Abhijit Bhattacharya

Abhijit Bhattacharya

Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Member of the Board of Management since December 2015

Responsibilities: Finance, Capital structure, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investor Relations, Information Technology, Global Business Services, Group Security and Participations

Abhijit Bhattacharya is the CFO of Royal Philips. He is also a member of the Board of Management and the Executive Committee, positions that he has held since December 2015 and October 2015, respectively.

He first joined Philips in 1987 and has held multiple senior leadership positions across various businesses and functions in Europe, Asia Pacific and the U.S. Through 2010 – 2014, he was the Head of Investor Relations of Philips, and subsequently, CFO of Philips Healthcare, Philips’ largest sector at the time. In this role, Abhijit was also responsible for the integration of the relevant Healthcare sector and Group management layers and the smooth transition to a new focused, lean operating model. Through 2014 - 2015, Abhijit was chairman of the team that was responsible for the overall planning and execution of the separation process to create two winning companies focused on the HealthTech and Lighting opportunities. He then became the CFO of Philips Lighting.