Rakesh Wadwha

Chief Distribution & Marketing Officer

Born in New Delhi, India on 16 Sep 1975 and currently living in Hong Kong.  
Rakesh Wadhwa oversees Generali’s Asia distribution and marketing functions in Life and Property & Casualty businesses. He has over 23 years of diverse experience in distribution development, channel management, digital-led market acceleration, strategic marketing, customer experience and product management across markets in Asia and Europe. 

Postgraduate diploma in management (MBA) from Internation Management Institute, Delhi and Bachelor of Commerce from Delhi university, India. He has also attended Managers’ Acceleration Program at Instead, France.    

Before coming to Generali Asia, Rakesh worked with the group in Spain as Chief Customer & Marketing Officer and in India Life business, where he held multiple roles in Strategy, Distribution, Marketing & Products. 

Prior to Generali, he worked with Aviva plc where he was responsible for retail channel management for 7 markets across Asia and Eastern Europe. He also spent 11 years with Aviva India in Agency and other proprietary distribution channels heading sales, channel development and distribution strategy.  

For additional information please visit www.linkedin.com/in/rakesh-wadhwa