Mr.
Antony Jacob is the Chief Executive Officer at
Apollo 24|7, the digital business unit of Apollo Hospitals. He had been associated with Apollo Munich since
April 2009 as the Chief Executive Officer and Whole Time Director. Mr. Antony Jacob transformed Apollo Munich
into a profitable-growth company which was later sold to HDFC Ergo.
Mr. Antony Jacob is a scale-up
specialist and has a track record of building credible companies in General & Health Insurance; he has a
distinct ability to transform companies on customer deliverables through product innovation and by fostering a
customer-centric culture to enhance the top line while creating operational improvements to improve the bottom
line.
Prior experience of Mr. Antony Jacob
includes Regional Finance Director, Asia & Middle East, Royal & Sun Alliance Group. Between 2000 and
2007, Mr. Antony Jacob created India’s first private sector general insurance company; he was initially the
founding Deputy Managing Director and became the CEO & Managing Director for Royal Sundaram General
Insurance.
Mr. Antony Jacob started his working
career in 1986 with ITC Ltd in Kolkata before moving in 1994 for a short period to Continental Grain ( India)
now Cargill (India).
He is a committee member of the Indo
German Chamber of Commerce, and was on RBI’s Pension and Insurance sub-committee. Most recently, Mr. Antony
Jacob was awarded the CA. Business Leader – Mid Corporate (BFSI), a Recognition Award from the Institute of
Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI).
Mr. Antony is a Chartered Accountant, from The
Institute of Chartered Accountants, India and Bachelor of Commerce, from Loyola-College, Chennai, India.