Abhishesh Kumar is a Chartered Accountant with 10 years of experience in the field of accounting and taxation. His areas of interest include finalisation of financial statement and compliances related to GST, income tax, ROC, etc. Mr Kumar has worked as Financial Controller at Saab India Technologies for the last five years. He lives in Greater Noida, and his on-going focus is on learning new skill-sets to grow as a professional. In his free time, Mr Kumar likes to explore new places.

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Niraj Agrawal is presently a Director and the CFO for Asia Pacific at MacLean Power Systems. He is involved in the business in Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Mr Agrawal has about 23 years of work experience across the cement, packaging and utility sectors. Prior to joining MacLean Power Systems, he worked for over 11 years with Aptargroup Inc, an NYSE-listed company, in different roles. He worked as Director Financial Reporting and Compliance for Emerging Markets (chiefly Latin America and Asia), and subsequently as Director Finance of Asia and Director Finance - India and South East Asia. Mr Agrawal was the key person handling the firm’s M&A activity in India.

He started his career in the cement business at the Aditya Birla Group, working there for 8 years across different locations. He was involved in setting up a greenfield project in Tamil Nadu and in SAP implementation for the South-zone marketing division. Mr Agrawal is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and Institute of Company Secretaries of India. He has attended general management programmes at ISB and at NUS Business School, Singapore. Mr Agrawal is passionate about playing table tennis and likes to explore new places globally. He prefers to spend his leisure time with his family and friends. He and his wife Neelam are blessed with two daughters, Nehal and Navya.

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Kaustubh Roplekar’s association as Chief Financial Officer at Premium Transmission is his third stint as a CFO. Prior to this, he was CFO at Racold Thermo and at Marico Kaya Enterprises (Middle East). He previously worked with Saint Gobain and Tata Steel. Mr Roplekar has a broad range of general management skills and a demonstrated track record of making significant contributions to achieving the organisational objectives. A qualified Chartered Accountant, he has excellent cross-functional capabilities gained through his experience in FMCG, manufacturing and services companies over a period of 17 years. Mr Roplekar has expertise in the fields of corporate strategy, FP&A, financial controllership, manufacturing Finance, regional/central Finance roles, group reporting (statutory, group, IFRS), corporate and indirect taxation, with core assignments in transfer pricing, M&A, business partnering and co-piloting, IT, legal and compliance shared services, and system implementation.

Babita Chopra is a Finance professional with 30 years of rich experience enhancing financial, accounting and controlling processes to facilitate growth of reputed organisations in the automotive sector. A keen planner and strategic implementer with expertise in building up companies from the germination level, her key skills and experiences include establishing a start-up, new systems development, strategic planning and forecasting, profitability enhancement, project management and controlling, and risk mitigation. She has successfully turned around loss-making companies through the application of appropriate financial and management strategies. A Board Member of EDAG’s global parent for the last 9 years, Ms Chopra has a strong track record of managing day-to-day operations at EDAG Production Solutions and EDAG Technologies. She excels in proactively identifying and resolving problems. Ms Chopra holds an MBA (Finance) and completed an ISB course on compliance management. She began her career as a Management Trainee at Escorts in 1989. In 2014, Ms Chopra won a CFO Award for Excellence in Cost Control, and in 2012, she won the Udyog Rattan Excellence Award from the Institute of Economic Studies.

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Pavan MV has been Vice President, Finance and Procurement at Praxair India since July 2018. Previously, he was Finance Director at Praxair Middle East, based in the UAE, from 2013 to 2018. Prior to that, he held various roles at Praxair India between 2005 and 2012, and worked in Risk Advisory Services at KPMG from 2003 to 2004. From 1997 to 2003, he worked at Sharp & Tannan’s Audit/Transaction Services in Mumbai and Bengaluru. Pavan MV holds a bachelor of commerce degree from Bangalore University and is a Chartered Accountant from ICAI. At Praxair, his key responsibilities include those around controllership, assistance in formulating financial/economic strategies, and supporting tactical business initiatives. He is also a Director on the Board of the Middle East JVs, where he helps oversee/improve financial performance, shape key initiatives, share best practices and influence dividend decisions. Married to Rashmi, he is blessed with an 8-year-old son, Pranav Kashyap.

Pawan Khandelwal currently serves as the Finance Director India at G4S Corporate Services. Prior to this, he served as Director – Finance for Reed Elsevier in South Asia, and as CFO for Verizon in India. He earlier managed M&A at HCL Technologies. With over 16 years of diverse functional experience, including nearly ten years in the telecom industry, in areas including statutory, tax and regulatory compliance, and business restructuring, Mr Khandelwal is a certified Chartered Accountant and holds a bachelor’s degree from Kanpur University.

Amit Parekh, a qualified Chartered Accountant from India and a CPA from the US, is a Finance professional with over 25 years of experience. Pre- and post-qualification, Mr Parekh worked with all of the ‘Big Five’. He worked extensively in audit, advisory and consulting, and gained significant experience in the banking, insurance and manufacturing industries. Mr Parekh joined Capgemini at its Singapore office in 2001, and was Finance Controller for the Asia Pacific region. In 2004, he moved to Capgemini Australia and spent four years in Sydney. He moved back to India in 2007 as Regional CFO of Capgemini’s Business Service Unit. Mr Parekh became Global CFO for Business Services in 2014, managing the end-to-end financial aspect of this large strategic business unit. Since 2018, he has been part of Capgemini’s global Finance organisation, managing global shared service, with responsibility for Finance transformation and automation, and working closely with all of Capgemini’s regions. Mr Parekh and his family have lived in Bangalore since 2007. While away from work, he enjoys travelling, reading fiction, watching movies and learning to play musical instruments.

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Ananth Nayak oversees the Finance function for Ascendas-Singbridge’s India operations, which includes accounting and reporting, financial strategy and analysis, funding, treasury, tax matters and other key aspects. He joined Ascendas-Singbridge in November 2018 and has spent over 22 years working in India across a diverse set of industries, handling Finance for most of his career. Mr Nayak holds a bachelor of engineering degree from the National Institute of Technology, Surathkal and an MBA from IIM – Calcutta. Prior to Ascendas-Singbridge, he was CFO with KEF Infra and Total Environment, which are Bangalore-based infrastructure and real estate companies. Among his previous assignments, he was Vice President – Finance at Patni Computer Systems, and Manager – Finance at Asian Paints.

