Yagnesh Patel

Yagnesh Patel has been in the accounting and finance field for over 25 years. Yagnesh began their career in 1997 as an Assurance and Advisory Manager at KPMG. In 2003, they moved to PricewaterhouseCoopers as a Manager in the Assurance and Advisory department. In 2005, they joined HP as a Senior Director of Corporate Financial Reporting, Global Head of Finance for Snapfish, Senior Manager of SEC & External Reporting, and Senior Manager of Executive Management Reporting and Analysis. In 2016, they became the VP of Corporate Controller at Marin Software. In 2017, they joined eHealth, Inc. as their VP of Corporate Controller. From 2018 to 2022, they worked at Freshworks as their SVP of Chief Accounting Officer (CAO) and VP of Corporate Controller & Treasurer. Currently, they are the Chief Accounting Officer at Human Interest.

Yagnesh Patel has a comprehensive educational background. In 1990-1993, they obtained their professional accreditation from the Association of Certified Accountants (ACCA, UK) in Accounting and Finance. In 1994, they received their professional accreditation from The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in Management Accounting. From 1999-2001, they obtained their professional accreditation from Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand in Accounting and Finance. Finally, in 2002-2003, they obtained their MBA from AGSM @ UNSW Business School in Strategy & Marketing.