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HK25: Sachil Dagur โ€“ Enterprising Banker with multi-dimensional interests

December 9, 2020
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As a child growing up, Sachil Dagur wanted to be an Indian army officer. A minor health issue prevented him from entering the Indian Armed Forces and he decided to become a banker.

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๐๐จ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ:

โ€œ๐ต๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐ผ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘. ๐‘‚๐‘›๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐ผ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘—๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘ฆ.โ€

๐๐จ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ:

โ€œ๐‘‚๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘’๐‘› ๐ด๐‘ฅ๐‘–๐‘  ๐ต๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘˜ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐ป๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐ต๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘˜ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›.โ€

โ€œ๐ผ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘›๐‘œ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘’, ๐ผ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘’ ๐‘ก-๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘–๐‘ก.  ๐ผ๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘’.โ€

โ€œ๐ป๐พ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘’๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ค, ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”, ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘’.โ€

โ€œ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘™, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘’๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘“๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘™๐‘‘โ€ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ฆ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘›.โ€

โ€œ๐ต๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘†๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐ป๐พ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ . ๐‘€๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ-๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ง๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘–๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“๐‘“๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘๐‘–๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘‘๐‘œ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ .โ€

๐†๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž:
Sachil Dagur is a career banker with over 27 years experience; 18 years in leadership roles across different businesses, geographies and regulatory environments.ย  While primarily a corporate banker, Sachil has led businesses ranging from Retail Branch Banking, SME, Mid-Corporate to International banking.

Sachil started his career in India and grew through the ranks to become a senior banker with Axis Bank, one of the fastest growing banks in India.  With Axis, he moved first to Singapore – where he handled international affairs of the bank – and then to HK.  Few years ago, Sachil joined Habib Bank Zurich Hong Kong as CEO.  HBZ does primarily trade finance and is known for its strong people orientation.

Sachil loves living in HK with his wife and his two kids.

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