Our Leadership Team

Saurav Guha Maulik

Director - Transaction Risk Services, Sports & Entertainment

Vishwajeet Bharat Kadam

Director - Credit Speciality

Madhur Taksali

Director – Reinsurance

Madhur Taksali brings over 20 years of experience in facultative reinsurance. 

At EDME, he leads the cedant-sourced facultative reinsurance business, delivering solutions across energy, infrastructure, and industrial sectors. He oversees end-to-end risk analysis, placement execution, and stakeholder management across domestic and international markets. He has worked for UIB India, Willis Tower Watson & Howden Insurance Brokers India.

Known for combining technical precision with commercial insight, Madhur plays a key role in delivering structured, sustainable reinsurance solutions. 

Shaunak Patwa

Director - Specialty Lines

Shaunak Patwa brings over 22 years of experience across broking, reinsurance, underwriting, and specialty lines. 

At EDME, he serves as Director – Specialty Risks, leading structured risk portfolios and complex placements. He has held leadership roles at HDFC ERGO and Willis, where he built expertise across credit specialties, liability, and aviation. 

Known for his strategic insight and execution focus, Shaunak strengthens EDME’s specialty lines capability across diverse risk segments.

Mohan Agrawal

Director - Corporate Solutions

Mohan brings strong expertise in infrastructure and project risk advisory. 

At EDME, he leads the Infrastructure and Warehousing practice, focusing on project-led and asset-intensive sectors. He delivers customized risk solutions supported by technical understanding of contracts, project risks, and claims management. 

Mohan is recognized for his execution-driven approach and ability to deliver comprehensive risk protection aligned with client needs.

Kanishka Gadi

Director - Corporate Solutions

Kanishka Gadi brings over 17 years of experience across banking, financial services, and insurance. 

At EDME, she leads the BFSI and IT/ITES practices, delivering tailored risk-transfer solutions for highly regulated sectors. She specializes in cyber risk, liability, and structured insurance programs aligned with evolving regulatory landscapes. 

Kanishka combines data-driven design with market insights to deliver resilient and governance-aligned risk solutions.

Anurag Mishra

Director - FINCAS

Anurag Mishra brings over two decades of experience in liability insurance and risk management. 

At EDME, he leads the Financial and Casualty practice, delivering comprehensive liability solutions for corporates and financial institutions. He previously served as Co-Head of Liability and National Claims Head at Willis Towers Watson India. 

Known for his expertise in program structuring and complex claims, Anurag delivers strategic, high-impact advisory.

Jigar Parikh

Director - Corporate Solutions

Anand Panchariya

Director - Corporate Solutions

Vipan Kumar

Head – Employee Benefits Servicing, EB Analytics & Business Solutions

Vipan leads employee benefits servicing and analytics at EDME, combining delivery excellence with data-driven insights. 

He oversees client servicing, business analytics, reporting frameworks, and structured solution design to enhance outcomes and operational performance. His role integrates servicing with analytics to strengthen placement strategy and portfolio monitoring. 

Vipan focuses on building structured, insight-led decision-making frameworks that support business growth and improve efficiency across mid-office and strategic functions.

Neeraj Sethi

National Head - Claims Commercial Lines

Neeraj Sethi brings over 27 years of experience in claims management and insurance operations. 

At EDME, he leads the commercial claims function, focusing on technical governance, structured oversight, and operational excellence. He has held senior roles at ICICI Lombard, Royal Sundaram, and Universal Sompo. 

Neeraj is known for strengthening claims frameworks and delivering disciplined, client-centric advisory across complex claims portfolios.

Neha Yadav

Head - International Business & Climate Risk

Neha brings over 12 years of global experience across insurance, climate risk, and consulting. 

At EDME, she leads international business development, focusing on strategic partnerships and innovative risk solutions. She has worked with organizations including Descartes Underwriting, Aon Singapore, and Aon Hewitt. 

With an MBA and a master’s in international relations, Neha combines global exposure with strategic insight to expand EDME’s international presence and deliver forward-looking solutions.

Mehul Nahar

National Head – Placement & Servicing, Commercial Lines

Mehul brings over 20 years of experience in commercial risk placement and servicing. 

