Anirvan Roy
Director – Business Development & Finance
Anirvan Roy is a seasoned business and finance leader with over three decades of experience in building and scaling businesses within large, complex, and highly regulated environments. As Director – Business Development & Finance at Astranexus Private Ltd, he is responsible for shaping the company’s growth strategy, financial framework, and strategic partnerships as it enters India’s space and defence sectors.
Anirvan has held multiple senior leadership roles at ExxonMobil Corporation and its affiliates across India and the Asia Pacific region, including General Manager – Distributor Business Development and General Manager, Automotive Lubricants. He has also served as Chief Executive Officer of Petronas Lubricants India. Across these roles, he has led large-scale commercial operations, driven multi-channel market expansion, and delivered sustained growth in competitive and technical compliance-intensive marketplaces.
His experience uniquely combines commercial acumen with financial rigor—spanning strategic planning, large-account development, and channel transformation alongside capital allocation, project finance, M&A, governance, and enterprise-wide control systems. He is particularly recognized for aligning business growth with strong financial discipline and operational resilience.
At Astranexus, Anirvan is focused on building institution-grade capabilities from the ground up—establishing robust financial and governance structures while simultaneously enabling agile market entry & strategic partnerships with scalable business models.