RBI Promotes Sonali Sen Gupta as Executive Director: Veteran Officer with 30 Years of Experience
The latest appointment comes amidst a series of changes to the top-level office bearers of the Central Bank
RBI, Sonali Sen Gupta, Executive Director
RBI, Sonali Sen Gupta, Executive Director
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced the promotion of Sonali Sen Gupta as an Executive Director (ED) on the Board of the central bank of India.
The appointment, which is effective from October 9, 2025, marks a significant addition to the top management of the RBI, bringing in a veteran who has spent almost 3 decades at the bank in various capacities.
Prior to her present elevation, Gupta served as Regional Director for Karnataka at the Bengaluru Regional Office of the Reserve Bank.
Sonali Sen Gupta has a career that spans experiences across several critical areas including financial inclusion, human resource management, banking regulation and supervision.
As per a press release by the RBI, in her new role as Executive Director, Sen Gupta will oversee the Consumer Education and Protection Department (CEPD), the Financial Inclusion and Development Department (FIDD) and the Inspection Department (INSP) - three critical divisions that anchor the Reserve Bank’s regulatory and inclusion agenda.
Gupta has represented the RBI in major global forums such as the G20’s Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI) and the OECD’s International Network on Financial Education (INFE). She has also served as a Director on the Board of the National Centre for Financial Education (NCFE) and participated in several internal and external committees that shaped policy initiatives on regulation, supervision and financial literacy.
A postgraduate and MBA in Banking and Finance, Gupta is also a Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Banking & Finance.
The latest appointment follows the recent senior-level restructuring and department-wise portfolio reallocation that has taken place at the RBI, which also saw Shirish Chandra Murmu assume charge as Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India.
Murmu, who joined the RBI in 1991, was previously Executive Director overseeing the Department of Supervision and the Secretary’s Department and has now been placed in charge of the Departments of Communication, Regulation, Government and Bank Accounts, and Enforcement.
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