Ashok Chawla, the former chief of fair trade regulator CCI, has become the chairman of the National Stock Exchange
An experienced civil servant, Chawla retired as Competition Commission of India (CCI) Chairman in January after being at the helm for nearly five years. He has also served as Finance Secretary and Civil Aviation Secretary, among other posts.
In February, Chawla was appointed as chairman of TERI and as additional director by Yes Bank in March. The private sector lender had also said that it has applied to RBI for approval to appoint Chawla as next non-executive chairman.
At NSE, four public interest directors -- S B Mathur, Y H Malegam, K R S Murthy and S Sadagopan -- completed their terms recently. Mathur was the bourse's chairman.
