Poonawalla Fincorp Limited announced that Mr. Vikas Pandey has been appointed as Head- Consumer Business (Consumer Durable, Used Car, Personal Loans), effective July 1, 2024. Mr. Harsh Kumar has been appointed as Chief Human Resource Officer, effective July 1, 2024. Mr. Vikas Pandey is MBA in Marketing from Institute for Technology and Management, Mumbai.

He is a seasoned professional and brings with him over three decades of rich experience in the Retail Lending to Liabilities. In his last assignment, he was working as Business Head Auto Loan and Inventory with HDFC Bank. He has played pivotal role in growing the Auto Business Loan with high topline growth with best in class delinquencies.

He was instrumental in creating an innovative digital product "Express car loan". He has built a robust distribution network across geographies with more than 4200 branches offering gold loan to customers. He was associated with HDFC Bank for last 22 years.

Mr. Harsh Kumar has Master's in Finance and HR from T.A. Pai Management Institute Manipal and holds a B.E (EEE) Degree from Dr. MGR Engineering College Chennai. He brings with him 25 years of rich experience in HR across industries in banking, IT, and Manufacturing. He has handled Organizational intervention and implementation in areas ranging from mergers and acquisition, improving engagement practices, and continuous innovation with a specialization in performance management, productivity enhancement, business and strategic planning.

In his last assignment, he was the Chief Human Resource Officer of CSB Bank, He was instrumental in driving transformation, process re-design, cost optimization, employer branding, enhanced business performance, and employee engagement performance management. Prior to that, he was associated with HDFC Bank as Vertical Head HR- Retail and Employee Engagement for around 13 years.