Anjani Kumar Tiwari took over as Director Finance of GAIL in December 2018. A Cost Accountant by profession, he has over 37 years of rich experience in Finance, and has also handled several project, including the Jagdishpur-Haldia and Bokaro-Dhamra pipelines (popularly known as Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga). Prior to his long tenure at GAIL, Mr Tiwari was CFO of Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited (BCPL) during its formative years. He currently holds positions as a Director at GAIL Gas, Green Gas, Ratnagiri Gasand Power, GAIL Gas (USA) Inc., and GAIL Global (USA) LNG LLC. He is an active member of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India and The Institute of Directors.

Dharmendra Kumar Noratmal is CFO of GE’s JF Welch Technology Centre in India, the company’s largest integrated, multidisciplinary R&D centre outside the US. Over 5,000 technologists and engineers at the technology centres are developing multidisciplinary innovations that help GE redefine what is possible in the future of energy, aviation, transportation and healthcare technologies. Mr Noratmal has around 20 years of diversified work experience across geographies in various Finance leadership roles, including as Global FP&A Leader for the world’s largest in-house factoring business, and as Global Treasurer, managing USD 25 billion of assets and leading the BD Finance of Europe’s largest truck-leasing company. In the initial 10 years of his career, he worked in various audit, FP&A, controllership and commercial Finance roles before moving into corporate Finance and strategy. Mr Noratmal is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and holds a bachelor of commerce degree from the University of Madras. He has also completed GE’s prestigious Finance leadership (EFLP) programme. Mr Noratmal is passionate about the stock market and Indian politics. He and his wife Rakhi are blessed with two kids, Prakriti and Virat. In his free time, he loves to travel with his family, and enjoys cycling and playing with his kids.

Emily Figg drives global marketing strategy for C2FO, a provider of simple and effective working capital solutions designed for companies looking to gain control over their financial performance. Prior to C2FO, Ms Figg served as Director of Client Services at the global advertising agency VMLY&R, where she focused on brand awareness and product adoption at Revlon, Gatorade and Allstate Financial. Ms Figg holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri and an Executive MBA from the Helzberg School of Management at Rockhurst University.

Gobind Jain is a Chartered Accountant, CFA, ACIIA, CFP and FRM (GARP) with over 27 years of experience, including 24 years in financial services. He has worked with such reputed organisations as the Reserve Bank of India, Bank of America and ICICI Bank. Mr Jain currently heads Group Finance and MIS at Kotak Mahindra Bank, one of India’s leading private sector banks, where he reports to the Group CFO. His responsibilities include budgeting, financial planning and reporting for the Kotak Group, and he is involved in many of its strategic initiatives. With strong experience in US-GAAP, IFRS and Indian GAAP, he is responsible for implementing Ind-AS for the Kotak Group and related entities. He also provides guidance on Finance-related matters, including accounting, accounting policies, regulatory and reporting. Mr Jain worked with the RBI Ind-AS subgroup on consolidation, derecognition of financial instruments and other matters. He has also made presentations to the RBI on the impact of IFRS on NBFCs within the Group, and their preparedness for IFRS convergence. Mr Jain has run IFRS training programmes for Finance and business teams within the group, and actively works with CII on accounting matters affecting the industry. He regularly interacts with statutory auditors on accounting issues.

Monish Chatrath has over 29 years of international work experience, both in the profession (where he has worked with Arthur Andersen, KPMG, Grant Thornton and Mazars); and also in industry (where he has worked with Schlumberger, Barista Coffee and Exl Services). He was nominated for the prestigious CFO of the Year Award in 2001, while working with Barista Coffee. Mr Chatrath is currently the Managing Partner of MGC Global, which is a member firm of Allinial Global. In this role, he spearheads the growth and delivery of all assignments for governance and risk advisory services. His role envisages imparting technical expertise and overseeing the delivery of management assurance reviews, assessment of governance frameworks, control assessments, risk assessments and fraud investigations.

Before starting MCG in 2015, Mr Chatrath was associated with Mazars, where he was responsible for starting and developing its consulting practice in India. Prior to that, he was the National Leader of the Business Risk Services at Grant Thornton in India (where he worked for over seven years), KPMG and Arthur Andersen. Within industry, he has worked in various senior management positions (including several Finance leadership roles) in India, the Far East and the Middle East. He has significant experience in setting up controls, processes, financial dashboards and governance frameworks, and was a key player in structuring a strategic investment at Barista Coffee at a landmark valuation. In the profession, Mr Chatrath has served clients across several industries, including life sciences, biotech and pharmaceuticals, telecom, ITeS, hospitality, oilfield services, real-estate, construction, financial services, manufacturing, retail, and in international organisations (UNOPS and UNDP). He has been recognised as being one of ‘India’s 50 fastest growing CEOs’ in 2017 and among ‘India’s 30 Most Trusted CEOs’ in 2018. Mr Chatrath has also been an office bearer on the Board of Governors of the IIA-India (Delhi Chapter) and of the Doha Chapter of ICAI. He is a member of the prestigious Delhi Mid Town Rotary Club, where he has served as the co-chairperson of their committee overseeing CSR initiatives; and is also the Chairman of the Corporate Governance Council of the CMAI. Under Mr Chatrath’s leadership, MCG has been rated amongst the ‘10 Most Promising Risk Advisory Services Firms’ in 2017; ‘Company of the Month’ in January 2018; and ‘Risk Advisory Services Firm of the Year’ in 2018.

Pramod Menon is a Member of the Management Board and Group Chief Financial Officer for the RPG Group. He has over two decades of experience across M&A, structured finance, corporate finance, treasury management, risk management and investor relations. Prior to joining the RPG group in 2017, Mr Menon had an over-two-decade-long stint with another large conglomerate, the JSW Group, where he started his professional career. At JSW, he lead some notable structured finance transactions, and the successful IPO and listing of JSW Energy; ensured financial closure for power projects aggregating to nearly 3 GW; and consummated one of the largest acquisitions in the Indian power sector, worth over Rs 9,000 crores. Mr Menon is an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, and a graduate of the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India. He unwinds by running marathons and indulging in reading books and articles on philosophy and management.

