Madhabi Puri Buch was appointed as a new full-time member of the Securities and Exchange Board of India by the government on Tuesday (Sebi). Who is Madhabi Puri Buch, though? Let us have a look at her profile.

Madhabi Puri Buch Biography
Buch, who is now employed at the New Development Bank in Shanghai, has been appointed for a three-year term, according to a notification from the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT). She has been hired at a monthly salary of Rs375,000.
Education and Family in Madhabi Puri Buch
Buch, a management graduate of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad, has worked in private banks for almost 20 years in various roles. She is married to Dhaval, the Hindustan Unilever Executive Director, and they have a kid.
Madhabi Puri Buch’s Professional Life
She began her career with ICICI Bank before moving on to ICICI Securities Ltd as managing director and the chief executive officer from February 2009 to May 2011. Buch worked as a consultant for the New Development Bank in Shanghai and as the head of Greater Pacific Capital’s Singapore branch before joining Sebi.
Madhabi Puri Buch Biography | |
Name | Madhabi Puri Buch |
Occupation | Chairperson, SEBI |
Husband | Dhawal |
Age | NA |
Contact | madhabi.buch@sebi.gov.in |
Education | Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad |
Buch has been selected as the Sebichairman for a three-year term. Buch was a full-time member of Sebi in the past.
Buch will take over from Ajay Tyagi, whose five-year term ends in February. On March 1, 2017, Tyagi, a 1984 batch IAS officer from the Himachal Pradesh cadre, was selected as Sebichairman for a three-year term. He was given a six-month extension after that, and his term was extended for another 18 months in August 2020. Buch has more than three decades of experience and has previously chaired numerous Sebi committees.
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