Ram Kumar Gupta

Mr Ram Kumar Gupta is the Director – Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Bata India Limited. Mr Gupta is a Bachelor of Commerce with Honours [B.Com (Hons.)] and a Chartered Accountant (FCA) with more than 33 years’ experience in different positions at Bata Shoe Organization. Since joining Bata India in July 1986, he is enjoying an extremely successful and rewarding career. His previous assignment in Bata India was as Senior Vice President – Finance from January 2011 till January 2013. Mr Gupta was allocated a challenging role as the Finance Director of Bata Shoe Company Kenya Ltd in February 2013. He held this until he was relocated to India in July 2015. In this overseas assignment, besides Bata Kenya, he was responsible for the finance operations in Bata Shoe Company Uganda Ltd and Bata Shoe Company Tanzania Ltd. During his tenure in India, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, the Company achieved record profits and improved margins via various cost-saving initiatives and innovative means. Mr Gupta has attended various courses in BSO, including Adminco and Bata Finance E-Learning.