Fakhari Sarjan is the Chief Risk Officer at Bajaj Finance Limited and a member of the executive management team. He is responsible for overseeing the company’s governance and strategy for the entire risk management portfolio, including risk analytics, underwriting practices, and maintaining relationships with regulatory bodies and other supervisory entities.

A strategic thinker capable of executing and driving results, Fakhari has managed multi-cultural and cross-functional teams with Barclays, USA, as their MD - Risk Management and MD & Chief Risk Officer for Barclaycard in Germany. Fakhari brings in exceptional credit risk management expertise and has been part of the change and launch projects of Retail Banking and Cards. In his earlier stints, he has worked with Deutsche Bank, ABN AMRO Bank, HSBC, ANZ Grindlays Bank, and Asian Paints.

A management graduate from IIM Lucknow, with a career spanning over 25 years, Fakhari brings a holistic and multi-geo experience covering collections, credit, policy, operations, risk, credit cards, analytics, and fraud control, amongst others.