K.V. Kamath, managing director and CEO, ICICI Bank, will hand over charge to joint managing director and chief financial officer Chanda Kochhar, in what is being seen as a smooth change of guard in the country's largest private sector bank.
The change will be with effect from April 30, 2009.
Kamath will take over as the non-executive chairman of the board from N.Vaghul, who is designated to retire on April 30, next year.