Tata AIA Life appoints Naveen Tahilyani as CEO and MD

MUMBAI: Tata AIA Life Insurance Company (Tata AIA Life) today announced the appointment of Naveen Tahilyani as its Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director.

Tahilyani, a graduate from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Chennai and Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad, is currently a Senior Partner at McKinsey & Co and leads its South East Asian Insurance and Banking Practice, the private insurer said in a release issued here.

He will assume office at Tata AIA Life from January 2015. "I am confident that under the leadership of Naveen and his Executive team, the Tata AIA Life business in India will achieve new levels of growth and success," Gordon Watson, Regional Chief Executive of AIA Group and a Director of Tata AIA Life Board, said.

Tata AIA Life is a joint venture between Tata Sons and AIA Group.