Clix Capital appoints Santwana Periwal as Chief Human Resource Officer (CHRO)

To focus on on building a people-first, healthy and creative work environment

New Delhi, March 1, 2022: Clix Capital, a new age NBFC officiates Santwana Periwal as its new Chief Human Resource Officer (CHRO), with effect from February 2022 and will be reporting to Rakesh Kaul, CEO – Clix Capital.

In this role Santwana will be spearheading the people agenda at Clix Capital & would provide strategic leadership in the areas of talent growth, capability building, organization design and performance management. She would be further emphasising on building a people-first, healthy and creative work environment.

Santwana a 2000 batch alumnus of MDI Gurgaon, brings diverse industry exposure of driving the talent agenda in organizations like EXL Service, Max Life Insurance, Idea Cellular as well as through numerous projects/long term assignments in her strategic HR Consulting role at Salto Dee Fe, wherein she worked with organizations in the telecommunications, technology, healthcare, FMCG and other sectors.

She successfully led and delivered on various assignments across people strategy, talent management, capability development, organization culture, employee engagement and leadership selection.

Speaking on the appointment of Santwana Periwal as CHRO, Rakesh Kaul, CEO – Clix Capital said: “We are excited to have Santwana as a part of the leadership team. With a robust growth plan in place, Santwana will be able to add immense value through people agenda strongly aligned to the business strategy and the organization growth plans at Clix Capital. With Santwana’s diverse experience, she will further help reinforce our core values as we focus on building a highly performance-driven culture here. We are confident, she will advance Clix’s mission and help the organization pivot back to stellar growth post the pandemic.”

In her official statement, post her appointment, Santwana said, “I am very excited to be a part of the leadership team at Clix and partner with leaders to design and deliver a comprehensive People Strategy that focuses on effective talent attraction, development and retention.  I am passionate about building a diverse and inclusive culture that encourages everyone to be their best. The organization is at a tipping point and is well placed to leverage our experience and learnings to take it to the next level. “

About Clix Capital

Clix Capital is a new age NBFC revolutionizing the lending space by offering differentiated digital lending products that are driven by technology and deep analytics. It offers a range of lending products to a varied spectrum of customers across the MSME and consumer segment, including personal loans, MSME loans, healthcare loans, and mortgage finance.

Clix is co-founded by industry veterans Mr. Pramod Bhasin and Mr. Anil Chawla and is backed by a private equity fund AION Capital Partners Limited (an affiliate of Apollo Global Management, LLC – one of the largest alternate investment managers globally with AUM of $433 billion). Mr. Bhasin is the founder of Genpact and the former CEO of GE Capital India and Asia; and Mr. Chawla has been the former CEO of GE Capital India and Asia’s Commercial Finance Business.

Together Mr. Bhasin, Mr. Chawla and AION jointly acquired the commercial lending and leasing business of GE Capital India in September 2016 and rechristened it Clix Capital.