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Rajeev Mantri is CFO at TransUnion CIBIL, the largest credit bureau and credit information company (CIC) in India, and part of TransUnion, an American global CIC operating in over 30 markets. His role covers Finance, planning, accounts, tax, controls, internal audit, procurement and facilities management for the company. Mr Mantri has about 21 years of experience in various Finance roles. Prior to this, he was with Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore for 9 years, and with Mashreqbank Dubai, Standard Chartered Bank India and Diageo India before that.

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Ramesh Kambhampati holds a bachelor’s degree in law, a master’s degree in commerce, is a CMA, and is an Associate Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. He has around 28 years of work experience spanning the public and private sectors, including in JVs and MNCs, across the mining, manufacturing, FMCG and IT/ITeS industries. Over the course of his career, Mr Kambhampati has handled various roles, ranging from cost accounting, controllership and tax management, to being an FP&A Leader, CFO and Company Secretary. He currently heads Finance for the India operations at Synchrony International Services (formerly GE Money Services).

RJ Shama Sunder has over 34 years of experience in corporate Finance, business strategy, corporate planning and legal matters. He holds a master’s degree in Finance, and started his career in banking, where he worked in various capacities handling retail, SME and corporate finance. In a career spanning more than two decades, Mr Shama Sunder worked with Corporation Bank, ING Vysya and HDFC Bank. In the mid-2000s he moved to industry, and worked as CFO with the Brigade Group and the Ozone Group. He currently serves as CFO at the Bhartiya Group, where he is responsible for the Finance, accounts, legal, IT and commercial verticals of its real estate, contractor and asset-management companies.

Ravi Tanniru works with clients across different geographies and a diverse set of industries to structure and execute Finance solutions that support business objectives and benefit balance sheets. He has successfully innovated new financing structures and treasury solutions for structured debt, project finance, cash management and trade finance. With each of these solutions, he balanced the client’s business, risk and financing requirements with the needs and considerations of multiple stakeholders. Over the years, Mr Tanniru has learnt and built a deep understanding of business, risk and regulatory profiles of various industries, including e-Commerce, IT and ITeS, automotive, branded retail, FMCG, fertilisers, cement, infrastructure, hotels, real estate, NBFI, consumer electronics and textiles. He holds a bachelor’s of commerce degree and an MBA(Finance).

Mr Sambasivan is a Chartered Accountant, Cost Accountant and Company Secretary, and holds a post-graduate degree from IIM–Ahmedabad. He has over 28 years of experience across the FMCG and services sectors, including over 15 years with Vodafone, in senior positions in Finance and operations. Mr Sambasivan has been with Tata Sky for nearly 5 years, and prior to that, he was with the Vodafone Group in the UK as Regional Financial Controller for Northern Europe. In his leisure time, he enjoys reading eclectically, and also pursues his interests playing chess, learning the piano, and running marathons.

Sandeep Taneja currently serves as Finance Director at Gates India. He is a Chartered Accountant with an MBA, and 20 years of experience in India and the US. Mr Taneja has worked with Whirlpool, EY, Corning, Ingersoll Rand and Gates across different streams of Finance. His hobbies include traveling and photography.

Sandip Khetan is a Chartered Accountant with more than 18 years of post-qualification experience. He is a subject matter expert in transaction accounting, IPO, capital markets, Indian GAAP, Ind-AS, IFRS and US GAAP. Mr Khetan has extensive experience providing various assurance and advisory-related services to industry segments including manufacturing, power, financial services, e-Commerce, infrastructure and software. For the last two years, he was a special invitee to ICAI’s Ind-AS implementation group.

Sanjay Mal holds a bachelor of commerce degree from Delhi University and is an alumnus of The Wharton School (Advance Management Programme), University of Pennsylvania. He has over over 3 decades of extensive experience across various functions within Finance. Mr Mal is currently the Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Executive Council for NIIT Technologies, a leading global IT Solutions organisation, serving clients globally with a sharp focus on BFS, insurance and travel, transport and hospitality, combined with leading edge capabilities in emerging technologies.In his current role, Mr Mal manages the Finance, legal and secretarial and commercial services functions of NIIT Technologies, enabling broad-based, accelerated growth for the company by pursuing its strategy of ‘Transform at the Intersect’. Under his Finance leadership, NIIT Technologies delivered the most successful year in its history in FY19 with broad-based growth across all financial parameters and businesses. In 2019, Mr Mal played a key role in the divestment of NIIT’s holdings in NIIT Technologies to Baring Private Equity Asia (BPEA), and the successful transition of the company to become part of the BPEA conglomerate.

Post multiple forays with industry and entrepreneurial venture during the first decade of his career, Mr Mal has been associated with the NIIT group for over two decades, across its various entities. As part of the senior management team, he has managed and contributed positively to the business growth at NIIT by enabling finances, leveraging credible financial relations and branding and managing risks through innovative financial structures and solutions. He has also been responsible for providing strategic direction to the Finance function and reports to the respective Boards and their Committees within the NIIT Group.

Mr Mal has successfully handled cross-border and India-based divestments as well as large global business deals, involving their Finance, commercial, legal, tax, risk management and regulatory aspects. He has also been actively involved in various corporate and Finance initiatives, including the implementation and proliferation of EVA, corporate restructuring, developing and implementation of ESOP/incentive/welfare schemes. Mr Mal’s core expertise lies in corporate Finance, treasury, investor relations, large-deal structuring, M&A and new venture development, financial management, risk management and corporate governance. He has diverse exposure and strong relationships with multiple professional entities, industry and government bodies and forums, including the banking and finance fraternity, legal, accounting and tax advisory firms, and regulatory bodies.

Sanjay Jain works as Group CFO at the Future Group, which has an annualised revenue of USD 5 billion. In his current responsibility, Mr Jain is part of the core leadership team spearheading the transformation and growth agenda at Future Group. During his past 6 years at the Group, there has been a significant improvement in its operating and financial footprint. Future’s transformation journey included leading consolidation in the industry with the acquisition of retail formats and consumer brands, coupled with strengthening back-end supply chain logistics through the acquisition of cold chain and last-mile delivery businesses. The Group also established strategic partnerships with leading international companies/brands such as Amazon, Generali, Migros, Sunkist, Hain Celestial and Fonterra. Additionally, Mr Jain has also been instrumental in building key relationships with investors such as Blackstone, IFC, CDC (UK), Apollo Capital, BlackRock Capital, Proterra, L Catterton, Franklin Templeton, among others.

