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Slice: Leadership Change
Slice appointed Rajan Bajaj as MD and CEO (RBI approved), and former SBI executive Sreedevi Pillai joined board; company achieved profitability in first full year as bank with 132% YoY revenue growth
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The leadership read
Leadership transitions often precede broader the sector bench-strengthening over the next two quarters.
Market context: The wider read — a Talent Market Index of 107.9 (Hot), up 2.4 month-on-month — shows Asia signal flow steady (+1.2pts).
Slice: 1 signal in the last 90 days; 0.1% of MitchelLake's Asia signal flow.
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Leadership Change · Asia
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Leadership Change · Asia
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Leadership Change · Asia
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Leadership Change · Asia
MUFG →MUFG appointed a new CEO who has rekindles ambition to position the bank among world's top five institutions
Leadership Change · Asia
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