At EDME, he leads end-to-end placement and servicing functions, driving insurer engagement, structured placement strategies, and client delivery excellence. He focuses on aligning underwriting appetite with client requirements to deliver competitive and sustainable risk solutions. 

Known for his market expertise and execution focus, Mehul plays a key role in strengthening client outcomes across diverse industry segments.

Nitin Jain

National Head - Employee Benefit Placement

Nitin brings over 20 years of experience across insurance, broking, and consulting. He specializes in employee benefits, placement, insurer negotiations, and structured program delivery. 

At EDME, he focuses on delivering effective placement solutions and strengthening client servicing through disciplined execution. 

He has worked with leading organizations including Prudent Insurance Brokers, SecureNow, and WNS, consistently contributing to improved client outcomes and operational excellence.

Rushik Patel

Associate Director - FINCAS & Cyber solutions

Nikhil Mhatre

Associate Director – Corporate Solutions

Nikhil Mhatre brings experience in corporate insurance advisory and placement execution. 

At EDME, he serves as Associate Director – Corporate Solutions, focusing on aligning coverage strategies with client risk profiles. He supports structured placements and portfolio management across corporate accounts. 

Nikhil is known for delivering consistent advisory support and maintaining high standards of execution across client engagements.

Harish B K

National Head – OEM Business

Harish serves as National Head – OEM Business at EDME, leading partnerships and insurance programs across OEM channels. He focuses on embedded distribution models, partner alignment, and program development within the ecosystem. 

Harish plays a key role in strengthening EDME’s distribution capabilities through structured engagement and strategic collaboration with manufacturers.

G. Karthikeyan

National Head – Retail Sales

G. Karthikeyan leads retail sales at EDME as National Head – Retail Sales. He focuses on driving distribution growth, channel development, and portfolio expansion across markets. 

With a strong emphasis on structured sales initiatives and execution discipline, he plays a key role in scaling EDME’s retail presence and strengthening market engagement across segments.

Reena Pratty

Associate Director – Corporate Solutions

Reena Pratty brings experience in corporate insurance advisory and portfolio management. 

At EDME, she serves as Associate Director – Corporate Solutions, focusing on structured placements and client relationship management.

She contributes to delivering consistent, high-quality advisory and execution across corporate accounts, supporting long-term client engagement and business growth.

Saurabh Sharma

Associate Director – Corporate Solutions

Saurabh Sharma brings experience in corporate insurance advisory and structured placements. 

At EDME, he serves as Associate Director – Corporate Solutions, supporting client engagement, placement coordination, and portfolio development. He focuses on delivering tailored, market-aligned risk solutions that address evolving client needs. 

Saurabh contributes to consistent execution and strengthening client relationships across corporate accounts.

Soumya Bhadra

Associate Director – Corporate Solutions

Soumya Bhadra brings expertise in corporate risk advisory within the metals and mining sector. 

At EDME, he serves as Associate Director – Corporate Solutions, supporting structured placements and sector-specific risk solutions.

He focuses on addressing operational and industry-specific exposures, contributing to strengthening EDME’s capabilities in heavy industries through disciplined advisory and execution

Sonal Gulati

Associate Director – Life & Pensions Solutions

Rajkumar A

Associate Director – Corporate Solutions, Sales Head – Chennai & Coimbatore

Rajkumar A brings experience in corporate insurance advisory and regional business development. 

At EDME, he serves as Associate Director – Corporate Solutions and leads sales across Chennai and Coimbatore. He focuses on structured placements, client engagement, and expanding EDME’s regional presence. 

Rajkumar contributes to delivering consistent advisory solutions and strengthening client relationships across South India.

Jitender Pratap Singh

Associate Director - Corporate Solutions

Jitender Pratap Singh supports corporate risk advisory, structured placements, and regional portfolio development at EDME. 

He combines business development expertise with solution-oriented execution to deliver client-centric outcomes. He plays a key role in expanding EDME’s regional presence while ensuring disciplined delivery across corporate accounts. 

His approach is focused on building strong client relationships and driving consistent, high-quality advisory solutions aligned with business objectives.