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Sanjay Gupta is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary. He also holds an MBA from INSEAD, France, in general management. Mr Gupta has been the Group CFO of Sakal Media Group since March 2017. In a career spanning more than 25 years, he has worked in successively- higher roles in Finance and general management in companies such as Trent Hypermarket, Roche Diagnostics, Bata India, Glenmark Pharma and Endurance Group. He has successfully managed the Finance function of large multi-national and multi-divisional companies, through robust internal control processes, cash flow management and profitability management built on strategic planning and partnerships. Mr Gupta has successfully built-up start-ups such as Roche Diagnostics in India and managed off-shore funding and financial management in several countries while at Glenmark Pharma and the Endurance Group. He has raised/managed large pools of bank and PE funding in his various roles, for both working capital and project financing. With an avid eye on cost management & cash flow management, Mr Gupta has been instrumental in turning around revenue and profitability at his previous companies, using highly evolved financial controlling systems and cash-flow infusions at the right time. As General Manager and Head of Diabetes Care for Roche Diagnostics India, he took the Accu-chek brand of blood glucose monitoring to newer heights

Sanjeev Churiwala is currently Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer at Diageo India (United Spirits) and is part of its Executive Committee. He has around 25 years of diversified work experience. In the initial 10 years of his career, he worked in operation roles in business development, projects and commercial functions, before shifting into core finance and strategy. Mr Churiwala is also the Chairman of Royal Challengers Sports, which runs the Royal Challengers Bangalore IPL franchise. Prior to joining Diageo India, he was with LafargeHolcim’s Indian subsidiary Ambuja Cements, a leading producer of building materials. There, he held the position of CFO since early 2011, leading the Finance function while also overseeing the secretarial and legal functions. Mr Churiwala worked with Ambuja Cements and its subsidiaries for about 15 years in various roles, including Finance, business development, project management, commercial operations, business and financial integration. Prior to Ambuja Cements, he served as Country CFO for Holcim’s operations in Sri Lanka for about 4 years.

Mr Churiwala is a fellow member of ICAI, ICSI and the Institute of Cost Accountants of India, besides holding an Executive MBA from London Business School. He has received several external recognitions for his work. In 2011, he received the Business Today-Yes Bank Best CFO Award for Commitment towards Triple Bottom Line (People, Planet and Profit). In 2014, he received the prestigious CMA Award for Best CFO among private limited companies in the manufacturing sector, awarded by the Institute of Cost Accountants of India. In 2018, he received ICAI’s All India Best CFO award in the FMCG category. Mr Churiwala is passionate about cricket and football, and all the life lessons that can be learned through sports. He prefers to spend his leisure time with his family, and enjoys doing community service. He and his wife Rashmi are blessed with two daughters, Samiksha and Advika, and a son, Bhavya.

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Chandrashekhar Gaonkar has worked with D-Link India as its CFO since May 2008, and also served as CFO in the firm’s previous avatar, Smartlink Networks, where we worked between 1995 and 2007. Mr Gaonkar holds a bachelor of science degree from Sathey College, Mumbai, and is a certified Chartered Accountant. He completed his articleship with RM Ajgaonkar & Co, working there until 1987 in the areas of internal and statutory audit, before starting his own practice. In 1989, Mr Gaonkar decided to leave private practice, moving to Dubai to work with the Al-Fajer Group until 1994. He joined Smartlink Networks in 1995 as Manger Finance, and became its CFO in 1999. During this time, he helped fuel the company’s growth, from a turnover of Rs 3.8 crores in 1995 to Rs 185 crores in 2000. In 2001, D-Link – the first networking company to be listed in India – completed a successful IPO, raising Rs 42 crores in difficult market conditions. It went on to become a market leader, with manufacturing facilities in Goa, an R&D centre in Bengaluru, and a corporate office in Mumbai. When in 2008, D-Link’s initial promoter decided to sell his 26% stake to D-Link Corporation Taiwan, the company was demerged into two separate listed entities: D-Link India and Smartlink Networks. In its new avatar, D-Link has seen stupendous growth, touching revenues of Rs 698 crores in 2016-17. In 2015, Mr Gaonkar won CFO India’s ‘CFO 100’ award under the Risk Management category, and in 2018, he won a CFO Leadership award at the 6th Indira Brand Slam Awards.

Joydeep Nag is Head of Finance at TE Connectivity (formerly Tyco Electronics) for South Asia and Middle East and Israel. A qualified Chartered Accountant, he holds an MBA and is a graduate of GE’s Experienced Finance Leadership Programme (EFLP), with extensive leadership training at Cambridge University and at IMD, Lausanne. Mr Nag began his career at Dunlop India and subsequently worked with reputed organisations such as Indian Aluminium Company and GE. He was Regional CFO for South Asia at GE Health Care, leading sustainable growth, reverse innovation, strategy and growth. He joined TE connectivity in 2013, where he also looks after IT, business development and acquisitions. Mr Nag has been an Executive Committee Member of the American Chamber of Commerce. He loves teaching and reading and is a Member of the Economics Affairs and Start Up committee of the Bangalore Chamber of Commerce.

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Manish Kapur is a Chartered Accountant and is currently a Partner with the Firm’s Global International Corporate and M&A Tax practice. He has over 25 years of experience in international and domestic tax and M&A. Mr Kapur has earlier worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Arthur Andersen, Coopers & Lybrand, Motorola and Ambit RSM. He advises leading multinational and domestic companies in India on M&A, business re-organisation and international tax matters.

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KS Sastry has over 27 years of extensive work experience across industries such as fertilisers, sugar, seafood, EPC and infrastructure, pharmaceuticals, and currently in the education sector. His work has spanned such areas as handling Board-related matters, fundraising, M&A, corporate governance, finalisation and consolidation of accounts, statutory and internal audit, and overall responsibility for other functions, including legal, secretarial and administration.

