At CFO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top India based CFO’ operating in the Banking space. If you think a CFO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected]
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.

Tulsi Swamy
Chief Financial Officer of Prime Venture Partners
Expect a 5 min chat to turn into a 30 minute discussion with Tulsi! She is a great conversationalist! With a passion to work with startups, Tulsi brings in over 20 years of experience in the areas of Finance & Reporting, Operations, Global Operations, International Tax, Corporate Responsibility, Human Resources, Project Management and General Administration. At Prime, she juggles two hats – helping portfolio companies in providing support on strategic matters relating to finance, tax, governance, operations, structures and with the Fund on portfolio diligence, deal closing, fund finances, taxes, structures, investor relations. Having worked with some great brands including PriceWaterhouse, Riverstone networks, ANZ, she boasts of considerable experience in Initial Public Offerings in US, M&A, Due- diligence, Fund-raising, Business Transformation, Cross-border transactions, Restructuring, with both early stage and mature companies, Venture Capital Fund formation and management, Investor Relations, etc.
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About Prime Venture Partners: Prime Venture Partners is a natural destination for the startups targeting global markets
Rupesh Agarwal
Group CFO of Prabhudas Lilladher
A Chartered Accountant and MBF (Master in Business Finance), Rupesh is a seasoned finance professional having more than 14 years of experience in Finance, MIS, Audit, Taxation and Company related matters. With excellent managerial skills and strong leadership qualities, he was instrumental in developing a Management Information System (Finance) within the organization. Presently he is heading the Finance, Accounts, Banking and Taxation for entire PL group.
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About Prabhudas Lilladher: Prabhudas Lilladher is one of India’s leading research based financial services organisation.

S Swaminathan
Chief Financial Officer of Intellect Design Arena
S Swaminathan (Swami) is the Chief Financial Officer of Intellect Design Arena Limited. Earlier, he served as the CFO and Deputy CFO of Polaris Financial Technology Limited where he was instrumental in handling the business finance function and keying strategic initiatives. He has over 30 years experience in varied business environments and brings with him rich experience in Finance, Cost Management, Business Planning and Process orientation. Before joining Polaris, Swami was with the TVS Group earlier, where he was President – Strategic Initiatives & CFO of TVS Electronics Ltd for over 8 years. Before his tenure at TVS, he was VP & CFO of Carrier India, the Air conditioning & Commercial Refrigeration Company of the UTC group for over 11 years. He also has experience as Works Accountant in for the Greaves Cotton Group in one of their factories for 6 years.
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About Intellect Design Arena: Intellect Design Arena Ltd, is a global leader in Financial Technology for Banking, Insurance and other Financial Services.
Vivek Bansal
Group CFO of InCred
Vivek has worked with Yes Bank as Deputy Chief Financial Officer where he was responsible for overall financial management. Prior to this, he worked with Fidelity Investments, London & Standard Chartered in Mumbai.
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About InCred: InCred is a financial services platform that leverages technology and data-science to make lending quick and easy.

Balaji P
CFO of Aptus Value Housing Finance India
Balaji has more than 17 years of experience in the areas of treasury operations, finance and accounting. He possesses a demonstrated record of success in strategic planning and execution, business finance and monitoring, financial risk management, audit and control. Balaji has had successful career growth and has worked in companies like SKS Microfinance and Cholamandalam MS General Insurance. Before joining Aptus, Balaji was working as the Vice President – Finance in SKS Microfinance – Asia’s No.1 Microfinance company wherein he was instrumental in putting in place processes and controls. Prior to this, he had a long career at Cholamandalam MS General Insurance handling Treasury Operations, Banking relationships, Business Finance and accounting. He has also worked for Hutchison Max Telecom Limited, Mumbai and The Bombay Dyeing and Manufacturing Company wherein he was responsible for managing forex exposures and raising funds from Banks and Financial Institutions. Balaji is a member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and was also part of the Business Leadership Program organized by the Murugappa Group. He has also undergone Executive Education Program in IIM-Bangalore.
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About Aptus Value Housing Finance India: Aptus is a company engaged in Affordable housing finance
Sanjay Tiwari
Chief Financial Officer of Altum Credo
Sanjay Tiwari is the Chief Financial Officer at Altum Credo.
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About Altum Credo: Altum Credo is a Housing Finance Company.
Uco Vegter
Chief Financial Officer of Exide Life Insurance
Uco Vegter is Chief Financial Officer at ING Vysya Life Insurance Co Pvt Ltd.
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About Exide Life Insurance: Exide Life Insurance provides long-term protection and savings solution plans.
Jamie Anderson
Chief Financial Officer of First Financial
Jamie is currently the CFO of First Financial Bancorp and First Financial Bank. He is responsible for the finance, accounting, treasury and investor relations. Previously Jamie served as CFO at MainSource Financial Group. inc. and prior to holding that position was Administrative Vice President and Principal Accounting Officer.
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About First Financial: First Financial provides banking and financial services.
Ashish Aggarwal
Co-Founder and CFO of Network People Services Technologies Limited
Ashish Aggarwal is the Co-Founder and CFO at Network People Services Technologies Limited.
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About Network People Services Technologies Limited: NPST is in businesses in providing Software and Mobility solution to banking and finance sector.

