Ashish Gupta

About Ashish Gupta

Brief Profile is given below; Ashish Gupta, FCA, 1995 batch,~28 years of very extensive and highly versatile & diverse experience in Business Transformations, Business Set ups, Value Creations, Strategic Decision making, Governance & Compliance, Fund Raising, Debt syndication, M&A, IR, Operations efficiency, Taxation, F&A, Forex, Treasury, Audits, Policy Framework, FPA, Budgeting, MIS and reporting in Manufacturing (Stainless Steel), Sourcing & Manufacturing of RMG, Infrastructure/ EPC / Consultancy (BOT roads, Transport, Water, Power, T&D, Construction, Sewerage Rehabilitation, waste management, etc), BFSI (NBFC), Education, Management Consultancy, Assurance etc. Erstwhile Group CFO of PDS Limited, One of the Largest and fastest growing Design Led Sourcing & manufacturing Company having operations in 20 countries and largest strategic sourcing partners for Large retail brands in UK, US, Europe, Middle East etc like ASDA, George, Walmart, Kohls, Tesco, Primark, Hanes, etc. Group CFO - Capri Global Capital Limited, a NBFC with AUM of ~Rs 6500 Cr, NSE/BSE listed with MC of $1.8 bn. CFO - Jindal Stainless Limited (JSL), largest stainless steel manufacturer in India (+60% market share) and among world\'s top 10 SS conglomerates, Revenues $5 billion, NSE/ BSE listed with market cap of $4.9 Bn. Group CFO - Isolux Corsan (Infrastructure- Highways BOT), managing 4 large SPV\'s under BOT contracts with NHAI of about $2.5 billion (~ 700 km of National Highways) and Debt portfolio of about $1.6 billion with 4 large consortium of lenders. Keen leader/ strategist, contributed at senior management positions with Large corporate and multinational groups including PDS, Capri Global, JSL, Isolux Corsan Group, Educomp Solutions (a leading Education and school infrastructure co-Group CFO), SPML Infra Limited (a leading EPC and infrastructure listed company in water management, hydro power, T&D, waste management, sewerage rehabilitation etc- Group CFO), DHV BV, The Netherlands (top 10 leading engineering, design and PMC co. having presence in 34 countries having niche in water management, aviation, transport, mining, B&I etc.), PWC, Grant Thornton etc. Significant and active contributions in Transformations of Large business conglomerates with excellent understanding of the business and strategic acumen at senior management function. Lead Cause and Change management, highly skilled in all domains of Finance, compliance, policy framework, systems & processes, etc. Managing large team in complex and challenging environment in Finance, HR, IT, Audit etc.

Experience

1. Group Chief Financial Officer

   Pds Limited

   Mar 2021 — Present · Mumbai, IN

Education

• Kulachi Hans Raj Model school

  High School, Business Studies, commerce and accountancy, First Division

  1974 — 1988

• Post Graduation

  Chartered Accountant, Commerce

  1991 — 1995