Summit 2024

The BW CFO World Finance Leadership & Strategy Summit 2024 and BW CFO World Best CFO & Finance Strategy Awards, held on May 10, 2024 at The Imperial, New Delhi concluded successfully.

The awards ceremony provided a unique venue for recognising and celebrating the great achievements of CFOs who have shown exemplary dedication, ingenuity and strategic vision in guiding their organisations to success.

Talees Rizvi, Director of BW CFO World & BW People said, “We are delighted to host the BW CFO World Finance Leadership & Strategy Summit 2024 and BW CFO World Best CFO & Finance Strategy Awards, which recognised the remarkable achievements of managers and professionals defining the industry’s future. This initiative provided a well-deserved forum for recognising, inspiring and celebrating the extraordinary minds that have led their organisations to remarkable achievement.”

The awards were judged by a panel of industry experts consisting of Sethurathnam Ravi, Founder-Ravi Rajan & Co. LLP, Chairman-TFCIL & Former Chairman-BSE; Dr. Annurag Batra, Chairman & Editor-in-Chief, BW Businessworld, Founder, exchange4media; Keki Mistry, Vice Chairman & CEO, HDFC; Ajay Thakur, Head – BSE SME & Startup; CMA Ashwin G. Dalwadi, President, The Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICMA); Deena Mehta, Group Managing Director, Asit C Mehta Investment Intermediates; Srinath Sridharan, Corporate Advisor & Policy Researcher; Talees Rizvi, Director, BW People & BW CFO World Community

Here are the winners of BW CFO World Best CFO & Finance Strategy Awards 2024:

1. Best CFO for Large Enterprise – Kabir Ahmed Shakir, CFO, Tata Communications 
2. Best CFO for Large Enterprise – Krishnan Akhileswaran,            Group CFO, Apollo Hospitals
3. Best CFO for Large Enterprise – Kedar Patki, CFO, IndiaFirst Life Insurance
4. Best CFO for Small Enterprises – Nishant Dalal, CFO, Zuari Industries
5. Best CFO for Small Enterprises – Vaibhav Joshi, Group CFO, Nephrocare Health Services
6. Best CFO Medium Enterprise – Deepal Vinod Shah, Group, CFO, Allcargo Logistics
7. Best CFO Medium Enterprise – Puneet Kumar, CFO, InsuranceDekho
8. Best CFO Medium Enterprise – Hemant Kumar Ruia, CFO – Subcontinent, DP World
9. Best CFO of a PSU – V Rama Manohara Rao, Director/Finance        RailTel Corporation of India
10. Best Financial Services IT Team – P K Harihara Subramanian, India CFO       Cognizant Technology Solutions
11. Best Financial Team Pratap Daruka – CFO, Tredence Inc.
12. Best Transformation Agent – Tanmay Kumar, Group CFO, Shiprocket
13. Best Transformation Agent – Nishant Dalal , CFO  Zuari Industries
14. Best Use of Data and Analytics in Finance – Pratap Daruka, CFO, Tredence Inc.
15. Best Women CFO – Rajani Kesari, CFO, Nayara Energy
16. Best Women CFO – Preeti Naveen Chheda, CFO, Mindspace Business Parks REIT
17. Digital Transformation Project of the Year- Anushree Bafna, Head Treasury          Hindustan Zinc 
18. Digital Transformation Project of the Year – Deepal Vinod Shah,  Group CFO,   Allcargo Logistics
19. Digital Transformation Project of the Year – Nishant Jindal, AVP – Corporate Planning & Analysis,        IndiGo
20. Finance Innovation of the Year – Preeti Naveen Chheda, CFO, Mindspace Business Parks REIT
21. Investor Management & Relations – Jagannathan Chakravarthi, CFO, Sonata Software
22. M & A Project of the Year – Aneesha Bhandary – Executive Director & CFO, CarTrade Tech 
23. Most Promising CFO – Aneesha Bhandary, Executive Director & CFO,           CarTrade Tech
24. Most Promising CFO – Rakesh Thakur, Group CFO, Imagine Marketing
25. Most Promising CFO – Pankaj Jha, CFO, Vedanta Limited (Jharsuguda)
26. Remarkable Leverage Management – Vivek Veda, CFO,            KreditBee
27. Remarkable Leverage Management – Preeti Naveen Chheda, CFO,   Mindspace Business Parks REIT
28. Remarkable Transformation – Amit Agarwal, Group CFO            Raymond.
29. Remarkable Transformation – Saibal Sengupta – CFO, Orient Electric
30. Sustained Wealth Creation – Sandhya J, CFO, Narayana Health

The event had enthusiastic participation from industry executives, finance experts and prominent visitors, who came together to honour the spirit of excellence and innovation in Finance Leadership.