Board of Directors
Mr Bhavendra Kumar
Non-Executive Director
Mr Bhavendra Kumar is a Non-Executive Director of our Company and has been a Director since June 13, 2025. He has been nominated on our Board by Canara Bank. He holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Delhi, New Delhi and has passed the certified associate examination conducted by the Indian Institute of Banking & Finance, and the junior associate examination conducted by the Indian Institute of Banking & Finance. He has over 26 years of experience in the banking industry. Currently, he is an executive director at Canara Bank. Previously, he has served at Canara Bank in multiple capacities including as the chief manager, the assistant general manager, the deputy general manager and the chief general manager in various cities in departments such as Delhi Circle, Delhi SME Sulabh, gold loan wing, priority credit wing and the strategic planning & development wing
Mr Santanu Kumar Majumdar
Non-Executive Director
Mr Santanu Kumar Majumdar is a Non-Executive Director of our Company and has been a Director since July 19, 2025. He has been nominated on our Board by Canara Bank. He holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from the University of Calcutta, Kolkata and is also an associate of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He has passed the final examination conducted by the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India. He has over 25 years of experience in the banking industry. Currently, he is an executive director at Canara Bank. Previously, he has served at Canara Bank in multiple capacities including as the chief general manager, the deputy general manager and the general manager in various cities in departments such as the financial management wing and the prime corporate credit wing, and the New York branch (United States of America).
Mr Edward Charles Lawrence Moncreiffe
Non-Executive Director
Mr Edward Charles Lawrence Moncreiffe is a Non-Executive Director of our Company and has been associated with our Company since May 27, 2024. He has been nominated on our Board by INAH. He holds a bachelor’s degree in arts from University of Durham, United Kingdom. He is also a chartered insurer from the Chartered Insurance Institute, United Kingdom. He has over 18 years of experience in the fields of banking and insurance. He has been associated with the HSBC group for more than 18 years and is currently the chief executive officer at HSBC Global Insurance. Previously, he was the chief executive officer at HSBC Life, Hong Kong and Macau.
Mr Amitabh Nevatia
Non-Executive Director
Mr Amitabh Nevatia is a Non-Executive Director of our Company and has been a Director since January 16, 2025. He has been nominated on our Board by INAH. He holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from University of Calcutta and is also an associate of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He has over 26 years of experience in the banking industry. He has been associated with the HSBC Group for over 26 years, in the capacity of, among others, the head of asset liability and capital management for Middle East, North Africa and Turkey (MENAT) at HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, Dubai, UAE and is currently the chief financial officer at The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, India.
Mr Supratim Bandyopadhyay
Independent Director
Mr Supratim Bandyopadhyay is an Independent Director of our Company. He was appointed on our Board onNovember 28, 2023. He holds a bachelor’s degree in science (Chemistry) from the University of Calcutta. He is also an associate of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He has over 35 years of experience in the fields of insurance, finance, investments and debt operations. Prior to joining our Company, he was associated with Life Insurance Corporation of India for 32 years where he served in various roles. He was also appointed as the WholeTime Member (Finance) of the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority for a term of two years and was subsequently appointed as its Chairperson for a term of three years. He also held the position of the managing director and chief executive officer at LIC Pension Fund Limited.
Dr Kishore Kumar Sansi
Independent Director
Dr Kishore Kumar Sansi is an Independent Director of our Company. He was appointed on our Board on October 27, 2023. He holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in science (Physics) from the University of Delhi, New Delhi and a master of philosophy in Physics and Astrophysics from the University of Delhi, New Delhi. He has been conferred the degree of doctor of literature from Vel Tech, Technical University, Tamil Nadu. He has also completed a three years (part-time) advanced level course in computer science from The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers. He has over 38 years of experience in the banking industry. Previously, he has worked as the managing director and chief executive officer at erstwhile Vijaya Bank (now amalgamated with the Bank of Baroda). He has also served as an Executive Director with Punjab and Sind Bank. He was recently nominated as a member of the Board of Governors of Management Development Institute Society, Gurugram.
Ms Geeta Mathur
Independent Director
Ms Geeta Mathur is an Independent Director of our Company. She was appointed on our Board on December 17, 2020. She has passed the final examination for bachelor’s degree in commerce from Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi, New Delhi and is also an associate of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. She has over 10 years of experience in the banking industry. Previously, she was associated with ICICI Bank Limited and she has also served as the chief financial officer at HelpAge India. She has received the Iconic Woman Director Award from Mentor MyBoard at the 3rd Women Directors Conclave 2023, and the Distinguished Alumni Award 2024 from the SRCC Alumni Association.
Mr Suryanarayana Somayajula
Independent Director
Mr Suryanarayana Somayajula is an Independent Director of our Company. He was appointed on our Board on March 30, 2021. He holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from the Faculty of Commerce, Andhra University. He is a fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He has also attended international trainings and programs, including the leadership development for the corporate excellence program by Kellogg’s School of Management and the National Institute of Bank Management. He has over 35 years of experience in the banking industry. He was previously associated with Union Bank of India (formerly Andhra Bank) as the chief general manager and United Bank of India (now amalgamated with Punjab National Bank) as a shareholder director.
Mr Animesh Chauhan
Independent Director
Mr Animesh Chauhan is an Independent Director of our Company. He was appointed on our Board on April 14, 2025. He holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from Jiwaji University, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. He has over 40 years of experience in the banking industry. He was previously associated with Bank of Baroda, where he worked in various capacities including overseas operations in the United Kingdom. He was also associated with Central Bank of India as an executive director, with The Nainital Bank Limited as the chairman and with Oriental Bank of Commerce as a managing director and chief executive officer.
Dr Rabi Narayan Mishra
Independent Director
Dr Rabi Narayan Mishra is an Independent Director of our Company. He was appointed to our Board on April 14, 2025. He holds a bachelor’s degree in arts from the Gangadhar Meher College, Sambalpur University, Sambalpur and a master’s degree in economics from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He also holds a Doctor of Philosophy (Arts) in economics from the University of Mumbai, Mumbai and was a visiting fellow of economics at Harvard University, United States of America. He has over 41 years of experience with the RBI, where he also served as an executive director and was the first director of the College of Supervisors of the RBI. He was also associated with Punjab National Bank as a nominee director of the RBI.
Mr Anuj Dayal Mathur
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer
Mr Anuj Dayal Mathur is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of our Company. He was appointed as the Chief Executive Director and Whole-time Director with effect from July 1, 2015 and the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer with effect from July 1, 2018. He has been associated with our Company since February 1, 2008 (i.e., around the time we commenced our business) for over 17 years and has been a Director since July 1, 2015. He holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi, New Delhi. He is also a fellow of Institute of Company Secretaries of India and an associate of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India. He has over 30 years of experience in diverse industries, including insurance, automobile, information technology and telecom. Previously, he was associated with CGU Project Services Limited, Aviva Life Insurance Company India Limited, Maruti Udyog Limited, HCL Perot Systems and Bharti Tele-Ventures Limited. He has also received the “Times Now India’s Impactful CEO 2023” award by ET Edge and the Times Group and “Times Now Most Promising Business Leaders of Asia” award by ET Edge and The Times Group at the Times Now Asian Business Leaders Conclave 2025, among others.