Sri R J Vaidyanathan， a Senior General Manager has been elevated as Chief General Manager of Andhra Bank from 03.10.2009. Mr.Vaidyanathan is a qualified Chartered Accountant， joined in Andhra Bank in April 1977 as Grade II Officer. He was recruited as Inspector of Branches.
He held various positions in Andhra Bank， has 32 years of varied experience in Andhra Bank. He served as Manager （Advances）， Senior Branch Manager， Chief Manager of branches located in Andhra Pradesh and Tamilnadu handling various types of advances in Corporate， SSI and Retail Credit. As Asst General Manager in Funds and Investment Cell in Mumbai he was instrumental in setting up Dealing Room for Domestic Treasury. Later he was elevated as Dy General Manager in Funds Department. During the period 1999 to 2001， he was responsible for shifting the 4 different dealing rooms to Mumbai and integrating the Domestic and International Treasury.
Later he was promoted as General Manager on 02-05-2001 and since then handled important portfolios like Investments and International Banking， Corporate Credit and Export Credit accounts etc. He has been working as General Manager （Credit） for the last 5 years and during the period the Banks Corporate Credit has increased from Rs 4500 Cr to Rs 27800 Cr. He has varied experience in general banking with specialization in Corporate Credit and in Domestic and International Treasury Departments.
