Chief Compliance Officer
Aditya Birla Capital
Mr. Amber Gupta is currently working as Head Corporate Legal, Company Secretary & Chief Compliance Officer of Aditya Birla Capital Ltd. is overseeing all regulatory and corporate compliance matters of ABCL including regulatory reporting and compliance adherence and assurance and policy implementation. Mr. Amber is also the nodal contact person for all regulatory and compliance matters under the applicable laws including SEBI Regulations and RBI NBFCs - CIC Master Directions and RBI Regulations. He is also driving the centre of excellence for Legal and Secretarial function at Aditya Birla Capital and also part of Centre of Excellence – Litigation and Arbitration constituted at the Aditya Birla Group level.
He has 24 years of work experience in the field of legal, compliance, regulatory and company secretarial functions encompassing Corporate & Securities Laws, Capital Markets & Broking Laws, Insurance Laws, Banking & NBFC Regulations, IPR Laws & IT Laws, Dispute Resolution, Contract Management, Corporate Compliances, Board and Governance matters, policy making and regulatory matters with specialisation in financial services sector.
Mr. Amber has been associated with Aditya Birla Capital since June 2008 starting with Aditya Birla Money as Head- Legal, Compliance and Secretarial and played significant role in takeover and integration of broking business and setting up of legal and compliances process and policies for Securities and Wealth Management business, Mutual Fund & Insurance distribution and online money management. Mr. Amber was part of Compliance Committee of Association Of National Exchanges Members Of India (ANMI) and contributed on several policy and regulatory matters.
In Feb 2014, Mr. Amber moved to Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance Company (ABSLI) as Head - Legal & Company Secretary and bought several process improvisation, with focus on digitization and automation, bringing standardisation and implementing best practices in the area of litigation and dispute resolution, contract management, corporate secretarial matters and played active contribution in regulatory and corporate compliance and governance matters and in the implementation of various policies and process under IRDAI regulations and Insurance Laws including the Insurance (Amendment) Act 2015 and contributed at the Industry level. Mr. Amber Gupta was also a member of working group formed by IRDAI on the Guidelines on Information and Cyber Security for Insurers.
Prior to joining Aditya Birla Group, Mr. Amber Gupta has also worked in compliance and secretarial function with companies like J P Morgan, Yes Bank Ltd and Reliance Capital Ltd.
Mr. Amber Gupta also been recognised with GC’s Choice Award at Aditya Birla Group Annual Legal Awards 2022, Functional Excellence – Individual at Aditya Birla Capital Inspiration Awards 2023, Power of One initiative (Project Maverick) at Aditya Birla Capital Inspiration Awards 2022, Power of One Champion Award at Aditya Birla Capital Inspiration Awards 2018, Young Innovative Leader at Aditya Birla Financial Services Inspiration Awards 2011. Mr. Amber was also recognised by BW Legal World Top 100 General Counsel of India 2021 and 2020 and also featured in Disguised Legal Minds of India 2022 by Legal Era. Mr. Amber has been also awarded as General Counsel of the Year – Insurance Sector 2018 by Indian National Bar Association (INBA) and was also adjudged as General Counsel of the Year – Runner up at IDEX Legal Awards 2018.
Mr. Amber Gupta is a member of The Institute of Company Secretaries of India and also holds a bachelor’s degree in law (L. L. B.) and commerce (B. Com). Mr. Amber also holds Diploma in Business Finance from ICFAI and Diploma in Cyber Laws from NALSAR Pro (All India 2nd Rank). Mr. Amber has also completed advanced certification in International Arbitration from Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London, certification in block-chain technology from GT Training Academy, and Executive Management Programme in Fintech, Banking and Applied Risk Management from IIM Lucknow and certification program on Governance and Director Duties Excellence from Institute of Directors – Singapore.
