Management Team
Tarun Mehndiratta
Chief Operating Officer- MFI
Tarun Mehndiratta joined Fusion Micro Finance as the Chief Operating Officer in June 2017. He has over several years of experience in the BFSI sector.
He is a seasoned veteran in the Asset Based Finance sector, having headed general management and strategic roles in Citigroup. He was amongst the founding group at Citicorp Finance (India) Ltd – the NBFC arm of Citigroup India set up specially to cater to the growing mid- market segment in the country.
He completed his Post Graduation in Management from IMM Delhi , has a certification in Export Marketing from IIFT Delhi and a Bachelors in Commerce ( Honors) degree from Delhi University.
Kamal Kumar Kaushik
Chief Operating Officer- MSME
Kamal is a chartered accountant with several years of rich & insightful experience in financial retailing with leading private banks and NBFC’s in India.
Kamal has joined Fusion Micro Finance as COO-MSME in July 2019. He joins us from Religare Housing Development Finance,. Prior to Religare he was with Fullerton (Rural Project). Earlier stints include Birla Home Finance, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, GE Money etc.
He successfully completed course on “Merger & Acquisitions, Buyouts, Divestitures and Restructuring – IIM Bangalore and Certificate course on export management from Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Delhi.
Gaurav Maheshwari
Chief Financial Officer
Gaurav is a Chartered Accountant (CA) by profession and has several years of experience in corporate finance with Aditya Birla Group and Avantha.
Sanjay Mahajan
Chief Information Officer
Sanjay comes with over 31 years of rich experience in business technology leadership including 15+ years of international exposure in several countries as a global C-suite executive. He has been instrumental in bringing about tech-enabled business transformation of companies operating across diverse sectors like Manufacturing, FMCG, Retail, and Financial Services throughout his career. Sanjay has been associated with leading organizations like Eicher Group, Bata, Gillette (India and China), Yum Brands (Pizza Hut, KFC, Taco Bell), and Satin Credit care Network among others. Prior to joining Fusion Micro Finance, he was associated with SAS Tech as a Chief Executive Officer.
Ankush Ahluwalia
CBO - MFI
Ankush Ahluwalia, a seasoned professional, Heading Business Operations. Ankush has several years of rich experience in the field of Business Operations and People Management. He has worked with organizations of high repute like GE Capital, Kotak Mahindra, Religare etc. Before joining Fusion, he was working with Magma Fincorp Limited. Ankush did his Masters in Business Economics from Kurukshetra University with flying colours and he was chosen for a Program on Strategic Leadership in Inclusive Finance from Harvard Business School, USA. He possesses excellent leadership qualities and believes in team work.
Sanjay Choudhary
Chief Risk Officer
Sanjay is a Chartered Accountant (CA) with several years of progressive experience in Risk Management, Auditing, Accounting & Finance. Prior to Joining Fusion, he worked for Satin Creditcare Network Limited. He has worked in different leadership roles in companies such as Axis Bank, ICICI Bank, Tata Consultancy Services, , WIMCO Limited and ICICI Bank Limited. He has immense exposure and sound knowledge in Operational Risk, Credit Risk, Market Risk, Information Technology, Treasury, Field and Back-end operations. He believes in automation, continuous development and collaborative approach.
Apart from being a CA, he is Financial Risk Manager (FRM) from Global Association of Risk Professionals(GARP) USA, Certified Information Security Auditor (CISA) certification from ISACA, USA.
Pooja Mehta
Chief Human Resource Officer
Pooja Mehta has over 20 years of experience ,working extensively across multiple HR domains including Organization Design, M&A, Leadership Development, Performance and Rewards Consulting. She has led global assignments and worked with multiple clients across industries. A majority of her corporate experience has been with organizations like PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and Mercer.
Pooja was working as an independent Consultant since October 2015, partnering with clients across IT/ e-commerce, Game Art, BFSI and manufacturing industries.
She is a graduate in Psychology from Delhi University and completed her post-graduation from XLRI, Jamshedpur. She is certified on IPETM Job Evaluation methodology and EDAC psychometric tools such as LPATM and MCPATM. She is also a trained Life Coach and a certified Hogan Assessor.
Satish Mani
Senior vice president - Audit
Satish Mani comes to Fusion with several years of rich experience in Bank credit risk and Audits. Before joining Fusion, he has worked for companies like GE Capital, ICICI Bank Ltd, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd, Sundaram Finance Limited, etc.
Deepak Madan
Company Secretary and Compliance Officer
Deepak is company secretary and compliance officer of the Company.
He is a qualified company secretary from the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and holds a bachelor’s degree in law. He has several years of corporate experience and prior to joining our Company, he worked with Almondz Group in Merchant Banking, Secretarial & legal Department as Company Secretary and Compliance Officer