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Founded in 2004, Yes Bank has grown to become India’s fifth largest private bank. Sanjay Nambiar joined the company in late 2010 and, according to nominators, has shown ‘masterful judgement of the legal issues it faces’, while taking ‘a brave but firm stance on the risks facing the banking industry’. Nambiar joined Yes Bank just as the wave of litigations following the 2008 financial crisis was reaching its peak, and oversaw the resolution of these claims, assisted by senior team members. His previous roles have included senior positions at ICICI Bank, real estate developer IDBI, and Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation. His six years at Yes Bank have been marked by a rethinking of the legal team’s relationship with the business and an overhaul of its processes for identifying and managing risk. He is, says one nominator, a ‘supreme legal organiser who encourages his team to advise the business in the way that he advises it: with great tact, thought and insight’.