Centre appoints JK Sinha, Syed Akbaruddin and Annie George Mathew as Directors on RBI Central Board
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File image: Syed Akbaruddin, a 1985‑batch Indian Foreign Service officer who served as India’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York from 2016 to 2020
The central government has named Janmejaya Kumar Sinha, Syed Akbaruddin and Annie George Mathew as part‑time, non‑official members of the Reserve Bank of India’s Central Board, effective August 24 for a four‑year term, unless changed sooner.
Key Takeaways
- The Centre appointed Janmejaya Kumar Sinha, Syed Akbaruddin and Annie George Mathew as part-time, non-official Directors on RBI’s Central Board, effective August 24 for four years.
- Sinha is BCG’s India Chairman and previously worked at RBI before joining BCG in 1998.
- Akbaruddin, a 1985-batch IFS officer, served as India’s UN Ambassador (2016-2020) and now deans the Kautilya School of Public Policy.
- Annie George Mathew, a 1988-batch IA&AS officer, retired as a Special Secretary-level official.
Sinha serves as India Chairman and sits on Boston Consulting Group’s Henderson Institute Innovation Sounding Board, a body that fosters, inspires and directs upstream innovation at BCG. Before joining BCG in 1998, he was employed by the RBI.
Akbaruddin, a 1985‑batch Indian Foreign Service officer who last served as India’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York (2016‑2020), now holds the position of Dean at the Kautilya School of Public Policy in Hyderabad.
File image showing Annie George Mathew alongside Arvind Panagariya, chair of the 16th Finance Commission
Annie George Mathew, a 1988‑batch officer of the Indian Audit and Accounts Service, retired as Special Secretary (Expenditure) in the Ministry of Finance in September 2021. She served as a full‑time member of the 16th Finance Commission.
These appointments follow last week’s decision by the government to name former ISRO chairman Somanath Sreedhara Panicker and to reappoint industrialist Anand Gopal Mahindra as part‑time, non‑official members of the RBI’s Central Board, also for four‑year terms starting August 20, subject to any earlier change.
Published on August 24, 2026
