By Our Staff

Anjali Gupte

Havas Group India has announced the appointment of Anjali Gupte as Chief Financial Officer. She will be based in Mumbai and will report to Rana Barua, CEO, Havas Group India and also to the APAC Group CFO, Brice Pinoncely. Gupte has experience of over two decades across industries spanning advertising, financial services, manufacturing and real estate. In her previous role as CFO at Grey group, she oversaw the financial operations of the agency’s creative, digital and activation businesses in South Asia and she was responsible for driving profitable growth across India, Bangladesh and Pakistan. Prior to Grey, she worked at Thomson Reuters for 17 years in the financial risk division. She is also an Independent Director on the Board of Astec LifeSciences Limited, part of the Godrej group, where she also had a four-year long stint.

Rana Barua

Commenting on the appointment, Rana Barua, CEO, Havas Group India, said: “Havas Group India is now totally integrated and has over 1000 people working across 10 specialist agencies in three ‘villages’ in Bengaluru, Delhi and Mumbai. We also have ambitious acquisition plans and multiple ongoing conversations for both media and creative groups. I welcome Anjali as Group CFO at this crucial juncture as we stabilise operations and action our growth plans. Anjali is a highly accomplished professional with leadership and people skills that have stood her in good stead as a business partner and strategist in her previous roles.”