Sh. Padmanabhan Raja Jaishankar

With his rich experience of over 35 years in Development Banking and Financial domains, Mr. P. R. Jaishankar is presently serving as the Managing Director of IIFCL and is the Chairman of IIFCL’s wholly-owned subsidiary companies, viz., IIFC(UK) Ltd, IIFCL Projects Ltd (IPL) and IIFCL Asset Management Company Ltd (IAMCL). Before his current position, Mr. Jaishankar has held various key positions such as Executive Director of National Housing Bank, and has served as Director on the Board of various institutions.

Mr. Jaishankar's visionary approach continues to redefine India's infrastructure financing landscape through policy advocacy measures. He is member of several national level committees such as the CII Infrastructure Council and is on the Managing Committee of the Indian Banking Association (IBA). He has led the introduction of new and innovative financing products such as Credit Enhancement and Takeout Finance, and is known to have structured India’s first ever Mortgage Securitization transaction.

Mr. Jaishankar holds a Master's degree in Technology from IIT, Delhi and is an MBA (Finance) from FMS, Delhi University.