BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Mr. Dheeraj G Hinduja, 

aged 50 years, is a Non-executive Director of our Company. He holds a bachelor’s degree in science (economics) with a specialisation in economics and history from the University College, London and a master’s degree in business administration from the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of London. He was appointed as a director of our Company on August 30, 2011. He has held directorships in various companies including Hinduja Ventures Limited, Ashok Leyland Project Services Limited, Aasia Advisory Services Limited, Hinduja Global Solutions Limited, Ashok Leyland Technologies Limited formerly known as Nissan Ashok Leyland Technologies Limited, Ashok Leyland Vehicles Limited formerly known as Ashok Leyland Nissan Vehicles Limited and Ashley Powertrain Limited formerly known as Nissan Ashok Leyland Powertrain Limited. Mr. Hinduja is also a director on the board of Hinduja National Power Corporation Limited, Hinduja Tech Limited and Ashok Leyland Limited. He has experience at various strategic and leadership levels in the Company, covering a variety of business functions.

Mr. Sachin Pillai 

aged 49 years, is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Office of our Company. He joined our Company on April 13, 2012. He was appointed as the CEO of our Company with effect from April 1, 2016. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration in marketing from Sardar Patel University and a master’s degree in business administration from Chakravarti Rajagopalachari Institute of Management. He has several years of experience in the field of financial services. He is responsible for establishing and implementing systems to execute our Company’s strategic plan on various issues, including issues relating to business development, grounds for identifying the avenues for development, market opportunities, and forecasting data to drive decision-making around business development. Prior to joining our Company, he was associated with Reliance Capital Limited as the executive vice president, group business head and with HDFC Bank Limited, where he was the vice president.

Mr Gopal Mahadevan 

aged 55 years, is a Non-executive Director of our Company. Mr. Gopal Mahadevan holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from the University of Madras. He is also a chartered accountant and a member of the ICAI and is a qualified company secretary from the ICSI. Mr. Mahadevan has several years of experience across various industries. He is presently the chief financial officer of Ashok Leyland Limited. Prior to working with Ashok Leyland Limited, he was working with Thermax Limited (as the executive vice president and chief financial officer). Mr. Mahadevan was also a director on the board of various Thermax group companies including, Thermax Instrumentation Limited, Thermax Engineering Construction Company Limited, Thermax Onsite Energy Solutions Limited, Thermax Sustainable Energy Solutions Limited and Thermax Babcock, and Wilcox Energy Solutions Private Limited. Mr. Mahadevan has also worked with Sanmar Group, Sify and Amara Raja Batteries in various financial functions.

Mr.Sudhanshu Tripathi 

aged 62 years, is a Non-executive Director of our Company. He holds a bachelor’s degree in science (electrical engineering) from the Bihar Institute of Technology, Ranchi University and a post graduate diploma in business management from XLRI – Jamshedpur. He has overseen human resource functions for many years across various sectors. Mr. Tripathi started his career in 1982 with Tata Steel as Graduate Engineer trainee. Mr. Tripathi is presently the group president - human resources of Hinduja group.

Mr. R S Sharma 

aged 71 years, is an Independent Director of our Company. Mr. Sharma holds a bachelor’s degree in arts from Delhi University. He is a qualified cost accountant from the Institute of Cost Accountants of India. Mr. Sharma is also a certified associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers. Mr. Sharma is the former chairman and managing director of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited. He was also concurrently the chairman of Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Limited and ONGC Videsh Limited from May 2006 to January 2011. Mr. Sharma currently holds the position of Chairman of the Hydrocarbon Committee at FICCI. He is also a Senior Advisor in McKinsey & Co.

Mr. Debabrata Sarkar 

aged 68 years, is an Independent Director of our Company. Mr. Debabrata Sarkar holds a master’s degree in commerce from the University of Calcutta. He is a qualified chartered accountant from ICAI, and is a certified associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers. He is the former chairman and managing director of Union Bank of India and a nominee director of Union Asset Management Company Limited formerly known as Union KBC Asset Management Company Private Limited. Mr. Sarkar has also been on the board of Star Union Dai-Ichi Life Insurance Company Limited, Allbank Finance Limited, General Insurance Corporation of India.

Ms. Manju Agarwal,

aged 64 years, is an Independent Director of our Company. She holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in arts from the University of Allahabad. She is also a Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers. Ms. Manju Agarwal has experience of over 34 years in the banking sector. She was the deputy managing director (digital banking and new businesses) of State Bank of India, wherein she was responsible for rolling out new digital initiatives in the bank, debit card strategies, acquiring business, transit solutions, transaction banking business and government business. She has also held the post of the deputy managing director and chief operating officer, corporate office.

Mr G S Sundararajan 

aged 61 years, is an Independent Director of our Company. He is a Group Director at Shriram Group. Earlier, he was the CEO & Managing Director of Fullerton India Credit Company Ltd. He was also the Managing Director of Fullerton Enterprises Private Limited

Mr. Sundararajan was nominated to the Boards of two Financial Services investments of Temasek in China, one in Nanjing for the SME Business and the other in Chengdu in their Village Bank franchise. He was an integral part of Temasek’s vision for India in the Banking and Financial Services space that went on to become the fastest growing and largest networked Finance Company in the country. Earlier to this, he was the Managing Director and Head of Citibank’s SME and Asset Based Finance business in India. He had an exceptional stint at Citibank where he built the SME and ABF business of the bank across the country. He is also an Independent Director in our wholly-owned subsidiary – Hinduja Housing Finance Limited.

He started his career in Sales with Eicher Mitsubishi and went on to head the captive finance arm of this company in India. Mr. Sundararajan holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Coimbatore and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad

Dr. Mandeep Maitra,

aged 57 years, is an Independent Director of the company. Dr. Mandeep Maitra holds Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in Psychology from Lady Sri Ram College, University of Delhi, Master of Arts in Personnel Management & Industrial Relations - Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, HR Strategy in Transforming Organizations, London Business School. She has also carried out various Executive Coaching and Certification Programs. In June 2022, she was awarded an honorary Doctorate (PhD) in Leadership & Transformation by Ecole Superieure Robert De Sorbon Universite in France "based on her relentless pursuit of excellence and ability to touch the professional lives of many.