Bajaj Finserv Health names Deepak J. Matai as CEO

Bajaj Finserv Health Ltd (BFHL), a subsidiary of Bajaj Finserv, on Thursday appointed Deepak J Matai as chief executive officer.

The health-tech company offers preventive, personalised, and partner-led care, health financing, and wellness plans.

Matai brings over 25 years of leadership experience across financial services, insurance and consumer businesses, Bajaj Finserv, a diversified financial services groups, said in a statement.

He joins BFHL from CPP Group, where as CEO (India, Bangladesh, Malaysia) he led distribution partnerships across BFSI, customer propositions and large-scale operations, with a sustained focus on growth, it said, adding that he has previously held senior positions at Barclays and SBI Cards.

Speaking on the appointment, Sanjiv Bajaj, Chairman and Managing Director, Bajaj Finserv, said, India has 16 per cent of the world's population but accounts for just 1 per cent of global healthcare spending, making it one of the most important and fast-growing opportunities of our time.

Bajaj Finserv Health was built as a health-tech platform to bring providers, services and payers together, and make healthcare more accessible and seamless, he said.

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