Tata AIA Life Insurance today announced the appointment of Naveen Tahilyani as its Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Tahilyani, a graduate from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Chennai and Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmadabad, is currently a Senior Partner at McKinsey & Co. and leads its South East Asian Insurance and Banking Practice, said the company in a release issued on Thursday. Tahilyani would be assuming his office at Tata AIA Life from January 2015.