Ramesh Gelli is an Indian banking executive who served as the chairman and managing director (CMD) of Vysya Bank and was a promoter and CMD of the troubled Global Trust Bank, India.
Gelli is an engineering graduate from Osmania University and holds a degree in management from the Asian Institute of Management where he graduated top of his class. He worked at the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation and Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited before being appointed general manager at Vysya Bank in 1980. Three years later, he was elevated to the position of CMD of Vysya Bank.
He was awarded the Padmashri by the Government of India in 1990, the first banking executive to have received the honour.
He was the chairman of the Board of Governors of Bharathidasan Institute of Management in the late 1990s.