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Ashish Trisal is a professional with 32 years of rich experience spearheading Finance, M&A and demergers, tax (both direct and indirect), treasury, internal audit, strategic decision-making and IT, with a focus on driving efficiency and productivity through the evaluation of financial management systems and process improvements via ERP systems. He is presently the CFO and a member of the Key Management Team at C&S Electric, a leading manufacturer of electrical equipment and India’s largest exporter of industrial switchgears. C&S has 17 state-of-the art manufacturing plants. It has 22 sales offices across India and its products are exported to 85 countries, with operations in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and the UK. It also has joint venture companies in India and 100% subsidiaries in China, the UAE, the US and the UK. Mr Trisal’s core responsibilities presently include dealing with PE firms and banks; raising funds for overseas operations, and for domestic expansion; raising profitability and ensuring compliance; handling critical operational improvements; and working extensively with the Board of Directors, regulatory authorities and business partners in managing both the ends of the supply chain. He has previously worked with leading organisations such as Chambal Fertilizer and Chemical, ConAgra and Tilda, spanning a range of responsibilities, industries and geographies. Mr Trisal likes to debate and discuss key issues in industry and other functional forums. He has a keen interest in sport, especially cricket; loves music; and likes to read books on management and life more generally.

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Ashish Gupta, who currently leads the revenue-recognition solutions practice, has over 14 years of experience servicing large national and multinational clients in the areas of assurance, US GAAP and IFRS accounting advisory. He has assisted a number of companies transition to US GAAP and IFRS across a range of sectors, including pharmaceuticals, IT/ITeS and manufacturing. Among others, he has in the past advised such IT/ITeS clients as Innodata Isogen, Intellinet, Agilent and Rategain. Mr Gupta has been a lead speaker at several forums organised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, industry associations and international training academies.

A Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA), Ashish Modani also holds a professional degree in company law. He has been with Jacobs for 12 years. Until recently, he was Vice President and Controller for India and the Middle East, and now heads the firm’s Global Business Services. Mr Modani has a flair for automation and was instrumental in initiating RPA for the India accounting function. He connects well with operations, acting as a business partner to them. Mr Modani is an integral part of the Finance think-tank, and his initiatives have benefitted multiple lines of business. He has a knack for identifying talent and providing them with opportunities in various roles. A mentor to various leaders, Mr Modani is closely associated with the several networks.

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Currently, Prameesh Barlota works as CFO for India and the Middle East at Samsonite, also overseeing its legal and IT functions. Mr Barlota is a Chartered Accountant and an MBA with 20 years of strong and stable corporate finance experience in both multinational and promoter-led Indian companies that are world-class, market leaders in their sectors. He has worked for a wide range of companies in terms of both size (including multi-billion dollar firms) and industry, including oil and gas, FMCG, retail, IT, and multi-category businesses. His past associations have included firms like Reliance Industries, Atos Origin and Mattel Toys.

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Kedar Upadhye has been Joint President and Global Chief Financial Officer of Cipla since August 2016, heading its global Finance and IT functions. Prior to joining Cipla, Mr Upadhye was Vice President, Finance and Head of Investor Relations at Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories. He has previously worked with Pepsi India and the Thermax Group. A qualified Cost Accountant and Company Secretary, he is an alumnus of IIM-Bangalore.

Mr Upadhye is a dynamic people leader with strong domain expertise and a thorough understanding of the global pharmaceutical industry. At Cipla, he provides leadership and strategic oversight to multi-locational Finance teams operating across the globe. He has spearheaded several high-impact organisation-wide projects and practices to enable strategic business partnering, drive efficiencies, cost improvements, analytics, automation, and best practice in governance. He has played a key role in improving the company’s operating margins and profitability in the last three years. As a member of Cipla’s Management Council, Mr Upadhye is integral to decisions on identifying levers of growth, strategic acquisitions and divestments, and cost optimisation projects.

In 2018, Mr Upadhye was awarded IMA India’s CFO of the Year Award for Excellence in Cost Management in recognition of the significant improvements and sustainability of practices made in supply chain, operations, general and administrative spends and various other workstreams. Under his leadership, the company has been recognised for strengthening its governance practices, including with a Golden Peacock Award for Excellence in Corporate Governance 2018 from the Institute of Directors, India; the 18th ICSI National Award for Excellence in Corporate Governance; and being ranked second for voluntary disclosures on FTI Consultants’ India Disclosure Index 2018.

Kiran Rahate is a Chartered Accountant with 26 years of post-qualification experience in the corporate accounting and Finance functions. He has worked with companies of varying sizes, at various stages of growth and with different cultures. Mr Rahate has deep experience in setting up systems, processes and financial controls. He is proficient in understanding business models and developing and monitoring business plans in collaboration with the executive management, sales, operations and other support functions. He also has strong exposure to handling commercial functions related to project bidding/pricing and contract negotiations.

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Ajay Goel is Executive Vice President and Finance Controller for Diageo India/ United Spirits and is part of the Diageo India Leadership Team. He has 20 years of diversified work experience with Nestle, Coca-Cola, GE and now with Diageo. Mr Goel has worked both in technical and in business Finance, in the areas of strategic financial planning, M&A, treasury, tax, controllership, and as CFO. He holds a bachelor of commerce degree and is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary, both of which as an India rank-holder.

Based in Mumbai, Alok Bajpai is the Global CFO for Netmagic, which is owned by Japan's NTT. With over 25 years of rich experience in India, Africa and North America, and across various leadership roles, Mr Bajpai's career has had many key milestones. Besides Finance, his key focus areas have been business strategy and M&A. He has led two large M&As from the sell side. A Chartered Accountant from India and a CPA from the US, he also holds a management degree from the UK. A traveling enthusiast, he has an interest in golf and badminton when not traveling.

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Narayanaswamy Krishnan is a highly results-driven financial management and controls executive, with 25 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries, and international work exposure to Asia, Europe and Canada. He has demonstrated excellence in advising business and operations, driving growth and enhancing profitability through improved efficiency. Mr Krishnan comes with a strong ability to influence change management across functions, implement processes and controls and steer restructurings, M&As and integrations. He possesses solid leadership and interpersonal skills that help build rapport with staff and management, and solid experience performing in a multi-cultural/international environment. Currently, Mr Krishnan manages the Healthcare, Life Science and Performance Material business in India for German MNC Merck, with a turnover of over Rs 2,000 crores. He was appointed as a Director of Merck in 2012 and is responsible for the company’s Finance and taxation function. Mr Krishnan, a qualified CWA, has been with Merck since 1990 and has held various positions throughout the tenure there.

