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FE CFO Bureau is the editorial arm of Financial Express dedicated to covering India’s evolving finance leadership landscape. As part of the publication’s B2B platform, it focuses on delivering sharp, insight-led reportage and analysis on corporate finance, capital allocation, regulatory shifts, and the strategic role of Chief Financial Officers.

FE BFSI Bureau

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FE BFSI delivers comprehensive coverage of India’s dynamic banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI) sector. It offers sharp news updates, deep-dive stories, expert interviews, and analysis tailored for industry professionals, policymakers, investors, and decision-makers.

With a strong focus on B2B narrative, the section tracks key developments in banking trends, credit growth, fintech innovation, and evolving regulatory frameworks from RBI, SEBI, IRDAI, and other financial bodies. It also explores critical themes such as macroeconomic linkages, financial inclusion, and leadership strategies shaping the sector’s future.

Whether you are a banker, regulator, fintech founder, or policy expert, FE BFSI is your go-to platform for understanding and navigating the fast-changing BFSI landscape with clarity and context.

FE BFSI delivers comprehensive coverage of India’s dynamic banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI) sector. It offers sharp news updates, deep-dive stories, expert interviews, and analysis tailored for industry professionals, policymakers, investors, and decision-makers.

With a strong focus on B2B narrative, the section tracks key developments in banking trends, credit growth, fintech innovation, and evolving regulatory frameworks from RBI, SEBI, IRDAI, and other financial bodies. It also explores critical themes such as macroeconomic linkages, financial inclusion, and leadership strategies shaping the sector’s future.

Whether you are a banker, regulator, fintech founder, or policy expert, FE BFSI is your go-to platform for understanding and navigating the fast-changing BFSI landscape with clarity and context.

Sandeep Soni

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With a career in business journalism spanning over 14 years across digital media, print, and television, covering startups/internet economy and SMEs, Sandeep currently oversees content strategy for FE BFSI and FE Aspire (startups and SMEs) sections of FE B2B.com. Additionally, he has spent over two years reporting on cryptocurrencies for FE Digital.

Sandeep has authored more than 5,000 pieces, including breaking news, features, interviews, and long-form reportage on policy, trade, technology entrepreneurs, startups, small businesses, and the VC-PE ecosystem at Financial Express Digital, Entrepreneur magazine, and CNN News18 (formerly CNN IBN). He has deep experience in conceptualising and executing B2B events focused on tech startups, entrepreneurship, and MSMEs. He was also among the earliest journalists to cover India’s e-commerce sector in its formative years.

Sandeep holds a master’s degree in journalism and mass communication. He has an active presence on LinkedIn with over 3,000 followers and X with over 500 followers.

With a career in business journalism spanning over 14 years across digital media, print, and television, covering startups/internet economy and SMEs, Sandeep currently oversees content strategy for FE BFSI and FE Aspire (startups and SMEs) sections of FE B2B.com. Additionally, he has spent over two years reporting on cryptocurrencies for FE Digital.

Sandeep has authored more than 5,000 pieces, including breaking news, features, interviews, and long-form reportage on policy, trade, technology entrepreneurs, startups, small businesses, and the VC-PE ecosystem at Financial Express Digital, Entrepreneur magazine, and CNN News18 (formerly CNN IBN). He has deep experience in conceptualising and executing B2B events focused on tech startups, entrepreneurship, and MSMEs. He was also among the earliest journalists to cover India’s e-commerce sector in its formative years.

Sandeep holds a master’s degree in journalism and mass communication. He has an active presence on LinkedIn with over 3,000 followers and X with over 500 followers.

Sriram Kalyanaraman

With over four decades of experience in the banking, finance, and credit sectors, Sriram Kalyanaraman has established himself as a leading figure in the BFSI (Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance) industry.

Venky Iyer

Venkatachalam Iyer, fondly known as Venky, brings over 25 years of leadership experience in the financial services industry. A Master’s Degree holder in Financial Management from NMIMS, Mumbai, Venky is passionate about fitness, yoga, cricket, movies and Urdu poetry.

Kamlesh Rao

Kamlesh Rao brings over 25 years of leadership experience in the Banking and Financial Services industry, with expertise spanning retail lending, mortgages, SME finance, HNI banking, capital markets, and broking. A strong advocate of digital innovation, he has also contributed to prestigious market advisory committees of NSE and BSE. An engineer and management graduate from NMIMS, Kamlesh is widely regarded as an expert on macroeconomics, global markets, and financial strategy.

