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# Sandeep Divakaran on Tal

## Headline

Co\-founder & CEO, Exponent One \| Building innovative financing infrastructure for commercial EVs \| Mobility, leasing & asset underwriting

## About

I have over 25 years of experience across leasing, asset financing, mobility operations and payments, working with lenders, operators and OEM partners in India\. I am the Co\-Founder & CEO of Exponent One, a 360\-degree financing and asset management platform for commercial electric vehicles\. My work involves building adaptive financing structures and asset management models tailored for real\-world operations\. At Exponent One we work on: •⁠ ⁠providing access to viable financing •⁠ ⁠assessing and managing asset risk across the vehicle lifecycle •⁠ ⁠supporting driver\-owners across their lifecycle, from owning to upgrade I also set up the EV financing business @evfin with Greaves Cotton group, where I served as Executive Director & CEO\. My time in mobility operations included serving as Head of Strategy at Ola Electric and CEO of Ola Fleet, along with board roles at Ola Skilling and Vogo\. In the leasing sector, I was Founder & CFO of OPC Asset Solutions \(now CHG\-Meridian India\), and earlier part of the founding team at Prizm Payments \(now Hitachi Payments\)\. I began my career in corporate finance roles across Indian and multinational companies\. I am a Chartered Accountant and have completed the Principles of Sustainable Finance program at Erasmus University Rotterdam and have a Digital Marketing certification from Columbia Business School\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## Work experience

Founder, CEO at Exponent ONE, Sep 2025 \- Present · 1 yr 2 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Co\-Built as Chief Executive Officer at evfin, Oct 2022 \- May 2024 · 1 yr 8 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Head of Strategy at Ola Electric Mobility, Jun 2019 \- Sep 2020 · 1 y 3 mo, Bangalore

CEO at OLA Cabs, May 2017 \- May 2019 · 2 y, Bangalore

Co\-Founder at OPC ASSET SOLUTIONS, Apr 2008 \- Apr 2017 · 9 y, Mumbai

Finance Operations at Euronet Worldwide, Apr 2005 \- Mar 2008 · 2 y 11 mo, Mumbai

Financial Analyst at Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd\., Apr 2002 \- Mar 2005 · 2 y 11 mo, Mumbai

Account Manager at Reliance, Jun 1999 \- Mar 2002 · 2 y 9 mo, Mumbai

## Education

Principles of Sustainable Finance, Sustainability Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam

ACA, Finance, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

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