
APAC is promoted by Mr. Gunit Chadha, who has more than 35 years of experience in financial services across prominent leadership roles & entrepreneurship. After leading Deutsche Bank’s franchise in 16 countries across Asia Pacific (including India sub-continent, ASEAN, Greater China, Korea, Japan & ANZ), Mr. Chadha returned to the financial services industry in India in a new entrepreneurial avatar, as Founder of APAC Financial Services, a phygital lending platform focused on micro & small enterprises.
Previously Gunit was MD & CEO, Deutsche Bank India (2003-12) and earlier MD & CEO, IDBI Bank (2000-03). He also held various senior level positions at Citibank in India and New York. Mr. Chadha has been credited for launching / building several new businesses like retail banking, mortgages, sme financing, asset management, investment banking and structured finance. He has been awarded “Banker of the Year”, amongst other honours.
Mr. Chadha has served on the Board of the Association of Merchant Bankers in India, on the Managing Committee of Indian Banks’ Association and on several committees of the RBI, CII & FICCI. Mr. Chadha is also a member of the Young Presidents’ Organisation.
Mr. Chadha has an economics degree from St. Stephen’s College Delhi, an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and an advanced management program from The Wharton School, USA. His interests include travel, sports & wildlife.
APAC started with a significant capital contributed by Mr. Chadha and the leadership team. The leadership team includes ex CEOs and business heads of leading financial institutions like Deutsche Bank, Citibank, NeoGrowth, Fullerton, RBL Bank, IDFC Bank, Edelweiss and few others. APAC group has followed a unique model in which the Leadership Team has invested a significant amount of their own capital with the Founder. This makes each one of them think like an entrepreneur and aligned to the long-term goals of the group.

GUNIT CHADHA
(Founder & Managing Director)
SHANKAR DEY
(Executive Director)
Nithya Easwaran
(Investor Director)
Sanjay Maliah
(Director)
Sanjay Athalye
(Independent Director)