Gannesh Bharadhwaj has been appointed as the new head of personal finance services of the Indian operations of HSBC.

In his new role, Bharadhwaj would be responsible for the Premier and Advance propositions of HSBC, its wealth management, liabilities, consumer assets and NRI businesses and the distribution network.

Previously, he was looking after Asia Pacific's consumer assets business focused on cards, mortgages and loans from Hong Kong.

He succeeds as Rajnish Bahl who has moved as the Regional Head of Distribution, Middle East and North Africa.