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CFONEXT100 Programme 2023

The Annual CFONEXT100, one of CFO India’s flagship events, is a first-of-its kind endeavor to help India Inc. identify and felicitate rising stars in the field of finance. This programme helps to create a pool of financial talent that comprises India’s top 100 mid-level finance professionals who have demonstrated leadership potential and are poised to become CFOs in the foreseeable future. The future CFOs were chosen from over 300 nominations received, by a panel of up to 40 eminent jury members – influential CFOs of India Inc.

Nomination Categories for this year are:

Excellence in Innovation – Applied creative and innovative solution(s) to significant organisational challenges, whether internal or external.
Excellence in Finance Transformation – Shown great improvement in the way the finance function operates to meet future challenges. He or she has worked hard to realign all aspects of the operating model – process, organization, people and technology – to adapt to the ‘new normal’.

Excellence in Strategy Execution – Dealt with serious and intense changes in the business environment. He/She has shown great leadership in creating the right (financial) conditions to execute the new strategy. He/She along with the CFO would have contributed valuable insights, analyses, the (re)allocation of assets and the alignment of the finance function with the new strategy.
Excellence in Capital Management – Ensured management of cash sources and uses in the most optimal manner is a critical issue for most business (more so, in times of crisis). He/She should have demonstrated quick action to improve cash visibility across every layer of the enterprise and ensured their organisations have optimal cash management processes in place to ride the storm.
Excellence in Risk Management – In times of uncertainty, finance leaders will have to keep a sharp eye on risk management. Internal controls and fraud; supplier and customer failures; financial risk; cyber-attacks as well as a plethora of indirect risks that can impact businesses severely are high on a finance leader’s agenda. He/She should have implemented an effective risk management programme across the organisation – such that early warning signals are actioned and effective controls get activated to reduce or mitigate the risk arising from potential threat vectors.
Excellence in Governance and Compliance Management – Helped the business achieve its goals in a way that is open, honest, ethical and principled. Working in a globalised and complex business environment, he/she faces a complex assortment of new and sometimes challenging laws and regulations. He/She must have contributed significantly to build and implement systems designed to detect and prevent compliance breaches. Last but not the least, he/she should have demonstrated leadership in the development of a strong compliance culture and best practices that secure buy-in from executives, managers, employees, contractors and business partners all at levels.
Excellence in Digital Transformation – Technology offers us an almost unlimited range of opportunities to improve our business models, processes and overall value proposition. He/She has played a crucial role in crafting and executing a successful business-aligned IT strategy to provide businesses with value delivery. Based on a clear vision and plan, he/she has strongly supported and financially enabled the implementation of systems with a proven impact on the quality and efficiency of the organisation.
Excellence in Tax Management – The current crisis has complicated an already challenging tax environment for the finance function. When protecting liquidity is of utmost importance, the onus is on the finance function to employ tax strategies that can realise the full benefit of the tax measures rolled out. He/She should have deployed various tactics to take advantage of the tax exemptions, exclusions and exceptions to preserve cash/ enhance liquidity
Excellence in Building a High Performance Team – Outstanding financial talent management and teamwork is the requirement to win this Award. He/She has demonstrated capabilities to build a high performing team that is both efficient and customer focused. Based on a clear vision, he/she has invested in talent development to align future needs with the available skills set. He/She is an inspiring coach for co-workers and gives attention to personal and professional development of the team.
Excellence in Mergers & Acquisitions – He/She is the driving force behind the company’s successful growth and expansion into newer markets or geographies. Based on sound analysis and a strategic and financial plan, the company has established itself in new markets and has conquered market share. He/she has invested in knowledge and expertise to deal with specific cultural, legal and financial issues and has built an international finance team.

Application Guidelines

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

The applicant cannot be self employed
The applicant will be qualified as a next-in-line CFO only if:
- He / she directly reports to the CFO / Head of Finance / Group CFO in his / her organisation
- He / she is the Head of Finance / CFO for a ‘Business Unit’ and reports to the organisation’s CFO
- He / she is a functional head, such as, Head of Internal Audit, Tax, Treasury, Planning & Strategy, and Financial Controller.

