Sanjeev Churiwala

Sanjeev Churiwala is presently the Chief Financial Officer at Tata Power.

Till Oct 2021 he was the Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer at Diageo India (United Spirits Ltd), and was a part of its Executive Committee. He has around 23 years of diversified work experience. In the initial 9 years of his career, he has worked in operation roles in business development, projects and commercial functions and the later 14 years in core finance & strategy.

Sanjeev was the Chairman of Royal Challengers Sports Pvt Ltd (RCSPL) that runs the Royal Challengers Bangalore IPL franchise.

Prior to joining Diageo India, Sanjeev was with Lafarge Holcim's Indian subsidiary Ambuja Cements, a leading producer of building material, where he held the position of CFO since early 2011, leading the finance function and also overseeing the secretarial and legal functions.

Sanjeev worked with Ambuja Cements and its subsidiaries for about 15 years in various roles that included finance, business development, project management, commercial operations, business and financial integration. Prior to joining Ambuja Cements as its CFO, Sanjeev also served as country CFO for Holcim’s operations in Sri Lanka for about 4 years. Sanjeev had brief stints with Electrosteel Castings Ltd as CFO & Company Secretary and with ICRA Ltd.

He is a fellow member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Institute of Company Secretaries of India and Institute of Cost Accountants of India, besides holding an Executive MBA from the London Business School, UK.

Sanjeev has received much external recognition for his work. In 2011, he received Business Today & Yes Bank – Best CFO Award 2011 for Commitment towards Triple Bottom Line-People, Planet & Profit. Earlier this year, he received the prestigious Best CMA CFO-2014 Award among private limited companies in the manufacturing sector, awarded by the Institute of Cost Accountants of India.