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Akshay Gujar appointed CEO of SME Division, designated Senior Management Personnel

Akshay Gujar has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the SME Division (CEO-SME Division) and designated as Senior Management Personnel.

By ScoutQuest · Tue 27 Oct 2026, 4:12 PM IST · 1 min read

Appointee

Akshay Gujar

Designation

Chief Executive Officer of the SME Division (CEO-SME Division) and Senior Management Personnel

Effective date

October 27, 2026

What was announced

• The company has appointed Mr. Akshay Gujar as the Chief Executive Officer of SME (CEO-SME Division).
• He has been designated as Senior Management Personnel.
• The appointment is dated October 27, 2026.

Profile of the appointee

• Described as a seasoned financial services professional with over 12 years of diverse experience across retail lending, secured MSME finance, microfinance, farmer finance, CSR and business transformation.
• Before joining, he held key leadership positions at AU Small Finance Bank, including leading the Centre of Excellence for Microfinance & Inclusive Banking.
• In that role the update credits him with building high-quality portfolios and driving business performance, risk management and operational excellence across a large branch network.
• His stated track record includes scaling secured MSME portfolios, establishing farmer finance businesses from the ground up, and collection performance through disciplined execution.
• Before his banking tenure, he worked with PwC India, the Chief Minister's Office - Government of Maharashtra, and Willis Towers Watson.

What this means for the business

• The role sits in the SME lending side of the business, the segment the appointee has spent much of his career in.
• The disclosure is of a senior management appointment, not a change on the board of directors; the section on relationships between directors is marked NA.

How to read it

• This is a leadership change within the company's senior management and the update sets out the appointee's experience and background in detail.
• The appointment is an addition to the senior team, with the reason recorded as appointment.

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