Shailendra is the Chief Risk and Legal Officer of Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance which includes the control functions of Enterprise Risk Management, Operational Risk Management, Compliance, Investment mid-office, Information Security, Business Continuity, Market Conduct, Legal and Corporate Governance.

Prior to this, he was working with ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Ltd. for 11 years handling, at various points of time, Compliance, Internal Audit, Information Security, Risk Management, SOX implementation and Business Continuity Management.

Shailendra is a Chartered Accountant and a Certified Information Systems Auditor, with experience in the areas of Risk Management, Compliance, Internal Audit, Information Security, Investment Risk and Business Continuity Management. He is ISO certified Lead Auditor in Information Security and Business Continuity.

Shailendra has presented on Information Security, Risk Management, GRC, Compliance, Internal Audit and Business Continuity at various professional forums both locally and internationally.

He has co-authored “Technical Guide on Audit of Life Insurance Companies” issued by Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and has written for publications of professional organizations he is associated with.

He teaches at various management institutes like IIM (Nagpur), IIRM etc.

He has won the prestigious Golden Peacock Award on Risk Management, multiple industry recognitions like CRO of the Year, Best Risk Management Team  etc.