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 Service Industry 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.

Rajesh Batra
Founding Member & Chief Financial Officer of PeopleStrong
Rajesh is the Founding Member and Chief Financial Officer at PeopleStrong. An astute Chartered Accountant, he supervises the finance unit at PeopleStrong and keeps financial controls and compliances in line with the organisational strategy. Rajesh oversees the management and coordination of all fiscal reporting activities of the company and maintains systems of internal controls to safeguard the financial assets of the PeopleStrong. During his tenure at PeopleStrong, he has played a key role in developing, monitoring and evaluating the overall corporate strategy with the Executive Management Team, emphasizing on bottom line performance, working capital and enhancing shareholder value. He has spearheaded various strategic activities at PeopleStrong like fund raising, investment management, investor relations, business finance, contracting, commercials and litigation. Rajesh has been a strong proponent of Corporate Governance Practices and works closely with the Board. In his previous role with the Withya group, he has seen successful transitions of several start-ups in the Withya incubator. Member of ICAI, New Delhi, Rajesh specializes in Financial Reporting, Budgetary controls, Governance and Taxation, and is a Chartered Accountant by profession. He enjoys a game of badminton with his wife and two daughters and resides in Gurgaon.
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About PeopleStrong: PeopleStrong is an HR solutions and tech firm.

Subrata Talukdar
Executive Director (Finance) and CFO of CESC
Subrata Talukdar is the Executive Director (Finance) and CFO of CESC Limited. He has been associated with the group for over two decades and has been instrumental in CESC’s success. Going beyond his core function of finance, Mr. Talukdar takes keen interest in the company’s operations and expansion plans. He is also a core member of the corporate strategy team. A Chartered Accountant by profession, Mr. Talukdar began his career at the Indian arm of Coopers Lybrand, before switching over to the manufacturing sector, handling the finance portfolio. He is a commerce graduate and an alumnus of the Kellogg School of Management, USA.
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About CESC: CESC commenced power generation and distribution in Kolkata in 1899 with India’s first thermal power station.
Apoorv Singhal
Co-Founder and CFO of Inmile
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About Inmile: Inmile is an automotive complete care platform for all your vehicle needs
Prajakta Shidhore
Co-Founder and CFO of Life & Money
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About Life & Money: Life & Money offers courses to understand aspects of life and money; leading to change in behavior to achieve personal and financial goals

Tonya Reese
Chief Financial Officer & Co-Founder of Realize
Tonya received her Bachelor of Science in Business Accounting from Indiana University and is a licensed CPA in Indiana. In addition to possessing over 15 years of public and corporate accounting experience, Tonya has spent many years in the prototyping industry and is a founding owner of Realize, Inc. She enjoys keeping the guys in line at the office and likes to create geeky spreadsheets with accounting data.
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About Realize: Realize is the premiere rapid prototyping service provider in Indiana.

Sujeet Kumar
CFO of Washingguns.com
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About : Washingguns is a regional leader in providing washing & dry cleaning solutions to the masses.