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{{Indian name|George|Kayalakakam Mathai}}'''Kayalakakam Mathai George''' (1922&ndash;2000) was the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of [[Palai Central Bank]] one of the leading Banks in [[Kerala]], [[India]] in the middle of twentieth century.<br />
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He was born on 12 October 1922. He had his schooling in St Thomas School, [[Palai]] and graduated from [[Loyola College, Chennai]]. He took his MA and LLB degrees from [[Bombay University]]. He became the first MBA degree holder of [[Kerala]] when he took the degree from [[List of New York University alumni|New York University]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/alumni/networking.cfm?doc_id=2790 |title=Alumni &#124; Alumni Directory and Networking |access-date=16 December 2009 |archive-date=21 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100621120939/http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/alumni/networking.cfm?doc_id=2790 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <br />
in 1948. He worked in [[Palai Central Bank]], [[Palai]] during 1949-60, initially as an Executive, and later as Secretary and Chief Executive Officer. At the age of 34, he was the youngest CEO of a [[scheduled bank]] in [[India]]. During his tenure, the bank's business increased by more than 300% from since the time of his joining. He was the President of the [[Travancore-Cochin]] Bankers’ Association. He was also one of the founder partners in 1946 of "Kayalackakom Company" [[Cochin]], the first stock & share brokers' firm of [[Kerala]]. He moved to [[Trivandrum]] in 1972 and was engaged in the development of plantation and industrial ventures including the Premier-Morarji Chemical Co Ltd, [[Alappuzha]]. He also regularly contributed articles to financial dailies and journals. He retired from active work in 1990 and died on 25 September 2000.<br />
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