Mr. Gopalaraman Padmanabhan holds extensive experience and expertise in banking regulation and supervision of foreign exchange / securities markets in India, information technology, customer service, risk management, finance and payment systems, with more than 35 years of experience with the RBI in various capacities. At the time of superannuation, he was Executive Director at RBI. He was appointed as Non- Executive Chairman of Bank of India in August, 2015. He held this position for 5 years till August 2020. He advises several firms on banking / foreign exchange and payment system and other regulatory issues.