RBL Bank's R Subramaniakumar joins Pitch BFSI Summit 2025 as keynote speaker

The third edition of the Pitch BFSI Summit & Awards is set to take place on September 24 in Mumbai. The conference is aimed at bringing together some of the influential names in the banking, financial services, and insurance sectors. It serves as a knowledge-sharing platform where industry leaders and marketers will discuss key opportunities, challenges, and evolving trends shaping the BFSI ecosystem in India.

One of the major highlights of the Pitch BFSI Summit 2025 will be the Leadership Talk by keynote speaker R. Subramaniakumar, MD & CEO of RBL Bank. Driving the theme ‘Securing the Future of Indian Banking’, Subramaniakumar will shed light on how the sector can adapt to disruptive forces such as digital transformation, cybersecurity challenges, and shifting customer expectations. His insights are expected to provide a roadmap for building resilience and trust in Indian banking industry.

The key points of discussion include ways to use AI and analytics to build intuitive, frictionless customer experiences, how to strengthen the core through cybersecurity, ethical data use, and transparent communication, unlocking the potential of ‘Bharat’ with tailored products and platforms, cultivating agile, purpose-driven teams equipped for rapid transformation and balancing innovation and regulation, ensuring speed doesn’t come at the cost of stability.

The keynote address is likely to offer valuable perspectives not only for BFSI leaders but also for marketers and strategists keen to understand the future of financial services.

R Subramaniakumar is a seasoned professional with over 40 years of experience in the banking industry. Renowned as one of the top bankers in the country, Subramaniakumar has immense depth of knowledge in domains of business transformation, banking technology, risk management, innovation, NBFC management, business process re-engineering, among other areas, across organisations.

Subramaniakumar began his banking career with Punjab National Bank (PNB) in 1980. During his 33-year tenure there, his work reflected the evolution of financial technology. As he rose through the ranks in various managerial capacities, he worked across the bank's spectrum and geographies, heading Business Transformation and especially enhancing business areas such as Digital, Human Resource, MSME, Retail, Overseas Operations, among others. He has held various leadership roles through his career at PNB, including serving as the Director of DRUK-PNB, Bhutan.

Prior to joining RBL Bank, he was the Managing Director & CEO and Board Chairman of Indian Overseas Bank, where he spearheaded the transformation across domains. He has also held the position of Executive Director at Indian Bank and Indian Overseas Bank. He was appointed as an Administrator at Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Limited (DHFL), where he successfully led the debt resolution, a first of its kind in the country, during the pandemic.