MV Narasimham has been associated with the Dr Reddy’s group since 2000 and presently heads its global business Finance, taxation (direct and indirect), treasury and consolidation activities across its India and overseas operations. He Joined Dr Reddy’s as Manager-Finance and has since handled several roles within the organisation. In 2006, he became Finance Head for the company’s pharmaceutical services and active ingredients business, which generates a third of its total revenue. In 2009, he became Finance Head for global generics, the firm’s biggest operational segment. Since 2012, he has been the Head of the Corporate Finance function, which involves global financial reporting, corporate analytics, and direct and indirect taxation. Mr Narasimham has been the recipient of Dr Reddy’s’ prestigious ‘Chairman’s Excellence Award’ in 2008, 2016, 2017 and 2018. Considering his domain expertise, passion for perfection, collaborative efforts, problem-solving abilities, willingness to help others, and his exceptional contributions to the organisation, he is a role model for his colleagues. Presently, Mr Narasimham heads the EoDB panel of the Telangana Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) chapter. He was previously a member of the Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

Navin Agarwal is a Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary with over 20 years of experience across various industries. He has been part of the media and entertainment industry for more than 15 years, and has previously worked with companies such as the Zee Group, Reliance Big Entertainment, and Prime Focus. Mr Agarwal loves to travel and listen to music.

Neha Tyagi helps Indian corporates and multinationals identify successful working capital strategies that uniquely accommodate their business objectives. She is well-versed in bringing together cross-functional stakeholders to achieve common ground and deliver results. Prior to C2FO, she worked in corporate banking in both credit and risk and in relationship management roles at Kotak, HSBC and State Bank of India. While pursuing her MBA at Cambridge University, she worked in partnership with Citibank and ING Bank to create B2B digital innovation strategies in payments, trade, treasury and real estate. She holds an MBA with a specialisation in digital transformation from the University of Cambridge – Judge Business School, and a master’s degree in banking and finance from the National Institute of Bank Management in India.

Manish Shah is a Finance expert with over 20 years of experience managing operations in financial accounting, reporting, controls, process simplification, delivery management, transitions, treasury, corporate Finance and retail banking. He has spent the last 14 years working at Tesco’s Finance shared services, including nearly 4 years in the UK. He currently heads its Accounting Services team out of Bengaluru. In his spare time, Mr Shah loves reading business news, staying connected with the Indian economy, and creating his own portfolio of investments.

Arun Velayudhan is an experienced Finance professional with exposure to a wide array of finance- related functions. He is a Chartered Accountant by qualification and has over 20 years of experience spanning consulting and industry. Mr Velayudhan’s stint in the consulting world began with AF Ferguson & Co and at EY, covering the key areas of accounting, audit and taxation. He then moved to Toyota where he was, over a period of time, been vested with responsibility for taxation (including transfer pricing), investment control, treasury and cost management. Considering his interest in understanding the dynamics related to the market-facing functions in the auto world, he was rotated to the sales and marketing division, with responsibility for the key pricing function. His 4-year stint there afforded him a ringside view of the widely different challenges in understanding and meeting customers’ needs, and he returned to the Finance function at the beginning of 2017. Mr Velayudhan is an avid learner, constantly looking to understand a new perspective or insight in order to allow for holistic development. His hobbies include playing golf and listening to music from the 1980s.

In his current role as Chief Financial officer at Radhakrishna Foodland, Girish Deshpande holds responsibility for establishing a financial control environment across the company, and setting up the systems and processes for managing the next level of growth. Mr Deshpande has over 23 years of experience incubating start-up companies and collaborating with owners-entrepreneurs to scale up their organisations. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Cost Accountant with rich experience in the fields of strategic planning, risk management, and corporate governance.

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A qualified Chartered Accountant, MV Sharat Chandra is the CFO of Nuziveedu Seeds. Prior to this, he worked with Bayer as Head of Accounting for its various sub-groups, including pharmaceuticals and speciality chemicals.

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Ranganathan Sampath has been Group Chief Financial Officer at the KALS Group since July 2014. Prior to that, he was Co-Owner of Ranganathan Sampath HUF for a year, providing professional and consultancy services in the areas of Finance, operations, general management, HR and leadership development. Before that, he served for about a year as Deputy CEO at Indian Technomac Company, and earlier, spent 4 years as CFO at ACME Telepower, where he was responsible for the entire Finance and HR functions for both ACME Telepower and Reime Africa, and held additional responsible for the SCM, IT and legal/secretarial functions. From 2006 to 2008, Mr Sampath was Vice President, Financial Planning and Control for Moser Baer India, and CFO for Moser Baer PV, where he was responsible for the entire Finance function barring treasury and investor relations. From 2000 to 2006, he was Group CFO for the Samtel Group, which includes Samcor Glass, Samtel Color and Samtel India. He was also the SAP project lead for two years. Mr Sampath holds a bachelor of commerce degree from Osmania University, with a specialisation in advanced accountancy and audit, income tax and statistics. He considers it his life’s purpose to be useful, compassionate and responsible; to be the change and to influence change in organisations/people; and, above all, to be a good human being!

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Balasubramanya Ramaswamy (‘Balu’) is Head – Finance at FMR India, a subsidiary of Fidelity Investments, which is a leading provider of investment management, retirement planning, portfolio guidance, brokerage, benefits outsourcing and other financial products and services to more than 25 million individuals, institutions and financial intermediaries. Balu was promoted to his current post in June 2015, and is responsible for all of FMR India’s financial planning and decision support efforts, as well as the India tax and accounting, payroll, treasury and procurement functions. He has worked at Fidelity Investments for the last 16 years in various leadership roles in the areas of Finance and strategy, and most recently as Controller for Global Business Services (GBS). He is currently a member of the India Executive Management Team and a Board Member

Balue holds a bachelor of commerce degree from Bangalore University and is a Chartered Accountant and Cost and Management Accountant. He loves music and enjoys sports, yoga and fitness-related activities. He is passionate about driving change in his community on a variety of sustainability practices, including planting trees, waste management and promoting awareness on the hazards of using plastic. He also serves his residential community as an active member of the Residents’ Welfare Association. Balu is an avid speaker, story-teller and a seasoned Toastmaster.

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A qualified Finance professional with an excellent track record of business partnering for growth and success, Sanjeev Jha has 23 years of work experience with global Fortune 500 companies, as well as with start-ups and mid-sized organisations. Many of these firms have a multi-location presence, including globally, with an employee strength ranging from 500-15,000 people. Mr Jha’s responsibilities have included managing Finance activities from end-to-end across services segments such as banking, insurance, BPO/KPO/ITeS, consulting, market research, and staffing and recruiting. He has also supervised the administrative, procurement and IT functions as additional responsibilities for many years, and has been a part of the top management team, participating in all strategic matters at the organisational level.