Kankesh Kamath
CFO of Infrasoft Technologies
Kankesh Kamath is the Chief Financial Officer of Infrasoft Technologies Limited having 20 plus years of diverse work experience in the areas of Corporate Finance, Accounts, Audits, Taxation & compliance. At Infrasoft Technologies, he is responsible for Finance & Accounts, Tax, Legal & Secretarial Compliance Functions of the Company and its worldwide subsidiaries. Apart from his core functions he works closely with business managers in new deal structuring, pricing, and business plan evaluation for investments in new growth areas etc.
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About Infrasoft Technologies: Infrasoft Technologies delivers IPR-based software solutions for causes, including retail banking, trading and compliance frameworks.

Shailendra Gupta
Group Chief Financial Officer of Acuity Knowledge Partners
Shailendra Gupta is the chief financial officer of Moody’s Analytics Knowledge Services. He has 18 years of finance experience having led teams across a broad spectrum of functional areas like Financial Control, Planning & Analysis, Treasury, Tax, Pricing & Commercial. Mr. Gupta has 10+ years experience in Financial Services Industry including experience in a Global Investment Bank and Asset Management Companies. I have worked on Corporate mergers & acquisitions, demergers, business integration, standardization & financial systems implementation. I have extensive experience of working with multi-cultural teams, both in an inhouse and outsourced settings. I have build and established finance teams from scratch for multi-national organizations, and have led global teams. I have also set-up new STP/SEZ centres for MNCs in India. Specialties Setting-up Finance Teams from Scratch, Investment Banking Finance, Product Control, Hedge Fund Accounting, Financial Planning & Analysis, Financial Accounting & Reporting (US GAAP/IFRS/IGAAP), Treasury, Commercial, Business Restructuring/Integration, Team leadership in complex/matrix Organisations, Conflict Management, Mentoring & Coaching
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About Acuity Knowledge Partners: Acuity Knowledge Partners is a provider of research, analytics and business intelligence to the financial services sector.
Amar Chintopanth
CFO of NXTDIGITAL
Amar Chintopanth is the Chief Financial Officer at NXTDIGITAL.
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About NXTDIGITAL: NXTDIGITAL is leveraging the strength of its customer base, breadth, and depth of its service lines and management bandwidth.
Sunil Samdani
Chief Financial Officer and Executive President of Bandhan Bank
Sunil Samdani is the Chief Financial Officer and Executive President at Bandhan Bank.
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About Bandhan Bank: Bandhan Bank provides microfinance lending services.
Mark E. Secor
EVP & CFO of Horizon Bank
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About Horizon Bank: Horizon is a community bank serving Northern and Central Indiana and Southwest Michigan.
Anil Kumar
CFO of Alchemist Asset Reconstruction Company
Mr. Kumar joined the Company in March 2017 as Senior Vice President of the Company. He was a very senior member of the team and retired as General Manager from the UCO Bank. During his tenure with UCO Bank, he was dealing with various functional areas of banking such as finance, credit, stressed assets management, treasury & risk management as well as legal.
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About Alchemist Asset Reconstruction Company: Alchemist Asset Reconstruction Company provides asset reconstruction services.

Sunil Kapoor
Director & Chief Financial Officer of Spice money
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About Spice money: Spice money is a fintech company that offers financial services mainly for the under-served section of society.
Abhik Sarkar
Chief Financial Officer of Chaitanya
Abhik Sarkar is a Chief Financial Officer at Chaitanya India Fin Credit Pvt Ltd.
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About Chaitanya: Chaitanya is a Bengaluru based NBFC with a two-tier structure focusing on providing microfinance loan
Abhay Thakkar
CFO of Taraashna Services
Abhay Thakkar is the CFO at Taraashna Services.
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About Taraashna Services: Taraashna Services facilitates financial inclusion by linking deprived families with mainstream banking institutions.
Saurabh Lal
Chief Financial Officer of AGS Transact Technologies
Saurabh Lal is the Chief Financial Officer of AGS Transact Technologies.
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About AGS Transact Technologies: AGS Transact end-to-end payment solutions provider with a wide spectrum of highly customized solutions with the aid of modern technology.