SHRIRAM LIFE INSURANCE - Key Persons


Mr. Anand Raghavan

Mr. Anand Raghavan has over 20 years' of rich experience in Sundaram Finance Limited, occupying several positions between December 1985 and June 2006. Experience includes Internal Audit, Finalisation of Accounts, representing before Regulators like RBI, SEBI, CBDT Corporate Affairs. He also has three years' experience overseeing Tamil Nadu business operations relating to Vehicle Financing. Last Position held Vice President (Corporate Affairs). Over 10 years' experience as Partner in Ernst & Young LLP between July 2006 and June 2016 covering Tax and Regulatory aspects of various industries like Financial Services, Real Estate, Auto and Auto components, Media and Entertainment. Speciality areas include NBFC Regulations, Corporate Tax and Foreign Investment and Exchange control regulation and Corporate restructuring. Advised Domestic groups in restructuring of business to achieve operational and regulatory effectiveness. Integral part of Lead Advisory engagements attracting private equity and strategic partners in industries covering Pharma, Financial Services and apparel manufacturing.

Mr. R S Krishan

Job Titles:
  • Chartered Accountant
Mr. R S Krishan is a Chartered Accountant (Institutes of Chartered Accountants of India and England & Wales (1986)).He has over 31 years of experience with mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity, capital markets (both Equity Capital Markets and Debt Capital Markets), securities/ cash equities, restructuring, structured finance, acquisition finance and similar lending activity and experience in Insurance industry.

Mr. S.P. RAGHUNATHAN

Job Titles:
  • Chief Underwriter

Mr. Thian Joost

Mr. Thian is an Executive for India and Group Initiatives of the Sanlam Group. His role is to oversee Sanlam's investments in India and to maintain business relationships with Sanlam's partners in India. He is also involved in other Group strategic initiatives by supporting and giving guidance to the operating entities with strategy development and execution, technical assistance, adhering to sound audit practices, appropriate governance, risk management, and compliance. Mr. Thian holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Actuarial Science from the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, in 2005 and is a qualified Actuary and Fellow of the Actuarial Society of South Africa. He has over 18 years of experience in actuarial (both Life and General insurance), capital management and risk management.

Mr. V. Manickam

Mr. V. Manickam is a Science Graduate, Madras University and a Chartered Accountant by profession. He practised as Chartered Accountant in Chennai prior to joining LIC of India, Divisional Office, Nagpur in 1983. He has extensive experience in Life Insurance industry. Post retirement from LIC of India in 2012, he served for 8 years as Secretary General in Life Insurance Council - a Self-Regulatory Organisation under Insurance Act, 1938.

Mr. Venkatakrishna Narayana

Mr. Venkatakrishna Narayana is a Qualified Actuary with over 30 years of experience of working in the Life Insurance industry including Product Pricing, Prophet modelling, Actuarial valuation, Statutory reporting, US GAAP, IFRS 17, EV reporting, Business Planning, With-Profit Business Management, Asset liability management, Risk Management and Retirement Benefits.

Mr.Ajit Banerjee - Chief Investment Officer

Job Titles:
  • Chief Investment Officer

Mr.Anand Soni - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer

Mr.Bibhu Prasad Kanungo

Mr. Bibhu Prasad Kanungo was previously Deputy Governor with the Reserve Bank of India looking after the Department of Currency Management, Department of External Investments & Operations, Department of Government & Bank Accounts, Department of Information Technology, Department of Payment & Settlement Systems, Foreign Exchange Department, Internal Debt Management Department, Legal Department and Premises Department. Mr. Kanungo, a career central banker, joined the Reserve Bank of India in September 1982. He has worked in several functional areas of the bank including banking & non-banking supervision. He headed the regional offices of the Reserve Bank at Jaipur and Kolkata besides holding the position of the Banking Ombudsman for Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. As Executive Director, he was responsible for Foreign Exchange Management, Internal Debt Management and Government and Bank Accounts. M Kanungo represented RBI in the International Committee on Global Financial System, Financial Stability Board. He was Chairman of Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Limited, Chairman of the Governing Board of Indian Institute of Bank Management, Guwahati and RBI Nominee Director on the Boards of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development, National Housing Bank, Reserve Bank Information Technology Private Limited, etc .

