Sanjiv Bajaj

Chairman and Managing Director | Bajaj Finserv

Jury Member

Sanjiv Bajaj is the Chairman and Managing Director of Bajaj Finserv Limited, the holding company of the financial services businesses of the Bajaj Group, one of India’s oldest and largest conglomerates.

Under his aegis, Bajaj Finserv Limited has emerged as one of India’s leading diversified financial services companies with solutions across lending, life insurance, general insurance, and wealth advisory categories. With a consumer-first, digital approach and a culture focused on excellence through innovative disruption, he has reshaped digital consumer financing in India.

Sanjiv is on the board of his group operating companies as the Chairman of Bajaj Finance Limited, Maharashtra Scooters Limited, Bajaj Finserv Asset Management Limited, and the two insurance subsidiaries i.e., Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company Limited and Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company Limited. He is also the Managing Director of Bajaj Holdings & Investment Limited (since 2012) and serves as a non-executive director at Bajaj Auto Limited.

He has won several awards and accolades including AIMA’s Entrepreneur of the year 2019, Economic Times Business Leader of the year 2018, Financial Express Best Banker of the year 2017, Transformational Leader award at the 5th Asia Business Responsibility Summit in 2017 and Business World’s Most Valuable CEOs in India for 2015 and 2016.

He has completed his bachelor’s in mechanical engineering from the University of Pune and his M.Sc. (Manufacturing Systems Engineering) with distinction from the University of Warwick, UK. He also done his MBA from Harvard Business School, USA.