CHAIRMAN & INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
Govinda Rajulu Chintala
Dr. Govinda Rajulu Chintala is an Independent Director and the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of our Company. He has been associated with the company since September 2023. He has served as the Chairman of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) and as the MD of NABFINS (NABARD Financial Services). He has also been the Director of Bankers Institute of Rural Development and has also served on the Boards of Institute for Rural Management (IRMA) and Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC). He graduated from the Agriculture College, Bapatla and did his Post Graduation from Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi.
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Sanjay Sharma
Sanjay Sharma is the founder and Managing Director of our Company.
He started his long career in Banking and Financial services with the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited in 1988. He was associated with Standard Chartered Bank, both in India and UAE and later served as a Vice President in HDFC Bank heading the direct banking business. He was part of the leadership team in the Personal Financial Services division of ICICI Limited responsible for launching all retail asset products including automobile finance, home finance, consumer durables finance, and personal loans. He also served as Senior Vice President – Customer Operations & Service Delivery at Max New York Life Insurance Company Limited. Prior to being associated with Aye Finance, he served as the CEO of Tamweel International, a division of Tamweel PJSC, a UAE based mortgage finance company.
He is an alumnus of IIT-Bombay and IIM-Bangalore.
INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
Sanjaya Gupta
Sanjaya Gupta is an Independent Director of our Company. He has been associated with our Company since September 1, 2023. He holds a bachelors of commerce degree from the University of Lucknow and a master of business administration degree from University of Lucknow. Previously, he was associated with HDFC Bank, ABN AMRO Central Enterprise Services Private Limited Bank, American International Group Inc., PNB Housing Finance Limited as the managing director and as a director on the board of directors of India Shelter Finance Corporation Limited.
Independent Director
Vinay Baijal
Vinay Baijal is an Independent Director of our Company. He has been associated with our Company since August 16, 2024. He holds a bachelors of science degree from the University of Allahabad and a masters of science degree from University of Allahabad. Previously, he served as the chief general manager with the RBI and was also associated with Microfinance Institutions Network. He has served as a member of the World Bank Task Force on International Standards on Credit Data Reporting as well of the National Core Committee to deal with FATF Assessment of India in 2009.
Independent Director
Kanika Tandon Bhal
Kanika Tandon Bhal is an Independent Director of our Company. She has been associated with our Company since September 1, 2023. She holds a bachelors of arts degree from the University of Lucknow, a master of arts degree from Kanpur University and a PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. She is a professor in the department of management studies with the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
Independent Director
Padmaja Nair
Padmaja Nair is an Independent Director of our Company. She has been associated with our Company since October 17, 2024. She holds a bachelor of arts degree from Lady Shri Ram, University of Delhi and a master of arts (history) degree from University of Delhi. She currently serves on the board of UC Inclusive Credit Private Limited and has previously held several leadership positions including the designation of general manager in the State Bank of India and vice president of SBI Capital Markets Limited.
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Aditya Misra
Aditya Misra is a Non-Executive Non- Independent Director of our Company. He has been associated with our Company since September 28, 2024. He holds a bachelors of technology degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. He is currently a director of investments at ABC Impact (a member of Temasek Trust Asset Management Pte. Ltd.). Previously, he was also associated with Omidyar Network India Advisors Private Limited and A.T. Kearney Limited.
MANAGEMENT
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Sanjay Sharma
Sanjay Sharma is the founder and Managing Director of our Company.
He started his long career in Banking and Financial services with the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited in 1988. He was associated with Standard Chartered Bank, both in India and UAE and later served as a Vice President in HDFC Bank heading the direct banking business. He was part of the leadership team in the Personal Financial Services division of ICICI Limited responsible for launching all retail asset products including automobile finance, home finance, consumer durables finance, and personal loans. He also served as Senior Vice President – Customer Operations & Service Delivery at Max New York Life Insurance Company Limited. Prior to being associated with Aye Finance, he served as the CEO of Tamweel International, a division of Tamweel PJSC, a UAE based mortgage finance company.
He is an alumnus of IIT-Bombay and IIM-Bangalore.
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Niraj Kumar Kaushik
Niraj is the Deputy Chief Executive Officer and is responsible for overseeing Distribution and Collection across India. He has an exceptional track record in managing Credit & Risk, Risk Analytics and Sales Functions in Banking and Financial Services Industry.
Prior to joining our Company, he was Executive Vice President and Head-Central Underwriting with Religare Finvest Limited and National Head-Credit PSBL at Bajaj Financial Services Limited. In the past he has also been associated with Royal Bank of Scotland N.V, Larsen & Toubro Limited and ICICI Personal Financial Services Limited.
Niraj is an alumnus of IMT Ghaziabad and holds a BE from Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur.
Chief Operating Officer
Ujual George
As the Chief Operating Officer, Ujual is responsible for overseeing Operations, Customer Service, Tele Sales, Tele Collections and Information Technology functions. He has deep expertise in driving enterprise-wide change programs, setting up and scaling up operations, customer experience management, Information Technology and risk management.
Prior to Aye Finance, he served on the management committee of RBL Bank as the Chief of Staff and Head of transformation. He has previously been associated with Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC as Head – Operations & IT and Barclays Bank PLC as COO of CIBWM Operations.
Ujual is an alumnus of Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and is a BSc in Physics.
Chief Financial Officer
Krishan Gopal
Krishan is our Chief Financial Officer and is responsible for overseeing Corporate Finance, Treasury, Accounting, Investor Relations and Financial & Regulatory reporting. His expertise lies in fund raising, Strategic Planning, Budgeting, Compliances and Investor Relations.
Prior to joining Aye Finance, he worked as the Group Chief Financial Officer at DMI Finance Private Limited and as Chief Financial Officer at Satin Creditcare Network Limited. He has also been associated with Price Waterhouse, Deloitte Haskins & Sells and PNB Housing Finance Limited.
Krishan is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelors in Commerce from University of Delhi.
Chief Technology Officer
Jinu Joseph
As the Chief Technology Officer, Jinu Joseph leads our Information Technology function. He oversees all technology functions including Core Business Applications, Infrastructure and Technology Governance and Risk. He is well experienced in IT Transformation, Product Development and Enterprise level Program Management.
Prior to Aye Finance, he served as Senior Vice President Information Technology in IDFC First Bank and as Head of IT in Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC. He has previously been associated with Barclays Bank PLC, Accenture Services Private Limited, IBM India Private Limited, Polaris Software Lab Limited and Citicorp Overseas Software Limited.
Jinu has a BE in Electronics & Communication and an MBA in Systems Management.