Money Matters Chief Becomes the First Indian Recipient of Honorary CISI Fellowship

CONNAUGHT PLACE, India - July 5, 2013 - PRLog -- Mr Ravikumar is the first Indian to receive a CISI Honorary Fellowship and the award was presented at the Institute of Chartered Secretaries of India (ICSI) – CISI continuing professional development event on “Integrity Matters” in Mumbai.

Honorary Fellowship, which carries the designatory letters FCSI (Hon), is awarded by the Institute Board to those who have contributed with distinction to financial services and to the CISI. The Institute now has 51 Honorary Fellows out of a total membership of over 40,000 worldwide including the late Lord George of St Tudy, former Governor of the Bank of England, Sir Hector Sants, former CEO of the FSA, Angela Knight CBE and formerly CEO of the British Banker’s Association, Xavier Rolet, Chief Executive of the London Stock Exchange and HE Abdullah Al-Turifi, Chief Executive of the UAE Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA).

Simon Culhane, Chartered FCSI and CISI CEO said: “We are delighted to award our highest accolade to Mr Ravikumar as a valued CISI supporter and to welcome him to our elite group of ambassadors.”

Of his appointment, Mr Ravikumar said: “At the outset I am overwhelmed by the gesture of the CISI Board to nominate me as part of a small group of professionals as Honorary Fellows of the Institute. My sincere thanks to the Board of the Institute for this gesture. I am honoured and humbly accept this nomination. I am happy to be associated with the Institute in all its endeavours in seeking to promote knowledge and integrity in financial services – needed somewhat in a higher degree in the current context of events.”

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