Sachin Bajaj

Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer

Sachin stands as a pillar of leadership at Max Life Insurance, helming the Investments function with unparalleled expertise and strategic vision. As Head of Investments, Sachin formulates and executes investment strategies, driving the company towards sustained growth and exceptional performance. His leadership encompasses guiding a team of highly qualified investment professionals, ensuring robust and consistent results across both traditional and ULIP funds.

With a distinguished career spanning over 25 years, Sachin is a seasoned investment professional whose experience encompasses banking, insurance, investment advisory, and business and strategic planning. His tenure at leading companies such as DLF Pramerica Life Insurance, Max New York Life Insurance, and Bank of America underscores his deep industry knowledge and strategic acumen. He has been with the company for over 20 years and has been instrumental in managing the growth of assets and developing innovative fund strategies, investment policies, and product solutions that have significantly contributed to the company's success.

Sachin's academic credentials include an MBA from MDI Gurgaon, reflecting his strong foundation in business and investment management. His enduring commitment to excellence and strategic foresight continues to elevate Max Life Insurance, positioning it at the forefront of the industry.

Rahul Talwar

Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer

Rahul Talwar leads the marketing (brand, channel, customer), corporate communications, consumer insights and customer obsession agenda of the Company. A seasoned marketing professional with over 17 years of experience, Rahul has had successful stints in the FMCG sector with leading companies - PepsiCo India, Pladis India (McVitie’s Biscuits) and the Aditya Birla Group. At Pepsico India, Rahul steered the brand agenda for leading trademarks (Lay’s Chips, 7up, Mirinda). Rahul joined Max Life in 2018 and played a key role in accelerating the brand quotient and steering marketing partnerships with distribution to strengthen the company’s industry leadership amongst the private insurance players.

Anurag Chauhan

General Counsel and Company Secretary

Anurag leads the Legal, Compliance, Regulatory Affairs and Secretarial functions for Max Life. Spearheading the legal agenda for the enterprise, he is a proven practitioner known for his change advocacy, business acumen, and domain expertise.

Anurag currently oversees the governance at Max Life and all issues involving the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI). He is also the flag bearer of Max Life's ESG commitments.

He has proven to be a valuable asset for many stakeholders in his capacity as the Company Secretary and Legal head. Anurag joined Max Life in 2013, and since then, he has led the legal team to numerous victories for the business, including the Best Legal Department in Insurance in Asia Award (2022), being named one of the Top 100 General Counsel in India by Business World Legal (2021), Best Corporate Governance Award by ASSOCHAM and Golden Peacock (2017), and Best Legal Department in India (Insurance) Award (2015 & 2016) .

Anurag has over 23 years of experience and has previously held positions with some of the well-known companies including Deutsche Bank, Bharti Airtel, and Escorts Finance.

Anurag is a law graduate and holds a Master of Business Laws degree from National Law School, Bangalore.  He is a fellow member of Institute of Company Secretaries of India

Shailesh Singh

Senior Director and Chief People Officer

With over 25 years of experience in delivering world-class people agenda and culture, Shailesh Singh is Director & Chief People Officer at Max Life Insurance. He is responsible for developing and implementing successful Human Resources strategies that support long-term growth and transformation of the organisation. As part of  the transformation agenda, Shailesh has led Max Life's journey in becoming a ‘Great Place to Work’ while benchmarking organisations culture and people practices to the very best. Shailesh is committed to enhancing culture, creating value for teams and organisations, raising engagement levels and developing talent & leadership.

Shailesh introduced the Organisation & Talent Review process across the organisation to systematically and proactively build organisational talent pool and succession plans. Under his leadership, the focus on supervisory capability and accountability of people’s agenda has been further strengthened. Shailesh is a firm believer in making Max Life Values come alive through leadership role modelling and embodiment of Values via Business and HR processes. Shailesh is also responsible for the company’s societal connect and leads Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives.

Prior to joining Max Life Insurance, Shailesh worked in multiple HR leadership roles in GE Energy, GE Supply-chain, GE Capital, SRF Finance, Eicher Tractors and National Dairy Development Board (NDDB). Shailesh served as Regional HR Head for GE Energy for Africa, India and the Middle East, and was based in Dubai for 5 years.

Shailesh is a Graduate of Delhi University and a post-graduate from IRMA, Gujarat.

Jose John

Senior Director and Appointed Actuary

Jose John heads the Actuarial function at Max Life Insurance as Director & Appointed Actuary, alongside strengthening the company’s internal governance and risk management capabilities.

