Mr. Nitin D Parekh
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Mr. Nitin D Parekh

Mr. Nitin D Parekh, a holder of six qualifications, has a brilliant academic track record with ranks and gold medals in several exams including CA, CFA and MBA from IIM, Ahmedabad. Mr. Nitin Parekh is serving as a Group Chief Financial Officer in Cadila Healthcare Limited, Ahmedabad, which has consolidated annual turnover of more than Rs. 15000 crores. He possesses 36 years of post-qualification experience in finance, legal and IT functions. An ace deal maker, a strategic thinker, an excellent coach and a person of razor sharp commercial acumen, he has handled more than 15 M&A deals, including Rs. 4600 crores acquisition of Heinz India Private Limited in Jan-2019 and divestment of India centric animal health business for Rs. 2900 crores in July-2021.

Mr. Nitin Parekh is selected for award of “Excellence in Mergers and Acquisitions” by CII in December, 2021. He is adjudged as India’s Best CFO-Large Enterprises by Businessworld in August, 2021. He is recipient of “Top 50 Finance Leaders of India 2021 award from White Page International, in July 2021 and “Glory of India” award from Indian Achievers Forum in June, 2021. He received “Outstanding Manager of the year award” from Ahmedabad Management Association in March 2021 and “League of Excellence 2020” award from CFO, India. He was declared as the Best CFO in Healthcare sector for 2012 and also for 2017 by Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He is chosen amongst the top 100 CFOs of India for eight times in succession by CFO, India. He has also received Businessworld-Best CFO of India Award 2017 for Healthy Balance Sheet Management Large Corporates. SAP has selected him amongst the top 25 Digitalist Thought Leaders of India for 2015. He has served on the Board of Governors of Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India, ICFAI Business School, ICFAI University and on Accountancy Board of Gujarat University.