Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Dec 24: Chairman and CEO of J&K Bank Parvez Ahmed today said that apart from organizational priorities staff welfare will remain on the top of his agenda.
He was speaking at a function organized in his honour by the J&K Bank fraternity at SKICC Auditorium. The Bank’s Executive Presidents, Senior Presidents, Presidents, Vice-Presidents and other officers were present on the occasion.
He said, “it’s people within the organizations who meet the challenges, turn the tides in their favour and make companies succeed. This institution has witnessed it throughout its illustrious journey that spans over almost eight decades now”.
He enumerated digital banking post-demonetisation, restructuring of the loan accounts and business recoveries as three key challenges facing the bank presently. However, he asserted that bank will meet all these challenges.
“The only thing people need is encouragement, guidance, work-environment and genuine appreciation. We are working out a plan to improve further on all these aspects and I assure you of complete support on all these counts in near future”, he further said, adding “bank will pay best packages to its people and provide them an attractive career growth path”.
Earlier, Executive President S S Sehgal welcomed the Chairman, other dignitaries and officers. “It is in these challenging times, the responsibility to run this great institution was entrusted to Parvez Ahmed as Chairman, whom we know as one of the most dynamic executives the bank has ever had”, he said.
Executive President Abdul Rauf described his assuming the highest chair in the bank as “right person at the right time”.
Senior Presidents M Syed Wani, S K Bhat, Abdul Rashid and Executive President Vagesh Chander also spoke on the occasion.