M. Karthikeyan has been serving as a Non-executive Director of the Company since August 2, 2024. He is Executive Director of Bank of India. During the professional journey of over 32 years, he has extensive exposure of Corporate office and field level banking. He was Zonal Manager of Dharmapuri, Pune and Chennai, North Zone. He was Field General Manager, Delhi, Controlling 8 Zones. He has also headed Recovery, Legal Department and HRM at Head Office, Mumbai.
Abhay Tewari joined the company in the year 2014 as Appointed Actuary. Prior to his appointment as Managing Director & CEO of the company, he was promoted as Joint President – Corporate & Chief Actuary, overseeing Operations, Actuarial and Risk. He has played a critical role in enabling the growth trajectory of the company. He has led the Actuarial function and played a pivotal role in aligning the organization in achieving the strategic objectives over the years. Shri Tewari has total experience of over 25 years, a Fellow Member of the Institute of Actuaries of India (Investment specialisation) & UK (Life specialisation). He is also a CFA Charter Holder from CFA Institute of USA and holds a PGDBA from ICFAI Business School of Kolkata.
Manjari Singh has been serving as an Independent Director of the Company since May 30, 2023. She is a Professor of Human Resource Management and Data Analysis at IIM Ahmedabad since 2000. She has experience in Human Resource matters and Corporate Management. She is Fellow IIM Kolkata and B.E. from REC Bhopal.
Yuichiro Abe has been serving as a Non-Executive Director of the Company since May 30, 2023. He is Director, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer of DLI Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. (Singapore). He is associated with the Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. Ltd. since 1993. He has vast experience in Legal, Compliance & Corporate Planning, Profit Management, Investment Planning and Risk Management.
Ashok Narain has been serving as an Independent Director of the Company since July 28, 2023. He is Retired Chief General Manager, Department of Supervision, Reserve Bank of India. He is M.S. in Business Administration (Finance) - University of Rochester, New York, MBA - IIM Kolkata, LLB, CAIIB. He has held several leadership positions during the last 33 years of his service, particularly in the areas of financial supervision, consumer protection and enterprise wide risk management (ERM).
Sharda Bhushan Rai has been serving as a Non-Executive Director of the Company since July 28, 2023. He is Chief General Manager, Bank of India (Head Office) heading Resources, CEBB, Call Centre, Marketing, Govt. Business Department, Third Party Products, Publicity & PR at Head Office, Mumbai. He is associated with Bank of India since 1990 and has worked in administration of small, medium, large as well as Exceptionally Large branches (Rural, Urban and Metropolitan) of the bank.
Ashutosh Pednekar has been serving as an Independent Director of the Company since February 6, 2024. He is a Fellow Member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He is a partner of M. P. Chitale & Co. since 1992 and he was also member of various committees of IRDAI & RBI. He has garnered wide experience in Banking, Insurance, Financial Services and other sectors.
Junichi Yoshii has been serving as a Non-executive Director of the Company since May 3, 2024. He joined the Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co. Ltd. from April 2000. He is Chief Financial Officer & Chief Risk Officer of DLI Asia Pacific PTE. LTD. He has vast experience of Risk, Finance, Investment and Corporate Planning Department.
Rajiv Kumar Jha has been serving as a Non-executive Director of the Company since May 3, 2024. He is General Manager, Union Bank of India (Head Office) from Strategy Department. He has more than 2 decades of experience in BFSI sector including Core Banking, Strategy Formulation, Analytics, Finance & Accounts, Marketing and experience of working in different geographies of the Country.
Brett Clark has been serving as a Non-executive Director of the Company since August 2, 2024. Since July 1, 2024, He is CEO & Managing Director of DLI Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. Earlier, he was Group CEO & Managing Director of Tal Dai-ichi Life Australia Limited (Formally known as TAL). He has vast experience of more than 30 years in Actuarial, Diversity and Inclusion, Strategic Partnerships, Merger & Acquisitions and other market initiatives.
Prakash Chandra Kandpal has been serving as a Non-executive Director of the Company since February 7, 2025. He is a retired from State Bank of India (SBI) from the position of Deputy Managing Director. In his 36 years of his career in SBI and its subsidiaries, he has also handled multiple leading responsibilities outside SBI including MD & CEO of SBI General Insurance and as ED & COO of SBI Mutual Fund. Presently, he is serving as a Non-Executive Director of Union Bank of India, Tata AIG General Insurance, Nucleus Software Exports, HDFC Pension Management and few others. He has rich experience in HR, IT, Strategy, Investment and Governance.