Note: Employees, officers, directors, agents, representatives, family members of CFO Collective Pvt. Ltd., its subsidiaries, affiliates, program partners, advertising and promotional agencies are not eligible to participate in the CFONEXT100

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

CFONEXT100 is an initiative, and the sole property, of CFO Collective Pvt. Ltd.
To participate in the CFONEXT100, the participant must complete the registration process on the program website (www.cfo-india.in) or on the link shared with them through mail.

No applicant is allowed to submit multiple entries.
No entry fee is required to participate in the CFONEXT100 process.
The program will run from the starting and ending dates as decided by CFONEXT100. CFONEXT100 reserves the right to modify, cancel, discontinue or terminate the CFONEXT100 program at any time, or to accept or reject any or all entries at its absolute discretion without giving any prior notice and without assigning any reasons whatsoever.
All shortlisted participants/candidates will be intimated individually at the email address and/or contact number provided by them. CFONEXT100 reserves the right to terminate the registration at any time or in the event the information, including your e-mail address, is no longer current or accurate.
Decisions made by CFO India regarding the CFONEXT100 program, eligibility conditions, administration and conduct of the program, rules & regulations, etc., will be final and binding on all participants. No correspondence will be entertained in this regard.
CFO India can verify applicant details directly, or through an authorized third-party agency or service at any stage of the program.
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CFO India, in consultation with the jury, reserves the right to shortlist and filter applicants using any criteria it deems fit, without disclosing or making public the criteria or weighting schemes.
CFO India will not reveal, at any stage, the ranking or relative placement of applicants, or their scores in the CFONEXT100 selection process.
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CFO India reserves the right to modify or change any of the terms and conditions applicable to this program at any time. (Please check program website https://www.cfo-india.in for latest updates)
Nominees must provide valid documentation and proof supporting their personal information and work experience, as and when requested by CFONEXT100 team for verification.
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Any offers made under this program cannot be clubbed with any other offer/promotion/contest run by CFO Collective Pvt. Ltd., and/or its affiliate brands and subsidiaries.

By applying, you accept these terms and conditions.

CFONext100 Process

12th Annual CFONEXT100 2023 Process timeline
July 31, 2023	We start accepting nominations for CFONEXT100 2023
September 18, 2023	Last date for filling the form
October 2023	Forms are sent to jury members
First week of November, 2023	Jury provides the final scores and comments
Mid-November, 2023	CFONEXT100 results are announced
December 8, 2023	CFONEXT100 Conference & Felicitation Programme in New Delhi

OUR Jury

First Name	Last Name	Designation	Company
Ajay	Seth	Executive Board Member & CFO	Maruti Suzuki India
Aneel	Gambhir	CFO	DTDC
Anita	Sanghi	Senior Vice President	NTT Data
Hemant Kumar	Ruia	CFO Subcontinent	Hindustan Ports
Jogendra	Singh	President (Finance)	Hero Corporate Service
Joydeb	Chatterjee	Senior VP & CFO – Packaging Films Business	SRF
Joydeep	Datta	VP – Finance & Accounts	Material Plus
Kannan	Sugantharaman	CFO	Omega Healthcare
Rahul	Malhotra	CFO	Integreon
Rupa	Vora		Formerly with IDFC Alternatives
Sandeep	Batra	CFO	Pidilite
Sayamdeb	Mukherjee	VP Planning & Control	United Breweries
Sugata	Sircar	Group CFO	Azure Power Global

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The CFO100 2022 Roll of Honour is presented below:

