Chief of Finance
Rupesh joins NPCI as the Chief of Finance. In this role he is responsible for the overall Finance & Accounts function as well as for the Legal & Board Secretariat function of NPCI. He is responsible for driving overall financial goals of the company while balancing the associated financial risks. This includes supervising the controllership role in the capex/opex management area and working on decision enabling MIS, Budgeting & Business Planning of the company. He is also required to focus on automation and continuous improvement of processes from preparation of the Accounts, Treasury to Direct & Indirect Taxation of the Company, with added responsibility of creating & managing robust legal framework and facilitating effective corporate governance for the smooth conduct of the company proceedings as per the applicable statutes.
Prior to joining NPCI, he was Chief Financial Officer of IDFC Asset Management Company Ltd, a leading player in the Domestic Mutual Fund Industry for almost 12 years and held a position in the Executive Committee of the organisation. He has over 24 years of overall experience spread across manufacturing, IT and financial services, having worked for companies like NOCIL, Patni Computers Ltd and ICICI Securities Ltd amongst others in the past. He was associated with setting up and managing teams across Financial Accounting, Cash Management, Budgeting, ERP Implementation, MIS, Management Accounting and Taxation areas. He has also worked for Knowledge Management & Employee Engagement initiatives of IDFC group in the past.
He has attended various leadership and team management programs both in India and overseas during his finance stint since 1996. He has spoken and/or participated as panelist at many Industry/Business Forums frequently. He was conferred with the CFO Next 100 Scroll of Honour, The Stars of Tomorrow, from the CFO India Institute in 2012.
A nature lover at heart, He enjoys trekking and climbing new peaks in Sahyadris whenever he is not dealing with numbers and has also completed a 11 day trek to Everest Base Camp in 2014. He believes strongly in the philosophy of “sustainable development” than mere economic growth at all costs. He is an avid reader and also loves playing Tabla & capturing nature through the eyes of his camera at times.
He is also successfully leading & running a school student mentoring project for teenagers in his own school since past 6 years. His favourite quote is “if we won't think about future generations, they will never forget us” from Henrik Tikkanen, a Finnish author read in the context of sustainability.
Rupesh holds a degree in Commerce from Mumbai University in addition to a CS degree and an All India Rank in CA & CWA.