When I first met Ravi at Preeti Shenoy’s Mumbai launch of her book The Secret Wish List, I realised that he wore his achievements very very lightly.  To quote from Wikipedia, which is now THE authoritative source on everything and everyone, “A banker by profession, Subramanian has written four popular thrillers about banking and bankers, including the Economist Crossword Book Award winning The Incredible Banker.^[1] Subramanian says “I will be satisfied if people remember me as the [John] Grisham of banking,”^[2][3] referring to the American lawyer best known for his legal thrillers.

An alumnus of Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, batch of 1993, Subramanian has spent close to two decades in the financial services industry. After having worked with companies such as Citibank, HSBC and ANZ Grindlays,^[4] Subramanian is now the CEO of a listed NBFC.^[5] Subramanian continues to write popular columns…