Navin Agarwal

About Navin Agarwal

Introduction- An established finance professional with over 27 years of experience across a wide spectrum of finance functions and general management across multiple industries- Deep knowledge, experience and understanding of value creation and business management- Worked with large Indian Conglomerate Groups Aditya Birla Group (Hindalco, Aditya Birla Nuvo) for 8+ years, Mahindra & Mahindra for 3+ years and currently at Welspun Group for more than 16+ years- Over the years held responsibilities for Investor Relations, M&A, Corporate communication, accounting, fund raising (debt, equity and PE), risk management, SOP’s, capital allocation and capex implementation, strategic planning and budgeting, financial modelling, MIS, dashboards, automation, cost optimization, shared services processes, profit enhancement initiatives, working capital and cash flow management, handling internal and statutory audits- In prior stint as Chief Financial Officer of Welspun DI Pipes Ltd. and Chief Financial Controller of Steel Vertical and Pipes Vertical of Welspun Corp Limited, was instrumental in establishing and streamlining the entire Finance & Accounts Function by creating & establishing Standard Operating Procedures, risk control parameters, Capitalization, setting of banking lines, detailed techno commercial MIS and IT & Digital infrastructure including transition of key activities to Shared Services. This has immensely helped the business in ramping up the operations and at the same time keeping a close operation and financial control. Education: An alumnus of Birla Institute of Management Technology-Noida and did Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management and holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Delhi University.Businesses: Has been exposed to multiple businesses of Aluminium, Power Plant, Carbon Black, Garments, Linen, Insurnace, Insulators, Real Estate, Timeshares Holidays, Textiles, O&G, Infrastructure, MS and DI Pipes, Steel Making and others. Experience- Worked on full cycle of corporate finance of debt and equity funding/ raising, F&A, MIS, Costing, Financial Models, Capex Allocation, cash flow managemnt, treasury decisions, hedging, forex transactions, exim, pricing decisions, debtors management, Dash boards, Board requirements, investor relations, corporate communications, cost optimisation, risk management- Worked with top consultants like BCG, Mckinsey, Investment Bankers, Legal firms, and others on implementing multiple projects over a period of time- Working on new technologies like Hyperion, power BI and MS Office.

Experience

1. Chief Financial Officer

   Welspun Specialty Solutions Limited

   Dec 2024 — Present

Education

• Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH)

  PGDBM (Finance), Finance, General

  1995 — 1997

• ISC 1992

  High School Diploma

• Delhi University

  Bachelor of Commerce - BCom (Hons.), Business/Commerce, General

Skills

• Business Strategy