Las Vegas resident, Rahul Kachru, 44, recently got appointed as a CEO of a major community based financial institution in New Jersey and joins the elite list of young Indian Americans that hold the executive level positions in a banking sector.

He took over the reins at South Jersey Federal Credit Union – the largest state based financial institutions with retail presence over all 7 southern counties of New Jersey. Previously, Kachru has held senior executive positions in credit unions in California and Nevada.  Kachru started his career in banking with HSBC where he after a decade left as a Director of M&A. Kachru is a dual major in economics and statistics with masters in Applied Risk from University of Texas at Austin.

Rahul and his wife Monica have been residents of Las Vegas since 2006 and are actively seen volunteering their time and efforts for the cause of the local Indian community organizations. Although, Rahul has already taken over in New Jersey, Monica and their two sons plan to join him in mid June 2015. When asked both stated that they would dearly miss their friends and events of the local desi diaspora. They do desire to eventually return back and call Las Vegas their permanent home.