Sachin Pillai is the Managing Director & CEO of Hinduja Leyland Finance Limited and Hinduja Housing Finance Limited. He has been associated with India's banking & financial sector for more than two decades.

In the mid-nineties, post his Master's in Business Administration, he started his career as a Management Trainee with Ashok Leyland Finance. Subsequently, he has been part of Citigroup, HDFC Bank & Reliance Group. Today he has grown to lead one of the large NBFC of the country.

Over the years, Sachin has diversified his expertise into steering businesses across cycles, with a strong background of risk management, product development & organization building.

As a leader and self-sufficient innovator, Sachin is comfortable in any role from the executive boardroom to the frontline sales. He is a savvy negotiator known for healthy business development and relationship building skills. Sachin's innate ability to build & retain high- performance teams, including his strategically selected executive management staff, has served as a growth catalyst.

Under his leadership, many new initiatives have been successfully launched, and he has been instrumental in expanding the business beyond vehicle finance. He is constantly looking at expanding horizons, charting new business areas organically as well as on an inorganic basis.