Sanjay Radhakrishnan

Chief Executive Officer

Surendra Mehta

Executive Vice Chairman

Surendra Mehta brings over 36 years of experience across insurance, finance, and risk advisory. At EDME, he serves as Executive Vice Chairman, contributing to strategic direction and long-term growth.

Prior to this, he was Co-founder and Director of UIB Insurance Brokers (India), where he served as CEO and Regional Head, leading the firm’s expansion across complex risk portfolios. He has also held senior leadership roles, including Country Head – Sales & Marketing at Willis India and a founding role at Aditya Birla Insurance Broking.

A Fellow Chartered Accountant, Surendra holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Rajasthan and an AIII certification from the Insurance Institute of India.

Vinod Krishnan

Global CEO – Treaty Insurance

Vinod brings over 36 years of experience, including more than 26 years in reinsurance broking. 

At EDME, he leads global treaty reinsurance, focusing on expanding international partnerships, enhancing capacity access, and delivering analytics-driven solutions.

His expertise spans treaty placements, capital advisory, and global portfolio management. He has held leadership roles at Aon Re, JLT Re, Guy Carpenter, Willis Re, and Gallagher Re. 

Gigy Cherian

Head - Technical Services (Senior Management Advisor)

Nochiketa Dixit

Managing Director - Corporate Solutions & Retail

Gaurav Gupta

Managing Director - Corporate Solutions, Head of Placements and Claims

Gaurav brings over 20 years of experience in insurance broking, operations, and corporate risk management.

At EDME, he focuses on strengthening operational frameworks and integrating risk advisory with business strategy to enhance client outcomes. He has led high-performing teams across Religare, ICICI Lombard, and Reliance General Insurance. 

A PGDM from IMT Ghaziabad, Gaurav is known for driving innovation and building scalable, future-ready insurance solutions aligned with evolving market needs.

Nitin Firke

Managing Director - Treaty Reinsurance

Nitin Firke brings over 25 years of experience in reinsurance. 

At EDME, he leads the inward treaty reinsurance business, focusing on bringing global cedants’ programs into India. He specializes in structuring proportional and non-proportional treaties, including catastrophe and stop-loss covers. 

His work supports insurers in managing volatility, optimizing capital, and meeting regulatory requirements while strengthening EDME’s global positioning.

Kunal Khanna

Managing Director - Reinsurance & Global Head of Natural Resources

Kunal Khanna brings over 20 years of experience in reinsurance and corporate risk advisory. 

At EDME, he serves as Managing Director – Reinsurance and Global Head of Natural Resources, leading the facultative reinsurance practice. He previously played a key role in building reinsurance portfolios at UIB and spent significant time at Willis Towers Watson managing complex global placements. 

Kunal specializes in infrastructure and energy risks, delivering structured, cross-border reinsurance solutions.

Navin Sharma

Managing Director - Agriculture Reinsurance

Jaya Kurian

Managing Director - Reinsurance

Jaya Kurian brings extensive experience in facultative reinsurance, specializing in complex risk structuring and claims excellence. 

At EDME, she leads large-scale placements across infrastructure and power sectors, with a focus on program design, market strategy, and sustainable structuring. She played a key role in establishing India’s first dedicated facultative reinsurance claims team, achieving a 100% recovery record. 

Jaya is recognized for strengthening claims credibility and delivering structured, high-impact reinsurance solutions.

Praveen Ladia

Chief Financial Officer & Head - Business Operations and Employee Benefit Client Servicing

Praveen brings over 22 years of experience in financial management, strategic planning, and operations. 

At EDME, he leads financial strategy, overseeing performance, due diligence, and M&A integration while strengthening operational efficiency and employee benefits servicing. He previously played a key role in building Hero Insurance Broking and was part of the founding team at JLT Independent. 

Known for his collaborative leadership style, he focuses on driving sustainable value creation and enhancing business performance through disciplined execution.

Jonika Jain

Chief Human Resources Officer

Anurag Dharnidharka

Chief Legal, Risk & Compliance Officer

Sukumar Sakthivel

Chief Technology Officer

Saharsha Keshkar

Head - International Business, Corporate Strategy & M&A