Hemalata Mahalingam is the Regional Industry Manager, Financial Institutions Group (FIG), South Asia based in Mumbai, India. Hemalata, an Indian national, has a career spanning 25 years in the financial services sector, including ten years in the World Bank Group. She has been Acting Manager for the Financial Institutions Group in South Asia for the last 18 months. Prior to that she was the Hub Leader for India, responsible for managing dynamic relationships across the financial services sector handling both new business and portfolio.
Prior to IFC, Hemalata worked at Standard Chartered Bank managing relationships in the financial services sector in South India, and at ICRA Ltd. where she was the lead for financial sector ratings. Hemalata is a Chartered Accountant and holds a bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry from Gujarat University, India.