Bajaj Finance Limited announced the appointment of Radhika Haribhakti as an Additional and Independent Director on the company’s Board, with effect from May 1, 2022.
According to the company’s exchange filing, “Based on the recommendation of members of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, the Board of Directors has approved the appointment Ms. Radhika Haribhakti (DIN : 02409519) as an Additional Director and Independent Director of the Company with effect from 1 May 2022 for a period of 5 (five) years subject to the approval of the members.”
Radhika Haribhakti has over 30 years of experience in Commercial and Investment Banking with Bank of America. JM Morgan Stanley and DSP Merrill Lynch. She has advised several large corporates and led their Equity and Debt offerings in domestic as well as international capital markets. She now heads RH Financial. a boutique Advisory Firm focused on M&A and Private Equity.
She is on the Boards of Directors of ICRA Limited. EIH Associated Hotels Limited. Navin Fluorine International Limited. Pipeline Infrastructure Limited. Rain Industries Limited and Torrent Power Limited. At these companies. she is a member of several board committees. including some which she chairs.
Haribhakti has also been closely associated with issues of women empowerment and financial inclusion and has served on the Boards of non profits for over 18 years. including 12 years as Chairperson. She is the former Chair of Friends of Women’s World Banking (FWWB) and Swadhaar Finaccess. both non profits engaged in providing financial solutions to women in economically disadvantaged communities. She has also served on the Governing Council of Citigroup Micro Enterprise Award and Gii’s National Committee on Women Empowerment.
Haribhakti is a graduate in Commerce from Gujarat University and a Post Graduate in Management from the Indian Institute of Management (llM). Ahmedabad.
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