In his current role as Director Finance at Avery Dennison Corporation, Saurabh Agarwal takes care of business Finance for the company’s South Asia, Pacific and Sub-Saharan African operations. Avery Dennison is a Fortune 500 global manufacturer and distributor of pressure-sensitive adhesive materials, and is headquartered in Glendale, California. Additionally, Mr Agarwal serves on the Board of Avery Dennison India. He has 17 years of rich experience, including overseas. Prior to Avery Dennison, he worked with Whirlpool Corporation, where he handled a diverse set responsibilities in multiple Finances and senior-management positions in India and overseas, including as CFO of the Whirlpool Australia-New Zealand business based out of Melbourne. An avid reader and traveller, Mr Agarwal loves discovering different kinds of vegetarian cuisine.

Shashidhar Hegde is a fellow member of ICAI and has over 20 years of experience in diverse industries, including banking, manufacturing and IT. For the past 10-odd years, he has worked in the IT/IteS and sourcing/retail sectors. Mr Hegde is currently the Head of Finance, Tax and Treasury at Tesco Bengaluru, a shared services centre with over 4,000 employees. He is part of the Finance leadership team and manages the Finance controllership, India tax, group tax and group treasury functions.

Sanyog Jain has more than 25 years of industry experience spearheading the entire gamut of accounts and Finance operations, including banking, treasury, financial planning and analysis, finalisation and consolidation of accounts, audits and taxation. He has also worked in general management, corporate governance, business development and project management. Mr Jain also has a strong IT background, with rich experience in designing and implementing accounting, costing, budgeting, control and MIS systems in an ERP environment. He currently works as Senior Vice President and Deputy CFO at DCM Shriram, where he leads the Finance transformation journey the firm embarked upon in 2018. In the past, Mr Jain has worked with listed companies like PI Industries and Panacea Biotec.

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Snehal Shah is a strategic management professional with over 30 years of experience in operations, business processes, risk management MIS, administration, vendor management, team building, as well as management and business Strategy. His sectoral expertise spans financial services, metals, cement, carbon black, textiles, chemicals and refineries. A Chartered Accountant by qualification, he has, since October 2018, been the CFO of Century Textiles and Industries. Prior to this, Mr Shah headed the Corporate Management Services division at the Aditya Birla Group for more than 4 years. He also spent over 12 years at Aditya Birla Capital, where he headed the financial shared services operations for over 3 years and led the corporate operations of Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance Company for over 9 years. Mr Shah also served as a Senior General Manager at Birla Copper for over 3 years, managing the treasury desk for metals, forex and interest rate trading. In the early part of his career, he was closely involved with the Chairman’s office at Aditya Birla Group as Executive Assistant to the Chairman for over 8 years.

S.R. Ganeshan is currently Director (Finance) & CFO at Indian Oiltanking Ltd. He is seasoned financial professional with over 29 years of experience in oil and gas sector. He is an enterprising leader with extensive experience handling the entire gamut of the Accounting and Financial functions. S.R. Ganeshan is the key member of the Leadership team, Partner’s businesses in the development and implementation of company’s growth strategy. He is also having cross-functional and cross-industry experience – manufacturing, trading and service. His unrelenting drive for delivering on customer’s goals and objectives is grounded in his background, which keeps him laser-focused on delivered quantifiable value. S. R. Ganeshan is also on the Board of JVs / subsidiaries of Indian Oiltanking Ltd.Prior to joining Indian Oiltanking Ltd, he has worked in various offices of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. and IBP Company Ltd. S.R. Ganeshan is Fellow Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from University of Madras.His hobbies and interests include reading about current affairs, business, management and listen to music.

Sridhar Nivarthi is a Chartered Accountant from ICA and holds a master’s degree in management from ISB. He has a solid track record and over 30 years of professional experience, both in India and abroad. As CFO, he has provided strong direction to the companies he has worked at, across core areas such as banking, Finance, capital market funding, investment, audit, accounting and augmenting the overall financial and business performance. He is particularly strong in terms of dealing with banks and financial institutions, and in managing capital market funding. Mr Nivarthi is also recognised as an industry expert in such areas as construction, infrastructure, real estate, manufacturing, steel, cement, textiles and pharmaceuticals. Having dealt with diverse clientele, he is accomplished in providing financial solutions suited to specific industry segments. He is also conversant with the norms and procedures required by banks and other financial institutions with regard to raising funds for the business. Mr Nivarthi currently advises overseas companies on setting up funds for potential investments and acquisitions in the APAC region, with a special focus on India.

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Sriram Kannan is a highly performance-oriented and successful Finance professional with over 22 years of experience in several large German MNCs. Mr Kannan holds a bachelor’s degree in law and commerce. He is an Associate Member of the Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, UK; and a Fellow Member of the Chartered Secretaries and of the Cost and Management Accountants, India. He is currently the Managing Director of Claas India, a German MNC with world-class manufacturing facilities in Morinda, where it produces harvester combines and employs roughly 500 people at peak production time. Mr Kannan has been with Claas for the past 5 years, making remarkable contributions to the organisation as well as to the industry in Punjab. He is an active member of various industry bodies such as VDMA, CII, FICCI and Invest Punjab. Mr Kannan was born and brought up in South India, spending most of his professional career in Bangalore. He shifted to Punjab in 2014 to join Claas India as its CFO for a short period, before being elevated to his current position.

Uddhav Pandit is a Finance leader with over 25 years of experience in the areas of Finance, accounting, tax and compliance, and running shared services both at the regional and the global level. Among his many achievements are running Capgemini’s SEZ and real estate strategy, Finance systems transformation, the offshoring of accounting back-office processes, driving the integration of acquired companies, process transformation and change management, and the setting up of global shared services. He is currently a Vice President with Capgemini, where he is part of the leadership team that has set up and manages the global shared services. He provides oversight to the reporting and analytics as well as the Finance and accounting CoEs. Mr Pandit, who is based in Pune, is an avid cyclist and trekker.

