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Management Profiles

We have a strong leadership team with proven ability. Recruited for their expertise gained around the world, our team of executive leaders has diverse experiences, backgrounds and world views.

M R Rao, Managing Director & CEO

M R Rao

M.R.’s expertise lies in managing operations in a large business environment, formulating business strategies and identifying new markets. An alumni of BITS Pilani, he has over 20 years of experience in Profit Centre Management, setting up distribution in Insurance, Retail Banking and Consumer Finance. Prior to SKS, he was associated with ING Vysya Life Insurance, American Express, Esanda Finanz & Leasing Ltd., Instyle Consumer Leasing and DCL Finance Ltd. At SKS, MR has been in the forefront driving it’s amazing growth story.

“We are today the largest microfinance institution in India reaching millions of poor households. As we race towards being the largest in the world, we look at creating a sustainable model of for-profit microfinance that the world can emulate. We look forward to a time when more and more MFIs use our model in order to scale up and reach the millions in need of an opportunity to get themselves out of poverty.”

MR Rao

Dilli Raj, Chief Financial Officer

Dilli Raj

Dilli Raj has 17 years of experience in treasury (fund raising), leasing, corporate credit, taxation, business process reengineering and corporate governance. He is an acknowledged leader in corporate tax planning. He consummated joint venture deals with global giants. Prior to this assignment, Dilli Raj was the Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of First Leasing Company of India Limited. Mr. Raj has also served as the CEO of a subsidiary. He has done his Master’s in Business Administration from Pondicherry University. At SKS, Dilli Raj has been instrumental in introducing mainstream financial products into microfinance and in smart management of funding initiatives.

“SKS became the sector leader in fiscal year 2008 and embarked on financial innovation in fiscal year 2009. We introduced mainstream financial instruments like rated bonds, commercial papers, listed debt and pool securitisation to the microfinance world. Our vision is to become a global leader, not just in terms of outreach or any other operational or financial metrics, but to be 'best in class' in governance, risk management, compliance and accounting quality across the financial sector as a whole.”

Dilli Raj