The Payal Nanjiani Leadership Podcast

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HEALTH AND FITNESS EP 408

July 02, 2026 • Payal Nanjiani

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Pankaj Rai | Group Chief Data and Analytics Officer, Aditya Birla Management Corporation Pvt Ltd

Pankaj Rai, Chief Data and Analytics Officer at Aditya Birla Group, has been enabling the analytics maturity journey across group companies by solving problems leveraging Data Science, creating horizontal data platforms and developing people capabilities.

He completed his graduation from IIT Delhi and Post Graduate Programme in Management from IIM Ahmedabad. He went on to spearhead teams across diverse portfolios including consulting, credit, six-sigma, strategy, analytics and digital across financial services and offshoring.

During his career, he has been associated with companies like GE Capital, ICICI Bank, Standard Chartered Bank and Feedback Ventures. He has served as Director (Strategy) at Dell, Bangalore for their offshore business and built the internal Analytics team. He also led Wells Fargo’s Global Delivery Strategy as Senior Vice President. He is a speaker in various leading platforms including TEDx.