Vikrant Gandhi was born and brought up in Mumbai in a Gujarati business family. He, his wife and son live with his parents in Mumbai. His wife is a CA and ICWA, and has opted to be a home-maker and mentor to their son, who recently completed the 10th standard at school. Mr Gandhi holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce, as well as professional qualifications as a CA and ICWA, which he completed in the mid-1990s. Currently the CFO of ICICI Home Finance, he previously headed the Financial Reporting team at ICICI Bank for over 9 years. With over 22 years of work experience, he has also worked as Group CFO for the Navnit Group in its automobiles business, and at Kewal Kiran Clothing. Mr Gandhi plays cricket and loves watching sports. He also loves Hindi film music – mainly from the 1960s and 1970s – and is an avid reader of fiction.

Vinay Bansal is the Senior Advisor, Field Operations Group at TPG Capital Asia. He works with the CFOs of TPG’s portfolio companies to strengthen and improve their financial processes. Prior to this, Mr Bansal worked with Wildcraft, where he was CFO and Chief Information Officer, and before that, he spent 10 years at GE, with leadership roles in audit, financial planning and operations, across South-East Asia, India, the US and the UK. His most recent role with GE was that of CFO for Supply Chain, South Asia. Mr Bansal started his career in audit with Kansal Singla & Associates in Chandigarh before taking up a position as Sourcing Leader/Plant Finance Manager at Hindustan Unilever. He holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce and accounting from Punjab University, Chandigarh, and is a qualified CA, CS and ICWAI, with additional certification in Six Sigma operations.

Vineet Garg, a Chartered Accountant by profession, has 24 years of work experience, including 17 years in telecom (Reliance and Tata), 4 years in cable (Media Distribution) and broadband (Hathway), and currently, with Saregama, in IP and content company. His experience spans various levels and functions, including the non-finance functions. Mr Garg has independently delivered various, highly successful projects, handling mergers, demergers, investor relations, and funding, including transformation initiatives.

Rajesh Gupta has over 24 years of cross-industry experience and is responsible for the Espire Group’s entire financial management. He is implementing transformational changes in the Group’s financial planning and strategy, bringing in operational efficiencies and ensuring business continuity in various financial and commercial functions. Mr Gupta has also led the establishment of private schools in Mumbai, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana and Kerala, among other states. He has made significant contributions to the organisation in the areas of Finance and accounts, treasury, corporate finance and taxation. Prior to joining the Espire Group, Mr Gupta had stints with companies such as Remy Cointreau, the CK Birla Group, the Taj Group of Hotels, Highland Distilleries of Scotland and the DCM Group. He is Chartered Accountant and an MBA (Finance and international trade), and has gathered significant experience working with a diverse range of industries across the services, manufacturing and infrastructure sectors.

Virender Bansal is Director – Finance, SCM, IT and Legal with Terumo India, a Japanese company and one of the world’s top 15 medical device makers. Mr Bansal is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Cost and Management Accountant with more than 20 years of rich experience across Finance and healthcare. Prior to Terumo, he was associated with large healthcare companies in India, including Boston Scientific and Fortis Healthcare. Mr Bansal was extensively engaged in leading the Finance, SCM and IT functions for these organisations in their start-up phase. His areas of interest include defining and leading the strategic roadmap for the organisation, creating operational excellence, performance measurement and technology adaption. During his free time, Mr Bansal loves playing cricket, watching off-beat movies and listening to good lyrical music.

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Yatish Doshi is the Director of the Finance, facilities and legal functions at Capita India. He is also responsible for the management of various client operations within the Finance stream. With over 24 years of experience, Mr Doshi has worked across diverse industries, for organisations such as Prudential Process Management Services, Tracmail, Netpilgrim, IDML, and Nicholas Piramal. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant, Cost Accountant, and Company Secretary.

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Mukesh Sawlani is a Chartered Accountant and Cost and Works Accountant. He holds a bachelor of commerce degree from Narsee Monjee College, Bombay University, and has completed a venture capital development programme from the International School of Business. Mr Sawlani began his career at PwC, where he spent 3 years. He spent the next 6 years as a Transition/Operations Manager at GE, where he set up and ran the company’s global stock purchase programme and led F&A operations. From 2006 to 2014, he was Global CFO and Director, India Operations, at GenNx360 Capital Partners, a PE firm. From 2014 to 2016, he was CFO at Faering Capital (a PE firm) and an affiliated start-up, Valiance Healthcare. Mr Sawlani then served for 3 years as FP&A CoE Leader at GE Healthcare, where he expanded the team from 40 to over 120 people. He joined Epsilon India in 2019. Mr Sawlani has received a number of accolades for his performance and leadership, including the GE Diamond Award, and awards from GenNx360 General Partners, GE Korea, GE US and GE India. When he is not working, he likes to run (2-5 km every day); participate in half-marathons; lend support to NGOs working for the education of underprivileged girls; and act as a Finance Facilitator for middle-management development programmes.

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With over 15 years of CFO experience, Vishal Dua currently serves as Chief Financial Officer – India for SoftwareONE India and as Head – Global Finance for the firm’s shared services centre. Prior to SoftwareONE, Mr Dua worked in the telecom, medical tech and financial services sectors, at companies such as Airtel, Telstra, LeasePlan and Stryker. He loves motorsports, trekking and travelling.

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Sujit Sircar has been CFO and LFD at Capgemini India since March 2018. A Chartered Accountant by profession, Mr Sircar has held several executive positions during his 25-year career, including as COO of Non FS (Americas) at Capgemini Technology Services India. Previously, starting in 2008, he was Executive Vice-President and CFO, responsible for the Finance, administration, legal, investor relations and M&A functions, at the erstwhile IGate Global Solutions. During his long tenure at IGate, Mr Sircar played a key role in listing its Indian operations on the stock exchanges and its delisting from the same in 2008. (He joined IGate in 1998 from Wipro, where he was the Finance head for two of its verticals.) In early 2010, he spearheaded the Indian IT industry’s largest leveraged buyout – that of Patni Computer Systems by IGate. He has played a pivotal part in the various Indian acquisitions by Capgemini Technology Services India since 2015. Mr Sircar’s experience in the field of corporate Finance spans strategic business planning, forex, treasury and fund management. He holds a bachelor of commerce degree from the University of West Bengal and is a CA by qualification; he is also an Associate Member of ICAI. Mr Sircar is married and has two daughters. He is an avid marathoner and sports enthusiast.

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