After the HDFC-HDFC Bank merger, HDFC Bank's MD and CEO Sashidhar Jagdishan, in a letter to over 4,000 HDFC employees who joined bank's rolls, said, "Our work starts from today...in realising the potential of what this merger holds for us." He added, "The pace at which we aim to grow...we could be creating a new HDFC Bank every four years."