Dr. Gopal Prasad Bhatta was appointed as Bank's Independent Director by the Board of the Bank on 13th April 2022. Dr. Bhatta has gained three decades of vast experience in various roles and responsibilities before being retired from the position of Executive Director of the central Bank, Nepal Rastra Bank.

While working in Nepal Rastra Bank, Dr. Bhatta held the responsibilities at various departments viz. Bank Supervision Department, Finance Company Supervision Department, Economic Research Department, Financial Management Department, Public Debt Management Department, Human Resources Management Department etc.

Dr. Bhatta has done Doctoral research in "Stock Market Efficiency in Nepal" from Tribhuvan University, Nepal after Master's Degree in Business Administration from Tribhuvan University.

Dr. Bhatta was one of the prominent members of various committees/ projects formed by Nepal Rastra Bank and Government of Nepal for the purpose of recommending/ developing strategy/ framework as per the Terms of Reference of the committees/ projects. He has attended a number of banking and finance related trainings/seminars/workshops within and outside the country and also acted as resource person in such programs. He has also served/serving as a part time faculty of International Financial Management, Financial Engineering & Derivatives Management, Investment Management, Merger- Acquisition & Corporate Restructuring etc. at various colleges in Nepal.