The best part of Mumbai is the people.
I've been here all my life, so I know a lot of people,
all over the city.
Anytime I go anywhere, I meet people
whom I've known for years.
I do love my cup of tea, and I like my newspaper.
When I open a newspaper, it will always be the sports page.
It's my time to relax.
Once I finish my newspapers, I start for my office
and just be prepared for a great day ahead.
My name is Mahesh, and I am Chief Financial Officer
for J.P.Morgan Chase in India.
We are a cross border bank.
We specialize in taking Indians to the world,
and the world to India.
Anything specific within Ujjain you want us to cover?
I am not just a Chief Financial Officer managing finance,
but I have other areas of responsibilities,
which is Technology Operations and Human Resources as well.
I think that someone like you can make an impactful presentation.
The trickiest part of my job
is that the world around is changing.
All clients expect things to be better, faster, and cheaper.
I have a team that consistently delivers.
Always exceeding client expectations.
We've got to scale it up even further because
we're going to take it to other cities across the state.
Sometimes people misunderstand banking
as something very generic that any accountant
would be able to understand.
In banking, what you need to first understand is the products.
And then you need to understand the client needs.
We're pretty intensive engagement for the next couple of years.
That might be good for us as well.
And that is not built overnight.
I joined the company 27 years ago.
When I look back, we were a handful of employees, like a startup.
And we had ambitions to grow.
At that time, I knew nothing about banking.
As the client franchise grew, we were a rep office,
and we expanded into full scale branch license.
So at that time, I had to really understand
the banking regulations.
Then we acquired a securities company,
Leaders Investment Bank.
They also had an asset management firm.
I had to learn those businesses.
From purely being an accountant into a banking professional,
that is what is exciting as a journey for me.
Sometimes you feel that you are working with the same company,
but everything around you has changed.
The tools have changed.
The technology has changed.
The clients have changed.
The demands have changed.
And you, too, have changed, for better.
And that's been a great satisfaction for me.