Sanjiv Bajaj (born on November 2, 1969) is B.E. (Mech), first class with distinction (8th on merit list) from the University of Pune, M.Sc (Manufacturing Systems Engg) with distinction from the University of Warwick, UK and MBA from Harvard Business School, USA.
More+Sanjiv took charge as Managing Director of Bajaj Finserv Limited in February 2008. Bajaj Finserv operates in the insurance business through Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company Limited and Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company Limited, as well as in the lending business through Bajaj Finance Limited. His role includes guiding the current businesses and building new ones in the financial services space.
Besides handling Bajaj Finserv, he is also Vice Chairman of Bajaj Finance Limited and Chairman of Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company and Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company since 2013. He was the Non-Executive Director of Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company and Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company from their inception in 2001 up to March 2013.
He has been the Managing Director of Bajaj Holdings & Investment Limited with effect from April 2012. His role includes building the strategy and team, and guiding this investment company, which has almost Rs. 60,000 crore in cash and investments including over 30% stake in Bajaj Auto and around 40% in Bajaj Finserv
He was a former Executive Director at Bajaj Auto Limited (until March 2012), having headed Finance & Control, legal & international business functions of Bajaj Auto over different periods from 1994 until 2012. He is currently a Non-Executive Director of the company.
Sanjiv has been recognized as Entrepreneur of the year 2017 by Ernst & Young. He has received many recognitions over the year some of them are:
• Ernst & Young – EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2017
• India Today – Top 50 Power List 2017-18
• Bombay Management Association (BMA) - Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2015-16
• Business World - India’s Most Valuable CEOs in 2015 & 2016
• Ernst & Young - EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award in Financial Services 2014
• Economic Times Corporate Dossier - India Inc’s top hundred most powerful CEOs in India in 2009
• Business Today magazine - One of the top CFOs of India for 2005
Details of his directorships across all the companies and committee positions in other companies:
CHAIRMANSHIPS
Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company Ltd.
Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company Ltd.
DIRECTORSHIPS
Bajaj Finserv Ltd. - Managing Director
Bajaj Finance Ltd. - Vice Chairman
Bajaj Holdings and Investment Ltd. - Managing Director
Bajaj Auto Ltd.
Bajaj Auto Holdings Ltd.
Maharashtra Scooters Ltd.
COMMITTEE POSITIONS
Bajaj Finserv Ltd.
Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company Ltd.
Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company Ltd.
Bajaj Finance Ltd.
Maharashtra Scooters Ltd.
S. Sreenivasan (Sreeni) has been with us as the President (Finance) of Bajaj Finserv Limited since September 2011. From 1st October 2014, he has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer. Apart from his role as CFO, he is also responsible for overseeing the insurance business on behalf of the Company.
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In his previous assignments, he has held leadership roles in Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company and Bahrain National Holding Company overseeing Corporate Finance, Planning, Management Accounting and Taxation functions.
Sreeni holds a Bachelor’s Degree of Science from the University of Kerala. He is also a qualified Chartered Accountant, a Cost Accountant, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA Institute, Virginia, USA) and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.
MAJOR DIRECTORSHIPS
Bajaj Allianz Financial Distributors Limited
Bajaj Financial Securities Limited
Bajaj Allianz Staffing Solutions Limited
V. Rajagopalan has held the position of Vice President (Legal) of Bajaj Finserv Limited since January 1st, 2009 and is spearheading the new business initiatives of the Group in the field of financial services. In his present role, he is responsible for acquisitions & structuring initiatives besides treasury, regulatory and legal oversight at the corporate level for the group’s financial services businesses.
More+Ranjit Gupta started in Bajaj Auto Ltd. as General Manager (Co-ordination) in 1988, and moved on to become Vice President (Materials) in 1995 and Vice President (Insurance) in 2001.
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Gupta was honoured with a fellowship from the Institution of Engineering & Technology (London) and was also inducted as a member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (London).
He is working as President (Insurance) in the company.