Over the course of his decade-long association with Max Life Insurance, he has made significant contributions to advancing Max Life’s capabilities in core actuarial areas as well as areas related to risk management in general. He has led the actuarial assessments on a variety of critical projects ranging from Financial Reporting to M&A, resulting in superior management information and stakeholder value creation.

Prior to joining Max Life Insurance, Jose had spent most of his career in the UK where he worked with Prudential and MetLife. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of India and Faculty of Actuaries, UK. In addition, Jose holds an MBA degree from the Cardiff Business School, UK.

Manu Lavanya

Senior Director and Chief Operations Officer 

Manu Lavanya is the Chief Operating Officer of Max Life Insurance. Manu has more than two decades of valuable experience in successfully creating, transforming and scaling IT businesses across multiple industry domains and geographies including the US, Latin America, Eastern Europe, the UK and India. Manu leads the 'Fulfilment group', which comprises Operations, Information Technology, Underwriting & Claims, Digital Transformation and Quality, Innovation & Service Excellence. As COO, Manu plays an instrumental role in enhancing the Operations value chain, leading our Digital Transformation agenda and strengthening the Quality culture thereby helping us craft superior customer experiences.

Before Max Life, Manu was the Global COO at Incedo. Prior to Incedo, he created and scaled Brillio, a global digital services startup. He has previously held multiple leadership roles with Cognizant and ITC.

Manu is an ISB graduate and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Technology from IIT Kanpur.

Sachin Saxena

Director and Chief Risk Officer

As the Chief Risk Officer (CRO) at Max Life Insurance, Sachin is responsible for the strategic oversight and embedding Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) across the organization, as well as fostering a culture of resilience, innovation and learning. Sachin's tenure as CRO has been marked by his transformative approach to risk management, evolving the ERM function from a governance centric function to a strategic powerhouse by implementing industry leading frameworks to safeguard key risk areas.

Sachin exemplifies industry stewardship through his visionary leadership and over 22 years of comprehensive experience in Enterprise Risk Management, Product Development & Pricing, Reinsurance, Business Planning, Shareholder & Regulatory Reporting, Channel Marketing, and Software Development.

Sachin has been with Max Life for over 17 years and has been honored with the CEO’s Award and the Chairman’s Award for his pioneering work in developing market-leading products and implementing industry-first hedging capabilities through derivatives. His excellence was further recognized when he was named a finalist for the ‘Corporate Risk Manager of the Year 2020’ by Asia Insurance Review and awarded CRO of the Year 2020 by UBS Forums.

Sachin's professional journey includes significant roles at prestigious global firms such as ICICI Prudential, Accenture, and Cognizant Technology Solutions. His diverse experience has honed his strategic thinking, collaboration, result orientation, growth mindset, and learning curiosity — attributes that define his leadership style.

An accomplished actuary, Sachin is a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, UK, and the Institute of Actuaries of India. He holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Varanasi, underscoring his strong analytical and technical foundation.

Amrit Singh

Director and Chief Financial Officer

Amrit Singh is responsible for the planning, implementation and managing of all the finance activities of the Company, including business planning, budgeting and strategising the financial affairs of the Company and also for leading the Company’s business strategy function to strengthen business performance.

Amrit has nearly two decades of experience. He joined Max Life in 2013 and has since led a diverse portfolio of teams including strategy, advanced analytics, investor relations and group business. He has worked on various mandates around growth and profitability. Before Max Life, Amrit worked with Infosys, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Religare Enterprises.

Amrit holds a degree in Computers from Pune University and is a Postgraduate in Management from the Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad.

Sumit Madan

Senior Director and Chief Distribution Officer

With a career spanning over two decades of diverse experience in Sales, Retail Liabilities, and Branch Banking, Sumit leads Max Life’s business growth and expansion initiatives across distribution networks, including bancassurance, agency, and proprietary channels. Prior to this, Sumit led Products, Digital, and Retail Liabilities at IDFC First Bank, where he played a crucial role in achieving performance growth across key banking metrics.

Previously, Sumit served as President & Chief (Branch Banking) at AU Small Finance Bank, where he played a pivotal role in leading a team of 4000+ professionals in sales, service, operations, and data analytics. He commenced his professional journey in FMCG, later moving to Citibank, where he ascended to the role of Regional Head for North India during his 13-year tenure.