Vijay Deshwal

Vijay Deshwal is the Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Investor Relations at Aditya Birla Capital.

He is in-charge of formulating and facilitating execution and communication of Aditya Birla Capital’s strategic initiatives and its positioning with investors, analysts and all stakeholders. In addition, he is driving the potential M&A opportunities and partnerships, synergistic with Aditya Birla Capital’s growth vision.

Vijay is a seasoned banker with over two decades of diversified experience across banking, corporate finance, international business and operations. In his previous experiences, he was with the ICICI Bank for over 15 years and held a solid track record of growing the businesses around the pillars of customer-centricity and profitability. He was credited with the setting up of the highly successful services sector franchise including new age businesses, driving the liability strategy for the corporate ecosystem, and the loan syndications’ practice at the bank, that ranked continuously amongst the top 3 in the country. Vijay has a vast understanding of various asset classes, cyclicity of businesses and key metrics for creating profitable financial services businesses. Prior to joining Aditya Birla Capital, he was the CEO for the Financial Services business of the Cyrus Poonawalla group, where he led successful integration of a large acquisition and spearheaded key strategic initiatives for the group.

He is a noted speaker at various national and international industry forums including the Asia Pacific Loan Management Association, India Chapter and the Global Transaction Banking Congress by Euromoney, Amsterdam.

Vijay is a Post-Graduate in Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.