BT-Carma CEO watch

O.P. Bhatt
The intense speculation in the media on the direction of interest rates in February ensured that the spotlight remained on bank CEOs. And not surprisingly, the Chairman of India's largest public sector bank was the most written-about CEO of the month for his repeated assertion that interest rates will remain stable for the next six months.

	Top 10 Indian CEOs		Top 10 Global CEOs
	CEO/Company	Total Number of Stories	CEO/Company	Total Number of Stories
1	0.P. Bhatt | SBI	33	A. Toyoda | Toyota	145
2	S. Mittal | Bharti Group	21	W. Buffett | Berkshire Hathaway	62
3	M.V. Nair | Union Bank of India	17	R. Murdoch | News Corp	59
4	R.S. Sharma | NTPC	12	J. Dimon | JP Morgan	47
5	S.K. Roongta | SAIL	12	J. Ackermann | Deutsche Bank	44
6	C. Kochhar | ICICI	12	E. Schmidt | Google	43
7	R.C. Bhargava | Maruti	12	S. Jobs | Apple	43
8	N. Chandrasekaran | TCS	11	S. Hester| RBS	40
9	K. Biyani | Future Group	11	L.C. Blankfein | Goldman Sachs	38
10	M. Ambani | RIL	11	J. Varley | Barclays	37
Source: Carma International