
The finance ministry is planning to revamp the appointments system at the top management level in public sector banks, beginning 2007. In the new system, the ministry has proposed that the average age of CMD be set at 50, with a minimum stint of five years. For executive directors, the average age would be 45. The minimum tenure for the CMD is currently two years.
Further, to widen the talent base for the top posts, the ministry has finalised a parallel plan to allow free flow of officials of the rank of general manager and above. Senior finance ministry officials said it was not easy to find enough talent at the senior level, while qualified officers at the middle level cannot be selected under the present framework.
Under the new system, each bank will be required to put its list of general managers on its website so that other banks can choose from the talent pool. The officials said general mangers can go on deputation and the borrowing bank will have to maintain a stipulated ratio between general managers it wants from other banks and its own general managers.
8216;8216;This way it would be easy for banks to maintain a certain standard of performance as they can import talent in the segments where they lack it,8217;8217; said an official. The above procedures will also cover State Bank of India, whose chief general managers will be eligible to move to other banks.
8216;8216;We will weed out non-performers, including CMDs. We have removed CMDs of a couple of public sector banks in the past one year,8217;8217; the official said.