New Delhi, Nov. 2 -- The first CEO of HDFC Bank Aditya Puri has joined Carlyle as the senior advisor. Puri will advise the Carlyle team on investment opportunities across Asia. He will guide the evolving market landscape and new investment opportunities. He will also advise the company's investment professionals and portfolio management teams on building differentiated high-quality businesses.

Aditya joined HDFC bank in 1994 as its first CEO. Back then, he was a banker and a chartered accountant who was serving Citibank. He left Citibank, Malaysia when he was the CEO there. It was, perhaps, one of his toughest decisions to leave a multinational bank and join a startup bank. Under his leadership, HDFC has grown multifold. His revolutionar...