Kevin D'sa began his career with Bajaj Auto Ltd. in September 1978 and is presently its Chief Financial Officer. After acquiring a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, he completed his CA in 1978 and ICWA in 1981.
More+He is working as President (Business Development) in the company with effect from 20 February 2008.
LessGanesh Mohan joined Bajaj Finserv Limited in 2015 and heads strategy development, execution and innovation efforts across all the Group companies of the BFS Group. This includes setting strategy for all the key operating companies, driving key cross-company initiatives as well as managing critical corporate development plans.
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Prior to joining BFS, Ganesh was a Partner at The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and worked with BCG for 16 years across multiple geographies (US, Europe, Middle East & India) primarily focusing on the financial services sector.
At BCG, Ganesh worked with large retail and corporate banks, sovereign wealth funds, asset managers and finance companies globally on a wide variety of functional and business issues. Ganesh has a B. Tech (Hons) in Chemical Engineering from IIT, Kharagpur and an MBA in Finance and Strategy from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.
Ajay joined Bajaj Auto in 1997 and moved Bajaj Finserv in 2007 post the demerger of erstwhile Bajaj Auto. He is presently working as Head – Group Risk Management. He also oversees the CSR activities of Bajaj Finserv and its subsidiaries. He is currently driving some significant strategic CSR projects in health, child welfare and employability.
More+Ajay is a commerce graduate from Pune University. He is a graduate of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India and an Associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He has completed his International MBA with Honors at ESMT Berlin (Germany). At ESMT, he was a winner of the Academic Performance Prize awarded for the most outstanding academic performance during the program.
Ajay is a watercolorist and his Facebook page showcases many of his sketches and paintings. He remains stress-free by listening to Indian classical music and playing Badminton.
At Bajaj Finserv , Rajeev has charted an ambitious growth path for the company. The company is at an inflexion point and owes its exponential growth from a captive finance company to a most diversified non-bank in India today. The cumulative experience at GE, American Express and AIG has helped him change the course of the company and put it on a high growth path.
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Rajeev was earlier with American International Group as a Deputy CEO of its Consumer Finance business. At AIG, he was responsible for building the strategic framework for AIG Consumer business entry in India, created a holding company and acquired two non-banking finance companies to establish a base for AIG in the Indian market.
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Tapan has been the founding employee of the company. He has handled various roles in geographies and channels and took over as MD & CEO in 2012. The company has not only been the leading company in India in terms of profit and growth, but is also recognized as one of the best companies in Asia.
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He is a social media savvy CEO and has considerably following on Linkedin, is equally active on Twitter & uses Google Hangout to reach out to consumer and employees. He also blogs under the heading""My Takewhich is very popular among people of the industry and across the globe".
He has been actively involved in various industry forums and is on the Advisory Committee to the Regulator (IRDAI). He was chosen as the CEO of the Year by the Insurance Asia Awards and is also recognized as a Power Profile by LinkedIn. He is a BHU alumnus having done his Masters in Physics with specialization in Lasers and Spectroscopy and his schooling from La Martiniere for boys Kolkata and St. Peters Agra.
Tarun Chugh joined Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance as the MD & CEO in April 2017. Tarun is also an elected member of the Life Insurance Council – Executive Committee. A seasoned industry veteran, he has over 23 years’ experience in financial services space, including over thirteen years’ experience in the Indian Life insurance sector.
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Tarun is a familiar figure in the Indian life insurance sector, having headed general management and strategic roles as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of PNB Metlife India Life Insurance Company in February 2014. He has served as the Chief Distribution Officer in addition to overseeing branch operations and marketing in ICICI Prudential Life Insurance. Tarun has also worked as an Investment Banker for 12 years prior to joining the Insurance sector.
In his multiple leadership roles, Tarun has a proven track record of building relationships and trust with various stakeholders.
Tarun passed out as an engineer from IIT Delhi and completed his Post graduation in management from IIM, Lucknow in 1994.
He is a highly motivated person with the zeal to achieve excellence in all his endeavors as seen in his personal and professional achievements. Tarun is an avid reader and has interests in tennis and travelling.