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Brief Profile of The Management Team

Amitabh Chaudhry

Mr. Amitabh Chaudhry
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Amitabh Chaudhry is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of HDFC Life.

Before joining HDFC Life in January 2010, he was the Managing Director and CEO of Infosys BPO and was also heading an Independent Validation Services unit in Infosys Technologies. Mr. Chaudhry started his career with Bank of America delivering diverse roles ranging from Head of Technology Investment Banking for Asia, Regional Finance Head for Wholesale Banking and Global Markets and Chief Finance Officer of Bank of America (India). He moved to Credit Lyonnais Securities in 2001 in Singapore where he headed their investment banking franchise for South East Asia and structured finance practice for Asia before joining Infosys BPO in 2005.

Mr. Chaudhry completed his Engineering in 1985 from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani and MBA in 1987 from IIM, Ahmedabad.


Paresh Parasnis

Mr. Paresh Parasnis
Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Paresh Parasnis is the Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of HDFC Life.

A fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, he has been associated with the HDFC Group since 1984. During his 16-year tenure at HDFC Limited, he was responsible, for driving and spearheading several key initiatives. As one of the founding members of HDFC life, Mr. Parasnis has been responsible for setting up branches, driving sales and servicing strategy, leading recruitment, contributing to product launches and performance management system, overseeing new business and claims settlement, customer interactions etc.

Ms. Vibha Padalkar
Chief Financial Officer


Ms.Vibha Padalkar is the Chief Financial Officer of HDFC Life.

Ms. Padalkar joined HDFC Life in August 2008 after a seven year stint as Executive Vice President-Finance at WNS Global Services, a NYSE listed leading global business process outsourcing company. Vibha's key achievement during her tenure at WNS was to lead a team that successfully completed the Group's IPO on the New York Stock Exchange in a short span of six months. Prior to WNS, Vibha was with Colgate Palmolive India for 7 years, including a short posting to the Group's New York headquarters.

Ms.Padalkar became a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales in 1992, after having completed the last part of her schooling as well as college education in London.

Mr. Ashley Rebello
Chief Actuary and Appointed Actuary


Mr. Ashley Rebello is the Chief Actuary and Appointed Actuary of HDFC Life.

He completed his degree in Mathematics at Imperial College, London, before joining Prudential UK in 1996. During his six years at Prudential he worked in Product Development and Pricing, Valuation and in the Appointed Actuary's team. Subsequently he worked as an actuarial consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers for five years, working for over 20 life insurance companies on a large variety of assignments in the UK, Netherlands, Switzerland, Greece and the US. He joined Standard Life in April 2008 and immediately moved to HDFC Life.

Mr. Rebello is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of India and Fellow of The Institute of Actuaries (UK).

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Mr. Vikram Mehta
General Manager, Sales and Marketing

Mr.Vikram Mehta heads the Sales and Marketing function for HDFC Life.

Mr. Mehta joined HDFC Life in February 2009. Before joining HDFC Life, he was associated with Citibank for 16 years serving various responsibilities including the Head for Direct Sales - Citibank Credit Cards division in Germany, Regional Director East - Citibank NA, India, and Acquisitions Head - Credit Cards, Central and Eastern Europe cluster. Mr. Mehta started his career with Reckitt and Colman (now Reckitt Benckiser) in 1988, and was associated with the company for 4 years. He has been a part of FMCG and banking industry for over 20 years.

Mr. Mehta has completed Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and holds a PGDM from IIM Calcutta.

Mr. Prasun Gajri
Chief Investment Officer

Mr. Prasun Gajri is the Chief Investment Officer of HDFC Life.

Mr. Gajri joined HDFC Life in April 2009 with a rich experience of 14 years in investments and banking industry. He started his career in 1995 with Citibank and was associated with it for over 6 years delivering various roles. He joined Tata AIG Life Insurance Company in October 2001 to start the investment function and stayed there until April 2009, the last role being that of the Chief Investment Officer.

He holds a PGDM from IIM Ahmedabad and is also a CFA Charterholder.

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