Tarun Sharma

Tarun Sharma is the Deputy Managing Director of India Exim Bank. Prior to this, he was the Chief Financial Officer of the Bank and also lead the Bank’s technology initiatives. He has over two decades of global experience in trade, competitiveness, industry and infrastructure development and policy.

Prior to his stint as the CFO, Tarun was heading the Bank's New Delhi Office, with responsibilities covering structuring finance for enhancing capability of Indian companies; supporting socio-economic development projects in partner countries; handling government affairs, and contributing to policy formulation. During this time, Tarun was also responsible for launching a new initiative ‘Ubharte Sitaare Programme’ to identify enterprises that have latent potential by way of technology, product or process, and support them through a mix of debt, equity and technical assistance.

Tarun has, over the past two decades, worked across various functional groups across the Bank, including the Bank’s policy business, strategy formulation and a stint as the Executive Assistant to the Chairman. He has also served as the Bank’s Resident Representative (Americas) based in Washington DC, followed by a stint as a consultant with the World Bank’s Capacity Development and Partnerships Unit.

Tarun has authored a book ‘Project Exports: Connecting Continents with Indian Expertise’, exploring the instrumental role that project exports are capable of playing in India’s quest for a sustainable rapid economic growth. He has a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Pune, followed by a postgraduate programme in management studies from Mumbai, and an advanced executive management programme from Cornell University in the U.S.