Vimal Agarwal

About Vimal Agarwal

Chartered Accountant and MBA with 24 years\' experience in finance and business strategy at MNCs and Indian listed firms. Proven record in driving profitable growth, enhancing shareholder value, and strengthening governance. Extensive interaction with Boards, managing investor relations across diverse industries.With 14 years at PepsiCo India Limited, I advanced through leadership roles every 2-3 years, excelling in finance functions including Operations, Planning, Controls, Commercial, and Supply Chain. Recognized by PepsiCo global for driving change management, organizational goals, and global initiatives in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders. Headed Parag Milk Foods Limited, listed company, as Chief Financial Officer. As CFO of Mahindra Group’s listed entity, Mahindra Lifespaces, I have led the full CFO spectrum: reporting, compliance, business partnering, treasury, costing, taxation, digitalization, IT, new business setup, and fundraising. Leadership and strategic inputs drove business scale-up by 3x and market cap increase by 4x. Represented company on subsidiary and joint venture boards, ensuring high governance standards.Recently moved to Mahindra Holidays Limited as CFO as part of the team with a mandate to grow the corporation to 2X in next few years. Financial Planning & Analysis | Reporting | Listed Entity Compliances | Investors Relations | Legal & Secretarial | Revenue Management | Performance Optimization | Taxation & litigations | Project & CAPEX Management | Working Capital | Governance & Internal Control | Supply Chain Operations | Negotiation Skills | Treasury & Funding | Team Building | New Business incubation & Growth | Private Equity and Joint Venture management

Experience

1. Chief Financial Officer

   Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India Limited

   May 2024 — Present · Mumbai, IN

   Responsible for management of Finance, Budgeting, Taxation, Commercial operations, Costing, Compliance, and Investor Relations Functions.

Education

• PepsiCo - Leadership Development Program

  General Manager Mindset Development Program

• The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

  Chartered Accountant, Major

  1995 — 1999

• XLRI Jamshedpur

  One week program on functional excellence

• Pepsico - Impact Leadership Academy

  One week Program on Impactful Networking

• Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

  One week Program on Strategic Leadership Development

• Indian School of Business

  One week Program on Strategic Leadership

• Mahindra University Program

  Mahindra Future Shapers

• Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies

  MBA, Two year course on Operations Management

• Harvard University

  One week program on Leadership and Strategic Thinking

Skills

• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Team Management
• Financial Reporting
• Shared Services
• Finance
• Mis
• Sap
• Sap Products
• Internal Controls
• Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (Fmcg)
• Leadership
• Business Analysis
• Strategy
• Internal Audit
• Supply Chain Management
• Management Information Systems (Mis)
• Forecasting
• Fmcg
• Management