairman O P Bhatt resigned from the panel set up by Yes Bank to find a successor to its MD and CEO Rana Kapoor
Former SBI chairman O P Bhatt has resigned from the panel set up by Yes Bank to find a successor to its MD and CEO Rana Kapoor, the private sector bank said Thursday. Bhatt, who was an external expert on the Search and Selection Committee (S&SC), resigned with "immediate effect" as "there may be a potential conflict of interest", the bank added. Bhatt is under CBI's scanner in connection with loans given to the now defunct Kingfisher Airlines, promoted by fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya. On Tuesday, Yes Bank's non-executive chairman Ashok Chawla had resigned as his name figured in a CBI chargesheet filed in the Aircel-Maxis case. "The Nomination & Remuneration Committee ('NRC') of the Bank while accepting Mr. Bhatt's resignation has recognised his guidance and inputs during his association with the S&SC as an External Expert," Yes Bank said. The bank further said that given the significant progress made by the S&SC with the support of Korn Ferry over the past three .
In the past two months, the stock has fallen 30 per cent from Rs 319 on September 17 to Rs 223, as of November 14, 2018.
Ashok Chawla continues to be director on the boards of the National Stock Exchange and Jet Airways
Yes Bank Friday said the panel looking for a successor to MD and CEO Rana Kapoor has the finalised potential candidate profile. The Reserve Bank has refused to extend the tenure of Kapoor beyond January 31, 2019. Earlier this month, the private sector lender appointed US-based head hunter Korn Ferry to assist a panel searching for a successor of Kapoor. The bank's 'Search & Selection Committee' is headed by Independent Director Brahm Dutt. "The committee finalised the potential candidate profile. Korn Ferry also shared a representative list of candidate pool, based on initial industry mapping," Yes Bank said in a filing to stock exchanges. In September, the Yes Bank's board sought at least a three-month extension for Kapoor from the RBI beyond January 31, 2019, stating that finding a suitable successor is a "time consuming challenge". Last week, the Reserve Bank refused to grant more time to Kapoor and asked the lender to appoint his successor latest by February 1, 2019. Kapoor
YES Bank posted on Thursday its first drop in quarterly profit in at least three years, as the provisions for bad loans and mark-to-market losses more than doubled
The stock slipped 15% to Rs 169 in early morning trade after the private sector lender reported a lower than expected net profit in Q2FY19.
Net interest income rose 28% to Rs 24.17 bn from Rs 18.85 billion a year ago; Other income up 18% to Rs 14.73 bn
The bank's gross Non-Performing Assets (NPA) reduced to 1.60 per cent of its total assets at the end of September
A YES Bank spokesperson said Kapoor had acted in his role as promoter and not as the bank's MD and CEO
The RBI said that a successor to Kapoor should be appointed by February 1, 2019. Kapoor's tenure was cut short by an order issued by the RBI recently.
The bank has hired US-based advisory firm Korn Ferry to help with the selection process
The private sector lender's appointed committee is targeting to complete the recruitment process latest by mid December 2018, it added
A committee has been set up with three internal and two external members to search for suitable candidates
The stock was up 6% to Rs 255 on the BSE in early morning trade, rallying 24% thus far in the current week as compared to 0.92% rise in the S&P BSE Sensex.
On September 25, the bank had announced plans to ask the central bank for an extension of Kapoor's term as MD & CEO, which led to the bank being accused of not having a proper succession plan in place
The stock moved higher by 15% to Rs 268, bouncing back 24% from its intra-day low of Rs 217 on the BSE.
YES Bank was up 5% to Rs 236, extending its past two days 9% gain, while Goa Carbon soared 19% to Rs 659, zooming 65% from its yesterday's 52-week low price of Rs 400 on the BSE.
The bank's stock has plummeted since the RBI asked Rana Kapoor to exit as CEO by January 2019