Saturday, 12 January 2019

Meera Sanyal, Indian banker, Died at 57

Meera Sanyal (née Hiranandani) was born on October on 1961 and died on January 11, 2019.
She was a CEO and chairperson of the Royal Bank of Scotland in India. 

Meera was the daughter of a highly decorated Naval officer, Vice Admiral Gulab Mohanlal Hiranandani.

Meera Sanyal was involved in banking for over 3 decades before stepping down from RBS to stand as the Aam Aadmi Party candidate in South Mumbai in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, which she lost.
Earlier,  Sanyal contested as an independent candidate in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections from the Mumbai South constituency.

Sanyal was appointed as a non-executive Director on the board of Pradan, an Indian NGO that works to empower women through entrepreneurship and on the international board of Right to Play, a global organisation that has helped over 1 million children through the transformative power of play.
Sanyal  was also on the boards of Jaihind College and the Indian Liberal Group.
Sanyal was a member of various national committees at the CII and FICCI.
Sanyal was the former Chairperson of the Indian Advisory Board of AIESEC, the world's largest student organisation. 

Meera Sanyal passed away at 57 years old due to cancer.

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