Category	First Name	Company
Excellence in Building a High Performance Team	Arun M S	Embassy Office Parks - REIT
	Bankesh Dhingra	Himatsingka Seide
	Juilee Chaudhari	Sula Vineyards
	Kshitiz Gupta	Philips India
	Meenal Modi	Nepra Resource Management
	Pranavi Papasani	CGI
	Ramachandran Sundararajan	Ashok Leyland
	Sharad Gupta	CGI
	Vikash Dugar	Roche Diabetes Care India
	Vikram Kansal	Kyndryl Solutions
Excellence in Capital Management	Gaurav Arora	CarDekho
	Gopalan Hariharan	Beumer India
	Harsh Choudhary	AMP Energy India
	Manish Bhagat	SAMHI Hotel
	Murtaza Babuji	NTT Data Payment Services India
	Rohitt Kapur	Beumer India
	RR Jhunjhunwala	GTPL Hathway
	Sandeep Bhadresa	WNS
	Saptharishi Krishnan	Ashok Leyland
	Valarmadhi S	ARS Steel and Alloy
	Vijay Srinivasan	TVS Electronics
Excellence in Digital Transformation	Balaparameswar Rao Simhadri	Mahindra and Mahindra
	Jayanta Ghosh	Dodhia Synthetics
	Saurav Agarwal	NTT Data
	Suneel Kumar Pandey	Maruti Suzuki India
	Sureshkumar Maurya	USV
	Tanmay Agarwal	Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages
	Tanmeen Bedi	Girnar Software
	Tanu Jindal	Carl Zeiss India
	Vijay K Singh	Aakash Educational Services
Excellence in Finance Transformation	Adarsha N S	Unitus Capital
	Anil Suneja	Baxter International Inc
	Anurag Aggarwal	TBO.com
	Asha Kumari	Mphasis
	Bhavesh Kadakia	DP World India
Excellence in Finance Transformation	Binit Kumar Gupta	Thoughtworks Technologies India
	Dilip Jain	Girnar Software
	Dipenkar Mehrotra	Philips India
	Gaurav Chaudhry	Girnar Software
	Jaison George	Anthology International
	Jitendra Kumar	Magnon Group
	Murali Kannan	Bahwan CyberTek
	Nilesh Shukla	Cube Highways
	Pallvit Garg	Interglobe Technology Quotient
	Parag Agarwal	Manipal Health Enterprises
	Parag Doshi	Sterling Accuris Wellness
	Prakash Agarwal	Roche Diabetes Care India
	Pratik Jain	Ashok Leyland
	Pulkit Agrawal	Ferns N Petals
	Rishi Vyas	Patel Engineering
	Sachin Gupta	Pristyn Care
	Sarang Bakare	CG Power and Industrial Solutions
	Shomit Goel	Home Credit Philippines
	Snigdha Mehrotra	Tata Business Hub
	Vijay Gaur	C&S Electric
	Vineet Jain	Schneider Electric Infrastructure
Excellence in Governance and Compliance Management	Bijay Sahu	NTT Data
	Dipika Shantilal Somaiya	Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance
	Hardik Sanghvi	GTPL Hathway
	Murali Choliyampadam	Manipal Hospitals
	Niraj Sinha	PwC
	Pratik Gupta	Manipal Health Enterprises
	Ritesh Aggarwal	Maruti Suzuki India
	Ritesh Kumar	SRF
	Sanket Mehta	HDFC Asset Management
	Srishti Bajpai	PixxelSpace India
Excellence in Innovation	Binit Shroff	Property Solutions (India)
	Jayesh Haridasan	Open Financial Technologies
	Kanti Kiran Kare	Nokia
Excellence in Mergers & Acquisitions	Arun Dongre	Dynamatic Technologies
	Manoj Cherukuri	Pennar Industries
	Sachin Kapoor	HealthMap Diagnostics
Excellence in Risk Management	Delzad D Jivaasha	ICICI Lombard
	Karun Kumar	V-Mart Retail
	Tushar Jha	Bharati Shipyard
Excellence in Strategy Execution	Abhishek Goyal	API Holdings (PharmEasy)
	Abhishek Pareek	Waaree Energies
	Atul Goel	Nokia
	Dimpesh Gothi	Roche Diagnostics India
	Jayagopal Gajendra	Dynamatic Technologies
	Karan Shroff	Healthium Medtech
	Ketan Jain	Marico
	Khagendra Nagori	NTT Data
	Kishori Sharan Aggarwal	IGT Solutions
	Mahalakshmi S	Ashok Leyland
	Manish Jain	Ferns N Petals
	Murali Krishna Pakki	Ashok Leyland
	Sameer Kumar Rentala	Pennar Industries
	Satin Somani	Mahindra Rural Housing Finance</td
	Shiv Maliwal	FirstMeridian Business Services
	Sudhir Shirole	Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers
	Sumit Maloo	Skechers South Asia
	Sunaina Vij	SMS Group
	Vishal Goel	Maruti Suzuki India
Excellence in Tax Management	Gaurav Gulati	Steelcase
	Gauri Patwardhan	Persistent Systems
	Naveenkumar M	Ashok Leyland
	Saikat Biswas	Roche Diabetes Care India
	Sowmya Suman	Arvind Fashions
	Vasudevan C R	Raj Petro Specialities