Nixon Joseph
CEO, Children’s Lovecastles Trust
Nixon Joseph, CEO, CLT India (Childrens Lovecastles Trust), Bengaluru, former President & Chief Operating Officer, SBI Foundation, is a post-graduate in English Language and Literature, joined State Bank of India in 1985 as probationary officer. As a career Banker, he has extensive experience in various facets of Banking like Corporate Credit, Retail Operations, International Banking etc., has worked all across India. He was also Manager(Operations), SBI Bahrain and Chief Executive Officer, SBI Tokyo branch(2008-2012). He is a Certified Credit Professional, Certified Banking Compliance Professional and Certified Information Systems Banker.
He was President of the Sakura Toastmasters Club, Tokyo and also started the Tokyo debating society.
His interest in long distance running has led to his completion of 55 full marathons (42.195km), making him popular as “SBI’s marathon legend”. That he was never an athlete, yet started full marathon running at the age of 45 years, went ahead completing full marathons and still running, has been inspiring thousands of people especially youth. Various institutions have been inviting him to share his experiences of running 54 full marathons and motivate the youth. He has been running in all the SBI Green marathons to spread the message of sustainability.
As President of SBI Foundation, the CSR arm of State Bank of India he was supporting strong impact and sustainable projects to help the underprivileged and needy. He has been driving the Centre of Excellence for persons with disabilities implementing projects for a diversified and inclusive society. A regular speaker in various CSR & Sustainability forums all across India, till date during the lockdown period he has participated in more than 275 webinars as chief guest/guest of honour /panelist speaker.
As CEO of CLT India, he is driving the digital Stem education initiatives which has already been implemented in 4200 schools and benefited 2.6 million students.
He is the recipient of Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam award 2018 for excellence in public service and Dr Kalam Memorial Ignited Minds award. His name figures in the “Be the Inspiration” Book released by Rotary Club, Mumbai where 45 inspiring Indians were listed. He was recognized as “Covid warrior” facilitated by the Governor of Maharashtra for spearheading covid relief activities. Visiting faculty of International Institute for Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability. He is member of Governing Council of Yes Bank Foundation and also advisor to various NGOs and Foundations.