The Tamilnad Mercantile Bank was founded in 1921.

Mr. Shri M.V. Shanmugavel Nadar was selected as First Chairman on Nov 04, 1921.

The bank was opened by Shri T.V. Balagurusamy Nadar.

He was President of the Nadar Mahajana Sangam and the bank threw open its door to the public on Nov 11, 1921 at 9am in Ana Mavanna Building at South Raja Street, Tuticorin.

The bank has now 502 full fledged branches all over India, 12 Regional Offices, 11 Extension Counters, 6 Central Processing Centres, 1 Service Branch, 4 Currency Chests and 1057 Automated Teller Machines.

The first fully computerized branch was opened at WGC Road, Tuticorin on Dec 09, 1984.

The bank had established its first currency chest in 1993 at Madurai & has industrial finance branches at Coimbatore, Chennai and Secunderabad.

The bank, which had a Net Profit of Rs. 6,984.00 in the year 1921 had spurted its profit to Rs. 5.05 Lakhs in the year 1971 and Rs. 250.90 Crores for the year ended March 2011.

Founder Directors of TMB
Shri M.V. Shanmugavel Nadar
Shri M.VE. Kasisamy Nadar
Shri K.A.M.A. Kaliyappa Nadar
Shri T.V. Balagurusamy Nadar
Shri P.K.S.A. Arumuga Nadar
Shri M.VE. Ratnasamy Nadar
Shri AR.A.S. Arumugasamy Nadar
Shri W.P.A. Marimuthoo Nadar
Shri A.M.M. Sinnamani Nadar
Shri AR.A. Shenbaga Nadar

Past & Present Chief Executives
Chairman Period of Association
Shri R. Jeyaraj 1969-1988
Shri J. Kasiviswanathan 1989-1991
Shri M. Jesudasan 1992-1996
Shri K.N.V. Nayar 1996-1997
Shri S. Krishnamurthy 1997-2002
Shri R. Natarajan 2002-2004
Shri S. Radhakrishnan 2004-2006
Shri M.G.M. Maran 09-04-2007 to 08-04-2008

MD and CEO Period of Association
Shri G. Narayana Moorthy Dec 2006 to May 2009
Shri G. Nagamal Reddy Jun 2009 to Sep 2010
Shri A.K. Jagannathan Sep 2010 to May 2012
Shri K.B. Nagendra Murthy Jul 2012 to Jul 2014
Shri H.S. Upendra Kamath Jul 2014 onwards

Board of Directors of Tamilnad Mercantile Bank
Name of Director Additional Designation
Shri S. Annamalai
Shri S.R. Aravind Kumar
Shri P.C.G. Asok Kumar
Shri B.S. Keshava Murthy Independent Director
Shri K. Nagarajan
Shri K.N. Rajan RBI Nominee
Shri K.V. Rajan RBI Nominee
Shri A. Shidambaranathan Independent Director
Shri V.V.D.N. Vikraman
Shri B. Vijayadurai
Shri P. Yesuthasen Independent Director
Shri H.S. Upendra Kamath MD & CEO

General Managers of Bank
Shri M. Gunasekaran
Ph.: +91 461 232 1130

Shri S. Kandavelu
Ph.: +91 461 232 0360

Shri N. Devadas
Ph.: +91 461 233 9146

Shri M. Avadai Nayagam
Ph.: +91 44 2619 2325

Shri R. Ravindran
Ph.: +91 461 232 5411

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