Kamlesh Rao

Mr. Kamlesh Rao is a Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer at Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance Co. Ltd. In his role he is responsible for providing strategic direction and leading the team towards achieving rapid growth and profitability.
His expertise focuses on growing the business, developing new business models, building distribution efficiency, value creation through efficient cost and process management, competitive product strategies, scaling up the digital business and strengthening the customer lifetime value proposition.
He has a successful track record of entering new markets & businesses and turning them around by placing them on a high growth trajectory.
As an integral part of the Banking & Financial Services industry, his experience has been shaped over a career spanning 25 years.
Mr. Rao previously worked as the Managing Director & CEO – Retail at Kotak Securities Limited, he was responsible for planning and executing strategic initiatives.
He was instrumental in driving the growth and strategy for Secondary Markets, Primary Markets, Margin funding and distribution of Investment products.
Prior to joining Kotak Securities Limited, he held various roles at Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited.
His experience spans across the asset and liability portfolios, including retail lending, business loans, unsecured loans, mortgages, SME lending, HNI banking and broking.
He joined the bank as a Management Trainee and rapidly rose through the ranks to become the Managing Director & CEO – Retail at Kotak Securities Limited.
He holds a degree in Engineering and is a Management graduate..