Audit Committee

Anami N Roy is an Independent Director at Bajaj Finance Limited. He is a well-known former civil servant. He was head of operations of the elite Special Protection Group while in Govt. of India, supervising security of Prime Minster and former PMs during the tenure of four PMs during which he had the opportunity to work and interact with elite forces of all States in India and many countries of the world.

During his nearly four decades of dedicated tenure in the Indian Police Service, Shri Roy held variety of challenging assignments both in Maharashtra and Govt. of India including Police Commissioner of Mumbai and Director General of Police, Maharashtra State. He launched multiple innovative initiatives and schemes for time-bound and simplified delivery for people’s expectations from the Police towards making Police more accessible to people. Passionate about bringing in technology in multiple areas of policing, his Mumbai Police Infoline, Citizen Facilitation Centers, Elderline are some of those which became very popular and useful and made him known as “People’s Commissioner”. Post retirement, he is engaged in the social/non-profit sector; and runs a not-for-profit company, Vandana Foundation for supporting people at the bottom of the pyramid with livelihood.

He is on the Board of many prominent companies. He is also involved in many other companies in an Advisory capacity. He brings with him a wide and rich experience of public service and functioning of governments at the state and central level.

His directorships and other full-time positions in bodies corporates are as follows:

1. Bajaj Finserv Limited
2. Bajaj Auto Limited
3. Bajaj Housing Finance Limited
4. GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Limited
5. Siemens Limited
6. Good Host Spaces Private Limited
7. Vandana Foundation

Dr. Arindam Bhattacharya is an Independent Director of our Company. He has more than 30 years of expertise in the business world, specialising in consulting for the industrial sector. Dr. Bhattacharya retired as the Managing Director and Senior Partner of the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), India.

Dr. Bhattacharya formerly served on the National Council of Confederation of Indian Industry and co-chaired its National Manufacturing Council. He is on the international advisory boards of the Munjal School for Global Manufacturing at the Indian School of Business, the School of Global Policy and Strategy at the University of California, San Diego, and the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development. The largest public health NGO in India, WISH Foundation, and Lemon Tree Hotels both have him on their boards.

He began his career as a graduate engineer trainee with the Eicher Group in India. He also led the BCG’s growing engagement with Central and State Governments on both economic and social sector topics such as education and health and has consulted with organisations such as World Food Programme, Save the Children, Gates Foundation, and World Bank.

Dr. Bhattacharya was educated at IIT Kharagpur, IIM Ahmedabad. He completed his MSc in Manufacturing Systems and received his Engineering Doctorate from Warwick Manufacturing Group, University of Warwick, UK.

His directorships and other full-time positions in bodies corporates are as follows:

1. Bajaj Holdings & Investment Limited
2. Info Edge (India) Limited
3. Bajaj Housing Finance Limited
4. Arindam Advisory Services Private Limited

Mr. Tarun Bajaj is an Independent Director of our Company. He has spent more than 34 years of his professional career as a Civil servant in the Indian Administrative Service. He was the Revenue Secretary, Government of India before he superannuated in November 2022. Mr. Bajaj played a key role in the stabilisation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and was also instrumental in taking steps that resulted in substantial increase in collections of revenue under GST and Income Tax. He was also responsible for upgrading technology in the administration of both Direct and Indirect Taxes resulting in transparency and efficiency in the working of the two departments.

As the Economic Affairs Secretary, he was responsible for various important policy matters related to the Indian economy, including fiscal policy, investments and infrastructure financing, relationships and engagement with Multi-lateral banks and institutions and pursuing India’s interests and priorities in the G-20 discussions. He played a key role in formulating the Government's economic response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the rollout of various relief measures and economic stimulus packages.

He has also served as the Joint Secretary in the Department of Financial Services looking after policy matters related to Banking, Insurance and Pension sector.

In the State of Haryana, Mr Bajaj has mostly worked in the areas of Finance, Taxation, Industry and Infrastructure Development. He has also served as the Managing Director of a few State Public Sector Companies.

As Economic Affairs Secretary, Mr Bajaj chaired the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund. He has also served as the Director on the Central Board of the Reserve Bank of India and on the board of SEBI. He has served as Governor of India for International Fund for Agriculture Development and as Alternate Governor of India for the World Bank (for the constituency of India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Sri Lanka), Asian Development Bank, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and New Development Bank. He has earlier served on the Boards of Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) and a few Public Sector Banks and Insurance companies.

Mr. Bajaj has a bachelor’s degree in commerce from Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University, Post Graduate Diploma in Management (MBA) from IIM Ahmedabad and Post Graduate (M.Sc.) from London School of Economics and Political Science. He is also CFA from Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India, Hyderabad.

His directorships and other full-time positions in bodies corporates are as follows:

1. Hindustan Unilever Limited
2. Tech Mahindra Limited
3. The Tata Power Company Limited
4. PhonePe Private Limited

Pramit Jhaveri presently acts as advisor and mentor to start ups, corporates and family offices. He is Senior Advisor to Premji Invest and PJT Partners and an Independent Director on the Boards of Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Finserv and Larsen & Toubro. Prior to his current activities, Pramit was Vice Chairman - Banking, Asia Pacific Citi. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Citibank India from 2010 to 2019. He retired from Citibank in November 2019 after a distinguished career in banking of 32 years, having joined the firm as a 23 year old in 1987.

Pramit serves as a Trustee on the Board of several philanthropic, non-profit entities in India. These include: Tata Trusts, which is amongst India’s oldest and most pre-eminent philanthropic institutions; Pratham Education Foundation, an NGO dedicated to the quality education of underprivileged children; the World Monuments Fund India, an organisation involved in conserving and preserving India’s architectural heritage; CSMVS, one of the premier art and history museums in India; the Museum of Art and Photography (MAP), a new private art museum based in Bangalore and the University of Rochester, New York.

Pramit is also an investor in and mentor to several exciting Fintech companies in India. These include KreditBee, Mintifi, Jai Kisan and CorpCare Solutions.

Pramit has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Sydenham College, Mumbai University and an MBA from the Simon School of Business, University of Rochester. He is an avid tennis player, a keen follower of cricket and soccer and a long standing collector of Indian contemporary art.

His directorships and other full-time positions in bodies corporates are as follows:

1. Bajaj Finserv Limited
2. Larsen & Toubro Limited
3. Taurus Trading Private Limited
4. Pratham Education Foundation
5. World Monuments Fund India Association