Mr. Yaduvendra Mathur has been appointed by the Government of India as Chairman and Managing Director of Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank).  Prior to this appointment,

Mr. Mathur was Chairman and Managing Director, Rajasthan Financial Corporation, since 2011.

Mr. Mathur is an Indian Administrative Service Officer of the 1986 batch. A First Class Graduate in Economics and an MBA in Finance, Mr. Mathur has worked with Golden Tobacco and Associated Cement Companies in Mumbai between 1982 – 1984 before joining the Indian Revenue Services (Income Tax) in 1984 and then the IAS in 1986, topping his batch.

He has had long stints in various positions in the Finance Department including Principal Secretary Finance, Government of Rajasthan. During his postings under the Department of Economic Affairs (2001-2003) at Cote d’Ivoire and Tunisia, Mr. Mathur worked as Assistant to the Executive Director (representing India, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Switzerland) of African Development Bank. He was then actively engaged with the Export-Import Bank of India in enhancing and promoting business opportunities for Indian companies in the African continent through Technical Cooperation Agreements. As Energy Secretary of Rajasthan for over three years, Mr. Mathur contributed in the setting up of three greenfield power plants in the state. He was also Planning Secretary, PHED Secretary and Director General Revenue Intelligence in Government of Rajasthan. He also has experience as Managing Director of a Textile Mill at Bhilwara and as Chairman of Indira Gandhi Canal Board. Mr. Mathur was Collector & District Magistrate of Bhilwara and Bharatpur and has also served for over three years as Senior Deputy Director at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie.

Mr. Mathur has interests in entrepreneurship development, infrastructure financing, regulatory issues and in behavioral sciences.

Source :  Sachin Murdeshwar