Vipan Joshi

About Vipan Joshi

Chartered Accountant with 21+ years of knowledge & exposure in various industries – both Online as well as Brick & Mortar including E-commerce, Education, Engineering, Retail, MNC which have scaled beyond Crores. From last 14 years, I am working on senior positions in the capacity of CFO, Financial Controller or Head of Finance team. Highly regarded for leadership and specialised excellence in all areas of finance. Exceptional analytical skills, with the ability to examine and understand business needs. Accustomed to managing multiple projects simultaneously in fast paced, deadline driven environments. Have worked both in listed & unlisted companies. Have successfully closed various rounds of PE & VC investments as well IPO preparation. Strong believer in value creation for all stake holders.SIGNIFICANT HIGHIGHTS • Got CFO100 award from CFO India for Digital Transformation in 2023• Got NEXTCFO100 award from CFO India for Excellence in Mergers & Acquisitions in 2022• Core member of fund-raising team in Aakash, Vulcan and Yebhi. Raised more than $ 1 Billion from PE/VC.• Handled Due Diligences from Investors like Manipal Group, Byju, Blackstone, Carlyle, Kedara, Nexus, Catamaran, Qualcomm, Fidelity, Banks for IPO.• Experienced in the three most opportunistic growing markets in India- E-commerce, Education and Supply chain.• A professional who believes in improving the EBIDTA of the company which drives the valuation / confidence of various stakeholders in the company.• Highly experienced in handling the entire financial affairs of the company including Planning & Budgeting, Reporting, treasury, tax, legal, accounting, audit (EY, KPMG, PWC, Deloitte) and IT. • Working closely with Big Law firms like SAM, SNR, KCO, Trilegal on IPO, M&A, Fund-raising, Legal due diligences or Tax/legal cases• Supporting the MD/CEO to ensure that key business decisions taken by various parts of the organization are proper and in line with the overall objective of the company.• Steering the budgeting and management process by setting targets and driving business performance as well as monitoring results against targets and ensuring that critical issues are highlighted to the top management for decision making.• Implementing governance process under the guidance and supervision of the Higher management.• Responsible for all Investor Relationship on behalf of the company including making presentation before various PE, VC. • Expense management • Successfully implemented ERP, SAP, BI Tools in various organization.• Team Management.

Experience

1. Chief Financial Officer

   Drishti Group

   Nov 2025 — Present · New Delhi, IN

Education

• D A V College Amritsar

  Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.)

  1996 — 1999

• Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

  CFO Program , Finance, Design Thinking, Corporate Strategy, Decision making, Portfolio management

• The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

  Chartered Accountants, commerce

  1999 — 2002