Amol Vishwakarma

Amol has over 7 years of cross-platform experience in media and business journalism; his work spans television, digital media, and B2B conferences. Amol has successfully curated impactful conversations and industry-led events across sectors such as technology startups, electric vehicles, and entrepreneurship.

His ability to merge editorial insight with strategic planning enables him to deliver high-value content and connect with thought leaders across industries. Passionate about storytelling and industry trends, Amol holds a Master’s in Journalism and a Bachelor’s in Commerce, combining creativity with business insight.

Amol has over 7 years of cross-platform experience in media and business journalism; his work spans television, digital media, and B2B conferences. Amol has successfully curated impactful conversations and industry-led events across sectors such as technology startups, electric vehicles, and entrepreneurship.

His ability to merge editorial insight with strategic planning enables him to deliver high-value content and connect with thought leaders across industries. Passionate about storytelling and industry trends, Amol holds a Master’s in Journalism and a Bachelor’s in Commerce, combining creativity with business insight.

E Kumar Sharma

E Kumar Sharma is the Deputy Editor, FinancialExpress.com a part of the The IndianExpress Group. A Chevening scholar, a CV Starr Fellow at Upenn and a recipient of the Polestar Award, Kumar has over the past 26 years authored several special reports, cover stories and lead articles in print, television and digital mediums including content for video and podcasts. His interests span across economy, finance, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, biotechnology, microfinance, education, retail, IT, family-led businesses, management apart from ESG and sustainability.

A masters in economics with focus on econometrics from the University of Hyderabad, a central university, where he topped the entrance and won a scholarship, Kumar has written earlier for Business Today, The India Today Group, The Wire, Fortune India, in addition to a stint with the BBC Television as a reporter out of London. At Business Today, for nearly a decade, he led the coverage on business schools, put out series of articles in pharma and healthcare, women entrepreneurship, emerging trends in management, executive health, covered the complete journey of microfinance in India – from the early experiments in the mid-1990s with methodologies getting defined, fund-flows opening up, the Andhra crisis (this state of the sector report in fact also refers to an article by Kumar), newer regulations, IPOs, newer models to survive and finally some microfinance institutions taking the avatar of small finance banks.

Kumar also tracked the early trends in the Indian ecommerce journey. He has marked his presence on social networking platforms with some weighty connects that include some well known founders and CEOs from India Inc., leading academicians and analysts. But then, he sees shoe- leather reporting as his dharma. He has on several occasions helped his author friends with research inputs for their books. He is an avid reader and a keen listener not just because people and sources need to be listened to but for the simple reason that in a hyper- specialised world, there is always much to learn and transmit.

E Kumar Sharma is the Deputy Editor, FinancialExpress.com a part of the The IndianExpress Group. A Chevening scholar, a CV Starr Fellow at Upenn and a recipient of the Polestar Award, Kumar has over the past 26 years authored several special reports, cover stories and lead articles in print, television and digital mediums including content for video and podcasts. His interests span across economy, finance, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, biotechnology, microfinance, education, retail, IT, family-led businesses, management apart from ESG and sustainability.

A masters in economics with focus on econometrics from the University of Hyderabad, a central university, where he topped the entrance and won a scholarship, Kumar has written earlier for Business Today, The India Today Group, The Wire, Fortune India, in addition to a stint with the BBC Television as a reporter out of London. At Business Today, for nearly a decade, he led the coverage on business schools, put out series of articles in pharma and healthcare, women entrepreneurship, emerging trends in management, executive health, covered the complete journey of microfinance in India – from the early experiments in the mid-1990s with methodologies getting defined, fund-flows opening up, the Andhra crisis (this state of the sector report in fact also refers to an article by Kumar), newer regulations, IPOs, newer models to survive and finally some microfinance institutions taking the avatar of small finance banks.

Kumar also tracked the early trends in the Indian ecommerce journey. He has marked his presence on social networking platforms with some weighty connects that include some well known founders and CEOs from India Inc., leading academicians and analysts. But then, he sees shoe- leather reporting as his dharma. He has on several occasions helped his author friends with research inputs for their books. He is an avid reader and a keen listener not just because people and sources need to be listened to but for the simple reason that in a hyper- specialised world, there is always much to learn and transmit.

Indraneel Ajitkumar Pandit

Indraneel Ajitkumar Pandit is currently the Chief Digital Officer of Federal Bank. He joined the bank in 2019 from YES Bank where he was Group Executive Vice President.

Bhavesh Shah

Bhavesh Shah is the Managing Director & Head – Investment Banking at Equirus Capital