Dr. Damien Marmion - Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Damien Marmion is the Chief Executive Officer of Max Bupa, a joint-venture between Max India Limited, a leading Indian multi-business corporate and UK-based Bupa Group, the leading international healthcare company.
Damien has been associated with Max Bupa since its inception and took up his post at the Company’s New Delhi headquarters in 2009. Led by his vision of making Max Bupa the most admired heath insurance provider in India, he has played a vital role in formulating the unique value proposition of the company.
Damien has a rich experience in the healthcare and insurance sector spanning more than a decade. Prior to joining Max Bupa, he has held a number of senior management posts within the Bupa Group, including Development Director of Bupa, Managing Director of Bupa Health Insurance, Hong Kong and Clinical Services Manager, UK hospitals business.
Damien is married and has two children. He is a keen golfer.
Neeraj Basur - Chief Financial Officer
Neeraj is a Chartered Accountant and a Company Secretary. He brings with him over 18 years of experience from diverse industries like Manufacturing, Telecom, Software Technology, Insurance and Healthcare.
Neeraj has been associated with the Max group since 2002. In his previous assignment as a Senior Vice President- Corporate Finance with Max India, he has handled an entire gamut of Finance activities for all diverse Max group companies. Neeraj has been with Max Bupa since its inception and played a crucial role in preparing Max Bupa’s strategic and financial road map as well as framing the investment framework and setting up of the systems, policies and standards for accounting and risk management. He is also closely involved with the product pricing and actuarial management.
On the personal front Neeraj is married and has two sons. In his leisure time he likes to travel to places where he can be close to nature, read and spend time with his children.
Dean Pollard - Chief Operating Officer
Deen has been a part of the Bupa group for 20 years and has experience spanning Marketing, Operations and Strategy both in domestic and international markets. He holds under and post graduate qualifications in Business and Management.
Most recently Dean was Director- Transformation where he led the successful merger implementation of Bupa Distribution and the MBF group forming Australia’s largest private health insurance business.
Dean is married and has two daughters.
Pritpal Singh Kular - Director - Human Resources
Pritpal Singh Kular joined Max Bupa as Director – Human Resources on June 1, 2010. In this role, he is responsible for spearheading the human resource programs in the organization, including human capital development and talent acquisition. Pritpal brings close to two decades of diverse and broad-based experience in corporate human resources. A seasoned functional leader, he has headed the human resource division at Heidelberg Cement India Ltd and GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare in the past.
Raised and schooled all across the country – Pritpal holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from Punjab University in 1987. He then pursued Masters in Business Administration in Personnel Management from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. He also holds a Diploma in Human Resources Development from the National Institute of Human Resource Development in Chennai.
Pritpal lives in Delhi with his wife and two children. He continues to take an active interest in sports, primarily tennis and basketball both of which he has played at the school and university level. He is also fond of trekking, traveling, training dogs and horse riding.
Birender Ahluwalia - Director – Sales and Distribution
Birender joined Max Bupa as Director – Sales and Distribution in July 2011. With experience spanning over two decades, he brings with him an expertise of marketing, sales, service and start up know how.
Prior to joining Max Bupa, Birender spearheaded the sales and services division at Tata Sky for seven years. He has been closely associated with bringing a turnaround in the landscape of Indian DTH industry. He has also been a core member of the marketing team at FedEx, where he made a significant contribution to building the business for key countries.
Birender has a master’s degree in management from Mumbai University.