Diwakar Ram Boddupalli
Diwakar Ram Boddupalli is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of CreditAccess Life Insurance Ltd., (CALI). CALI has been established under Diwakar’s leadership, with his conceptualizing a differentiated business model of building a life insurance company that is dedicated to providing insurance solutions to the unserved and under-served segments of the country.
Before taking up this new profile at CALI, Diwakar was the Executive Director & CEO of CreditAccess India, Amsterdam, Netherlands, which is the promoter entity of CALI.
Prior to this, Diwakar was the Director (Finance) & CFO of CreditAccess Grameen Ltd., steering the company into establishing itself as the leading NBFC-MFI in India. He spearheaded the company’s successful Listing through IPO (in 2018) and the acquisition of Madura Microfinance Ltd., another prominent NBFC-MFI.
He started his career with Life Insurance Corporation of India and moved to work with institutions like SIDBI, ICICI Bank and ACCION. During his 30-year experience, he headed critical and diverse functions in Finance, Credit and Risk Management, notably in providing solutions to clientele in the SME and low-income space.
Diwakar holds a Master's Degree in Commerce from Osmania University, Hyderabad and certifications from Indian Institute of Bankers and Insurance Institute of India.