Tina Suzanne George

Tina Suzanne George, a Chartered Accountant, is a professional in finance with over 17 years of experience. Tina is a 4th generation entrepreneur. She oversees the vehicle finance division of the group and manages a portfolio of about Rs. 2500 Crore, which is part of the overall group’s portfolio of Rs. 30,000 Crore. As part of business group that has existed for more than 135 years, Tina is working on a complete process overhaul, digitization and bringing in the best talent to scale the vehicle loan business to greater heights.

Before taking a lead role in Group’s star performer, she has gone through a challenging stint with various Indian & Global Financial Services & Consulting majors, viz., Deloitte, Haskins & Sells; S R Batliboi & Co. (part of E&Y) and B S R & Co during which Tina has been hands-on on various aspects in the financial space like, amongst others: Audit, International Tax Consulting, Corporate Law, Data Analysis, Regulatory & Compliance Aspects and Operational aspects of Taxation.

Her extensive and grueling work experience comes on top of outstanding academic foundation. Aside from Chartered Accountancy, Tina has completed Level 1 of the CFA programme and has undertaken a programme in Management at Harvard Extension School in Strategy and Management and a Certificate program in Business Analytics from HBS Online, on the back of her Bachelor of Commerce degree with high scores. Tina has excelled at School & College level as well, being district level topper across varied parameters.

Previously, Tina had also spearheaded #RestartIndia, an initiative of Muthoot Pappachan Group, together with INKtalks to create a common ecosystem for small and nano businesses in India so that they can find a way to come out of the challenges they were facing, by enabling them to reach markets and adapt to efficient ways of doing business.

A former seasoned Toastmaster, Tina is an avid speaker at various business and entrepreneurial forums organized by Singularity University, CII, FICCI, HerMoneyTalks, Dhanam Business Magazine, NBFC Summit, INK Tribe and other professional platforms and was also awarded as one of India’s Top 100 Women in Finance in the ‘Promising’ category by AIWMI in 2019 and the top 10 Dynamic Business Leaders to Follow in 2022 by PrimeView and Young Leader and Woman Leader of the Year at the 17th NBFC & Fintech Awards held in Chennai in July 2024.

Apart from her serious focus on work, Tina has an inclination for social projects. She has worked for a not-for profit start-up to strategize their fund raising vertical.