Mr.Duruvasan Ramachandra

Mr Duruvasan Ramachandra holds a Bachelor's degree in Commerce. He is a Commerce Graduate and has been serving the Shriram Group for more than 3 decades. He started his career with Shriram Chits at Chennai in the collection department and has worked his way up to being CEO and Executive Director of Shriram Chits P Ltd, Hyderabad. He was instrumental in the growth of the Company during his stint at Hyderabad and has expanded the Company from 16 branches to 202 branches. During his tenure the Company flourished as the largest chit fund company in the country. In terms of Auction Turnover, No of Branches, Manpower and Customer base, his contribution paved way for the Shriram Group to expand its Deposit and NCD portfolio. Mr. Duruvasan was the Managing Director and Principal Officer of M/s Shriram Life Insurance Company Limited. He also serves on the Board of M/s CES Limited, He has been inducted as Wholetime Director in Shriram Capital on 18th November, 2019.

Mr.Johannes Gilliam Van Helsdingen

Job Titles:
  • Appointed Actuary and Chief Risk Officer

Mr.Karanam Ramachandra Sekhar - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director

Mr.Manoj Kumar Jain - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director

Mr.Sanjeev Mehra

Job Titles:
  • Director at TPG Capital
Sanjeev Mehra is a Director at TPG Capital Asia where he covers the Financial Services and Consumer sectors. He is based in Mumbai and has over 10 years of investing experience. Mr.Sanjeev has an MBA from London Business School and an undergraduate degree in Economics from Delhi University. He was appointed in the capacity of Non-Executive, Non-Independent Director of the Company in August, 2020.

Mr.Steven Phillipus Mostert

Mr Steven Phillipus Mostert has Graduated from the University of Stellenbosch, obtained an MBA from the same university, and also holds an Honours Degree in Educational Psychology from the University of South Africa. He has over 26 years experience in financial services. He has extensive experience in line management and delivering large transformation projects. He was instrumental in Sanlam's entry into India. He played the leading role in the implementation of a very successful Bancassurance programme across 5 African countries and Sanlam's entry into Nigeria. He is a member of the Sanlam Emerging Markets EXCO and serves on Shriram General and Shriram Life Insurance.

Mr.Umesh Govind Revankar

Mr Umesh Govind Revankar holds Bachelor's degree in Business Management from Mangalore University and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in finance. He attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. He has been associated with the Shriram group for the last 29 years and has extensive experience in the financial services industry. During his stint with the Shriram Group, he has shouldered various responsibilities and worked in several key roles of business operations. He is also the President of the Federation of Indian Hire Purchase Associations.

Ms. Subhasri Sriram

Job Titles:
  • Joint Managing Director of Shriram Capital ( P ) Limited
Ms. Subhasri Sriram is currently the Joint Managing Director of Shriram Capital (P) Limited, the holding company and promoter entity of the financial services and insurance businesses of Shriram Group. She has more than 3 decades of professional experience including 24 years in Shriram Group's Financial Services business and during this period for more than 15 years held the position of Executive Director & CFO of one of their listed Non-Banking Finance Companies. Has handled many critical assignments related to implementing new organization structures, improving business processes, raising several rounds of equity from marquee investors across the globe and raising external commercial borrowings. She has won the "Best Performing CFO in the NBFC Sector" for 2013 at the 8th edition of the awards instituted by a leading business television channel CNBC TV 18 and in 2016 she was also chosen as one of the most influential CFOs in India by CIMA. In the year 2022, won the Woman Leader of the Organization award from UBS Forums. She is a Postgraduate in Commerce, Fellow Member of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICMAI) and the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI). She also holds Post Graduate Diploma in Systems Management from NIIT and Post Graduate Diploma in Cyber Laws from NALSAR, Hyderabad and is in the board of several listed and unlisted companies across industries.

Ms.Samatha Kondapally - Chief Compliance Officer, Secretary

Job Titles:
  • Chief Compliance Officer
  • Company Secretary