Axis Bank by the numbers: A close look at how the lender fared under Shikha Sharma’s tenure

Shikha Sharma was named CEO of Axis Bank in April 2009. Sharma was previously managing director and CEO of ICICI Prudential Life.

On Monday, Sharma told the board that she wanted to step down in December 2018, cutting short her fourth term of three years that begins on June 1. This came after the Reserve Bank of India asked the board to reconsider the latest term it handed Sharma in July 2017.

Sharma has spent nearly four decades in banking. How did Axis Bank under her watch perform vis-a-vis its two close competitors  -- ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank -- between 2009 and 2018? Here is the story in numbers.