When Growth Is Priority, Challenge Is The Growth Driver
Dalal Street Investment Journal|August 6, 2018

Mr. Naresh Bhansali, CEO - Finance, Strategy and Business Development and CFO, Emami Limited is a FCA with more than 2 decades of rich experience in the field of Finance & Accounting.

Currently, he is in – charge of the overall responsibility of Strategy & Business Development, Mergers & Acquisitions, Finance and Accounts, Legal & Taxation, Internal Audit and Information Technology verticals among others for Emami Limited.

Mr. Naresh H. Bhansali has been awarded the Best CFO in the ‘Healthy Balance Sheet Management – Mid Size Corporate’ category by YES BANK-BW BusinessWorld for the year 2018. For three years in a row since 2015-16, Mr Bhansali has been adjudged the BEST CFO by YES BANK-BW BusinessWorld, which is indeed a commendable achievement. He has also been awarded in the category of ‘Winning Edge’ in Cost Management – Revenue above `1000 cr in 2013 for his exceptional contribution to corporate finance by CFO India Magazine. Back in 2012, he had also been chosen as the winner of ICAI Awards in the category CA CFO – FMCG.

 

When Growth Is Priority, Challenge Is The Growth Driver

As a CFO of Emami, what are your top three strategic priorities?

For any business, nowadays, the CFOs do not look only after finance. They are the enablers for the business, and in fact, they participate very actively in the growth and strategy of the business. So, the strategic priorities for the business becomes the priority for the CFO as well. The number one priority for any organisation and for us also is the growth, how to grow the business, and then if you are to grow the business, what are the building blocks challenging that growth and how the CFO and other top management team can help build that kind of ecosystem that facilitates growth. First, is the overall growth from the existing business, and second, is the inorganic growth from any JV or acquisition, etc. While growing the business faster than peers is the number one priority, growing profitability is another priority. CFOs play a vital role in balancing between growth and profitability. The world is changing around you, and using technology optimally for digitalization, efficiency enhancement and to reduce the cost of the business is yet another priority.

How has FY18 been for your company and what are your expectation in terms of volumes and profitability in FY19 & FY20?

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