Indian pharma major Cipla onboards Ashish Adukia as Global CFO

Indian multinational pharmaceutical major Cipla has announced the appointment of Ashish Adukia as the new company Global Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Adukia will replace Dinesh Jain who was given additional responsibility as interim Chief Financial Officer. Jain will continue as Senior Vice-President and Head-Corporate Finance, the company said.

In the past Ashish has worked as the Chief Financial Officer of Grasim Industries, the company of the Aditya Birla Group (ABG) and was part of the leadership team.

Ashish with close to two decades of experience in investment banking and a large Indian conglomerate is also a qualified chartered accountant and possesses deep capital market knowledge and valuable cross-industry experience.

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He also worked as an investment banker with organisations such as Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, and PwC.