Valapad: Manappuram Finance Limited and its subsidiary, Manappuram Home Finance Limited, have announced four strategic leadership appointments across business, taxation, finance, and technology functions, reinforcing the group’s focus on scalable growth, governance, financial discipline, and digital transformation.
As part of the appointments, Manappuram Home Finance Limited has named Rakesh Sharma as Co-Chief Executive Officer to lead its expanding housing finance business. A banking professional with over 23 years of experience in the BFSI sector, Sharma brings expertise in home loans and loans against property, along with experience in building and scaling affordable housing finance businesses.
He has previously served as MD & CEO of Cent Bank Home Finance and CEO of Tyger Housing (formerly Adani Housing Finance), besides holding leadership roles at AAVAS Financiers, IIFL, Citi Financial, and ICICI Home Finance. The company said his appointment is expected to strengthen its housing finance operations through disciplined execution, risk management, and high-performance team building.
In the taxation function, Manappuram Finance has appointed Surendra K Nayar as Head – Taxation, reporting to Group CFO Buvanesh Tharashankar. A Chartered Accountant with more than 35 years of experience, Nayar has expertise in taxation, compliance, and regulatory matters, having held senior positions at Aditya Birla Finance, DBS Bank, and Citibank. The outgoing Head – Taxation, Babu MV, will transition into a Senior Tax Advisory role after serving the organisation for over 15 years.
To further its technology and digital transformation agenda, the company has appointed Easwaran Narayanan as Group Chief Technology Officer. With over 25 years of experience in banking technology, IT strategy, and digital transformation, Narayanan has previously worked with Equitas Small Finance Bank, IDFC FIRST Bank, ICICI Bank, and Kotak Mahindra Bank. In his new role, he will lead the group’s technology vision and focus on building scalable and secure digital platforms.
Meanwhile, Manish Mohan has joined as Head – Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), also reporting to Tharashankar. Mohan brings over 25 years of experience across institutions including JPMorgan, Citibank, Standard Chartered, RBS, ABN AMRO, and Axis Bank. He previously led FP&A for Retail Agri Lending at Axis Bank. He is a CFA charterholder and holds an MBA from IIM Bangalore and a B.E. from IIT Roorkee. At Manappuram, he will oversee FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, and performance management.
Commenting on the appointments, V P Nandakumar, Chairman & Managing Director, Manappuram Finance Limited, said, “These strategic leadership appointments reflect our continued commitment to strengthening business capabilities, governance frameworks, financial discipline, and technology-led transformation. We are confident that the rich experience and proven leadership of Rakesh Sharma, Surendra K Nayar, Manish Mohan, and Easwaran Narayanan will play a pivotal role in driving the next phase of growth and operational excellence across the Group.”
