Pidilite Industries Limited has appointed Amit Agarwal as Chief Financial Officer – Designate, bringing an experienced finance leader with more than 20 years of experience across corporate finance, financial planning and analysis, controllership, commercial finance, internal audit, business partnering, risk management and transformation.
Before joining Pidilite, Agarwal served as Executive Director Finance and Chief Financial Officer at Pfizer Limited, where he led the finance function in India. Earlier, he spent more than 17 years at Unilever, taking on senior roles across commercial finance, internal audit, global business services, category finance and financial reporting.
Most recently at Unilever, he was General Manager Finance – Sales & Customer Development. He managed commercial operations and finance partnerships across general trade, modern trade, e-commerce, e-B2B and institutional business.
He also served as General Manager – Internal Audit and Finance Controller – Global Business Services. His responsibilities included financial reporting, controls, taxation, transfer pricing, risk management and finance transformation.
His other roles at Unilever included Senior Finance Manager – Hair & Special Projects; Senior Finance Manager – Hair, Deos and Professional Products; Group Financial Accountant; Regional Finance Manager – Tea; and Head – Finance & IT at Modern Foods.
Before joining Unilever, Agarwal worked at Vedanta Resources Limited as Financial Planning and Analysis Manager and Factory Commercial Manager. These roles gave him experience in budgeting, cost management, performance reporting and operational finance.
At Pidilite, Agarwal brings a broad background in financial leadership, commercial strategy, business controls, transformation and business partnering as he prepares to take on a key finance leadership role.
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