Vidhyasagar Lingesan 2026 Speakers
Chief Rating Officer , CARE Ratings (Africa) Private Ltd
“Vidhyasagar is the Chief Rating Officer (CRO), of CareEdge Africa and also serves as the Chief Rating Officer of CARE Ratings South Africa (Pty) Ltd.
He has over two decades of professional experience in credit risk, financial analysis, and credit ratings, and has been associated with the CareEdge Group since 2009. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder from the CFA Institute, USA, and a Certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM) accredited by the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP).
Vidhyasagar holds a bachelor’s degree in Engineering and an MBA from the Bharathidasan Institute of Management (BIM), Tiruchirappalli, India.
Prior to his current role, he was the Regional Rating Head for South India at CareEdge Ratings and also led the Group’s rating operations in the Maldives. His expertise spans the credit assessment and rating of companies across infrastructure, power, pharmaceuticals, banking, non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs), manufacturing, logistics, tourism, hospitality, and real estate. Before joining CareEdge group, he worked with ING Vysya Bank and Reliance Capital in India.”
