Kabir Ahmed Shakir

Kabir Ahmed Shakir is the Chief Financial Officer at Tata Communications. In this role, Kabir is responsible for the strategic financial management of the company, including investor relations.

Kabir brings with him nearly 30 years of experience in strategic financial management with a sharp focus on growth, strong business processes, functional excellence and operational execution across diverse industries and geographies.

Kabir has extensive experience in global markets managing complex businesses and categories, international treasury, global supply chain and global finance.

Before Tata Communications, Kabir was the Chief Financial Officer at Microsoft India, responsible for Microsoft’s overall finance leadership across all entities in India. Preceding this, he spent over 23 years with Unilever in leadership roles across multiple geographies–International Funding Director in the Netherlands, Global Supply Chain Finance Director in the UK, CFO of the Home and Personal Care business in India and Global CFO for the Skin care category in the UK. In addition, he has served on the Boards of Lakme Lever Private Limited and Kimberley Clark Lever Limited.

Kabir is an angel investor, a board adviser and mentor to many startups and is passionate about technology and how it will shape the future of the finance function. Kabir is married and lives in Delhi with his wife and two sons.