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Saifuddin Ahmed

Distribution | Digital Strategy | B2B, D2C, Banca and All formats of Digital Business | Digital Distribution and Servicing | Manufacturing and Distribution startups | Insurtech | Product

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India·Prudential Health India
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Reimagining distribution of Insurance a Digital Sales and General Insurance enthusiast with over 17 years of experience spanning across digital direct to customer and b2b2c sales, simplified and contextual products, embedded and attachment journeys with new age digital ecosystem players, digital transformation, digital marketing and insurance technology, online customer acquisition and conversion, lead nurturing and web analytics, customer engagement and retention, user experience, mobility solutions, telemarketing, digital ecosystem partnerships and worksites, ATL and BTL marketing, direct marketing, bancassurance and product and distribution development

Experience

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CDO - Institutional and Digital

Prudential Health India · Full-time

Oct 2025 - Present · 7 mos·Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Founding member of Prudential Health India.

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Business Head - Insurance

Jio Financial Services · Full-time

Aug 2024 - Oct 2025 · 1 yr 3 mos·Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Started the direct to consumer channel and delivered Jio Financial Service’s maiden insurance market place - jioinsure.in Led the founding team which delivered, grounds up, the platform, growth and partnerships, product and the business P&L. Conceptualised and delivered the first of its kind discovery and data led acquisition for insurance market place primarily through captive ecosystem. Personalised purchase experience with low human touch and largely DIY.

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Senior Vice President and Business Head Digital

Aditya Birla Health Insurance Company Limited

Apr 2021 - Sep 2024 · 3 yrs 6 mos·Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Lead all formats of Digital Sales including Direct, Traditional online sales Alliances and New age digital alliances.

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Head Digital Sales and Customer Loyalty

Aditya Birla Health Insurance Company Limited

Apr 2020 - Mar 2021 · 1 yr·Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Lead digital sales (direct to customer, web aggregators and online brokers, strategic digital alliances, online travel channel) and customer loyalty (Renewals, Upsell and X-sell) businesses.

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Head Of Digital

Aditya Birla Health Insurance Company Limited

Feb 2019 - Jun 2020 · 1 yr 5 mos·Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Led digital products and engineering team. Digital sales was also part of my responsibilities.

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Vice President - Online Business

HDFC ERGO General Insurance

Apr 2016 - Aug 2016 · 5 mos·Mumbai Area, India

Led digital sales & marketing and online platforms for HDFC ERGO. My teams were responsible for generating business through direct and alliance channels. We also took care of user experience & mobility and other online services for the organisation. My team handled search optimization, brand and performance based campaigns on the digital media. We were responsible for achieving the revenue targets at optimum costs through e commerce and online alliances. We closely monitored call center assisted conversions on the online leads. We evangelised adoption of online medium amongst our customers and retail intermediaries.

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Associate Vice President

HDFC ERGO General Insurance

Apr 2012 - Mar 2016 · 4 yrs·Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Managed online sales, digital marketing, user experience & mobility and online services for my organisation. I led a team which handled search optimization, brand and performance based campaigns on the digital media. We were responsible for achieving the revenue targets at optimum costs through e commerce and online alliances.

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Regional Sales Manager

HDFC ERGO General Insurance

Apr 2011 - Mar 2012 · 1 yr·Kolkata, India

Handled Bancassurance Business through HDFC Ltd., and HDFC Bank for Eastern Region.

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Sr. Product Manager / Area Sales Manager

ICICI Lombard General Insurance Co. Ltd.

Apr 2004 - Nov 2008 · 4 yrs 8 mos

Worked in sales and product teams cutting across the spectrum of products ranging from SME to retail and across channels ranging from direct, agency, bancassurance to online. This included working as a General Insurance specialist in ICICI Direct driving sales through their online portal and branches.

Education

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Nirma University

PGDM, Marketing, Marketing

2002 - 2004

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University of Mumbai

B.E., Electronics and Telecommunications, Electronics and Telecommunications

1997 - 2001

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