Pankaj Gupta has over 26 years of rich experience in Financial Services across Banking and Life Insurance sector in highly reputed companies such as ICICI, Citigroup and HDFC, both in India and overseas. In his most recent role, Pankaj was a member of HDFC Life Executive Committee and Group Head - Credit Life, Banca Alliances, Strategic Alliances, Digital Alliances and Distribution Strategy. ...

In his last assignment, Pankaj was responsible for signing up and managing over 300 partnerships across India. He was also the Chief Marketing Officer of HDFC Life; responsible for Brand, Channel Marketing, Market Research, Corporate & Internal Communications, CRM and Voice of Customer from 2017-21. His prior assignments include a more than three-year tenure in the USA with TCS as SVP, Citibank US Consumer Banking Relationship. He was earlier also the SVP and Head International Banking COE for Citigroup Global Services and National Sales Head, Payment Solutions for ICICI Bank.

Pankaj has broad experience in Financial Services at various leadership levels with a track record of building and operating high growth profitable businesses. He is a Bachelor of Technology from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur and has a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow.

Alok Mehrotra is the Chief Financial Officer of Pramerica Life Insurance. He has over 25 years of experience in business planning, budgeting, MIS, management accounting and corporate finance in Insurance and other sectors. He has served in companies like Bajaj Allianz, ING Vysya Life, Hindustan Aeronautics and Crompton ... Greaves, handling multiple responsibilities in the Finance function. Prior to joining Pramerica Life Insurance, he was with Bajaj Allianz as Chief Risk Officer & Vice President – Finance and was responsible for managing financial planning of the organisation.

Alok is an associate member of ICMAI (Institute of Cost Accountants of India) and holds a Master’s degree in Commerce from Lucknow University and a Diploma in Business Finance from ICFAI.

Karthik Chakrapani rejoined Pramerica Life Insurance in 2021 as Chief Business Officer. In his first stint, he established the company’s Retail Affinity Business Line, namely Prahri and Param, which are dedicated initiatives to serve the Indian Armed forces and CAPF community, and the first in the Insurance industry. ... Karthik carries over two decades of diverse experience across disciplines and industries. He is a veteran from the Indian Armed Forces and transitioned to the corporate world through Real Estate transaction Advisory, Capital Markets, Distribution & Marketing experience in financial services and Consumer Durables. He has held Senior Leadership positions in Organization's like Cushman & Wakefield, Pramerica Life Insurance, Tupperware Brands & Prudential International Insurance. In his previous role, he served as the Vice President M&A and Ecosystem Strategy - Emerging Markets at Prudential International Insurance from where he is on secondment to Pramerica Life Insurance.

Karthik holds a Post Graduate Certificate in Management (Marketing & Distribution) from Management Development Institute, Gurgaon, a Post Graduate Diploma in Management (HR & OD) from Symbiosis Institute of Management, Pune and a Certificate from Harvard Business School on Disruptive Strategy.

A professional with an entrepreneurial approach to business, he leverages his armed forces experience in the corporate landscape to drive creative thinking and measures it with seamless execution. His key strengths include Business transformation through incubation of new business lines and deliberate process frameworks.

Pawan Kumar Sharma, the Appointed Actuary of Pramerica Life Insurance, heads the Actuarial and Product Development department. Pawan is a seasoned leader with proficient experience of nearly 15 years and has been associated with the Company since 2018. Pawan has a strong background in life insurance industry. Prior to his joining Pramerica Life ... Insurance, he was associated with Star Union Dai-ichi Life, Edelweiss Tokio Life, Canara HSBC OBC Life and Bajaj Allianz Life insurance.

He completed his M.Tech degree in Industrial Mathematics & Scientific Computing from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and made considerable contribution in the field of Computational Fluid Dynamics with his research papers published in different International Journals. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of India and the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, UK.

Sharad K Sharma is the Chief Human Resources & Ethics Officer for Pramerica Life Insurance since 2017. He has over 25 years of extensive HR experience across Banking & Financial Services, and Telecom & ITES. Sharad has held Senior HR Leadership roles in organizations like Vertex Group (UK), Max New York Life Insurance, Fidelity Investments, eFunds ... Corporation and Canon India. Before joining Pramerica Life Insurance, he served as the EVP & Chief People Officer, SBI Cards (JV between SBI & GE).

A certified OD practitioner from TISS, Mumbai, he holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Relations & Personnel Management from University of Delhi, a Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Relations & Personnel Management from Rajendra Prasad Institute of Management, Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan & a Post Graduate Diploma in Training & Development from The Indian Society for Training & Development. He is also a Certified NLP Practitioner & Life Coach from Transformation Academy, Florida, USA.

Sharad has been awarded the Most Influential HR Leader in the Country by The Times Of India Ascent & World HRD Congress in the year 2016-2017 and was also bestowed with the HR Fellowship Award by The Times Of India Ascent & World HRD Congress in 2018 in recognition of his contribution in the Human Resources Domain.

Abhishek Das comes with over 15 years of extensive experience in the Indian Capital markets. As an Investment professional, Abhishek strives to deliver superior risk adjusted returns. He brings with him prior experience of working in Capital market research, both in Equity and Fixed Income domain. Prior to joining Pramerica Life Insurance, he was with ... Canara HSBC OBC Life Insurance Company Ltd.

Abhishek started his career with PNB MetLife in the Equity research domain and has also worked in the area of quantitative credit research before joining the Investments department of Canara HSBC OBC Life Insurance as a founder member. He has robust experience of managing both Mark to Market funds as well as Held to Maturity funds. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics & Communication Engineering and a Post-Graduate degree in Finance (MFC) from the Department of Financial Studies, University of Delhi.

Salil Chugh is the Chief Digital & Technology Officer at Pramerica Life Insurance. Salil is heading the Digital business, Technology, Corporate Strategy and Analytics and data science functions at the organisation. Salil's focus is on driving digital business and building digital, data and ...tech capability for driving customer delight, growth and efficiencies across the organisation.

He has two decades of experience in data science, digital banking, mobile products, payments and portfolio management. Previously, he has worked with Experian Asia Pacific where he led the APAC Analytics CoE & the Innovation Labs( X labs) based out of Singapore, and with ICICI Bank in key leadership positions; driving and scaling impact through analytics, data science, mobile banking and digital payments. Salil holds a PGDM from IIM Calcutta & B.Tech from IIT DELHI.

Sameer Chibber is Chief, Customer Service and Operations for Pramerica Life Insurance. He has over 24 years of holistic expertise including more than two decades in the Insurance domain; in Operations, Customer Service, Underwriting, Business Transformation, Program Management, ...Software Testing, Planning & Developing Operational Infrastructure, Processes, and Operational Controls at centre & branch level. Before joining Pramerica Life Insurance, Sameer was with PNB Metlife for 14 years and was Director, Branch Services & Controls. He has also worked with First Source Solutions, Tata AIG General Insurance, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, GE Capital Services, and Integrated databases India. Sameer holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Mumbai University as well as Diploma in Sales from National Institute of Sales, Delhi, PMP Certified.