Pramod Gupta
(Bengaluru)

Pramod is an accomplished Finance and business Leader, with proven capabilities in managing rapid growth, scale-up, turnaround, and transformation, while keeping a keen eye on governance and organizational development. He comes with a well rounded experience of 34+ years spanning a range of responsibilities, industries, and geographies, in top organizations – listed and unlisted, well-established as well as a start-up. In addition to CFO roles for over 17 years in India, South Asia and Southeast Asia, Pramod has managed Businesses, Boards and Investors, participated in M&A, fund raise and equity market transactions, and has handled operational responsibilities for IT, Supply Chain, Procurement and toll manufacturing.

A rank-holder Chartered Accountant, Pramod has done deep work on strategic as well as operational matters, with special focus on Digital transformation, Organization building and improving process orientation of the businesses he has been associated with. After starting out as Management Trainee with Hindustan Unilever, he has worked with ConAgra, DHL, Novartis, Microsoft, Rivigo (Tech-led Logistics start-up) and Arvind Fashions.

He has also been director on the board of companies, including subsidiaries and JVs of listed companies. Pramod has interest in shaping the environment around him and has engaged extensively with external stakeholders, be it regulators, Industry bodies or functional forums. He has also written for professional magazines. Over past several years, he has also been contributing to the Indian Start-up eco-system as an angel investor, mentor and problem solver.

Pramod is the Founder of TGF Advisors, a business consulting firm. TGF stands for ‘Triumph. Grow. Flourish.’ TGF Advisors works with organizations, especially SMEs and Start-ups in their growth, scale-up, turnaround and transformation journey, leveraging Pramod’s vast experience in Operations, Finance, Technology, Governance and Strategy. TGF also takes up consulting and project assignments that deliver significant business benefits.

He can be reached at Pramod.Gupta@starleafconsulting.com or +91 98208 77796. His detailed profile and body of work can be accessed at Pramod Gupta | LinkedIn

Vinod Kumar
(Pune)

Vinod is a Chartered Accountant with over 3 decades of rich experience spread across different industry and business verticals, covering the entire gamut of Accounting, Finance, Internal Audit, Taxation, Legal and Secretarial.  He has worked in organisations like Voltas, Britannia, Hindustan Unilever, Tata Chemicals and finally superannuated as CFO at Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd. (KOEL) in Pune. With his passion for people and people processes, for 3 years at KOEL he took on the additional role of CHRO.

Vinod has been part of several M&A deals in his career and in KOEL he led  a strategic acquisition in the electric pumps business in 2017. A Company which he chaired till he superannuated in 2020.

Vinod is a certified Executive Coach by Marshall Goldsmith & has also completed his training from the International Coaching Federation (ICF). Besides, he is also a Hogan certified coach, which revolves around Personality assessment and assessing best fit candidates for a role. Coaching & mentoring is something he is very passionate about & he believes that there are lot of young & as well as senior executives who can be helped thru this process.

Another area that is close to Vinod’s heart is Corporate Governance and like the rest of our team he believes that good governance is a big differentiator in the long run for any organisation. He has been an Independent Director on Boards and an advocate of Tone at the Top matters.

Vinod has settled in Pune with his wife. He is an avid golfer, biker and photographer and believes that All work and No Play will make Jack a dull boy !

Sameer Shah
(Mumbai)

Sameer Shah is a senior finance professional having three decades of comprehensive experience across various facets of finance functions, in diverse sectors including ITES, Telecom, IT and Pharmaceuticals.

Sameer is associated with StarLeaf Talent Solutionssince May 2021, prior to that he was working with HSBC, for about a decade, heading finance for one of their largest Global Capability Centres. He was also the SME for implementing Oracle Cloud across the group. Earlier to that, he was with the TATA Group (14years) heading finance roles across different entities in IT and Telecom Sector.

Sameer comes with a rich experience of working in different verticals under finance including setting up finance functions, managing financial planning and budgeting, financial control, treasury, billing and collections, revenue assurance and tax.  He has also worked in project finance raising debt from DFIs and equity through an IPO. Both at HSBC and TATAs he has managed multiple transformation initiatives within Finance.

Sameer is based out of Mumbai and will support the operations and business development at StarLeaf. His family consists of a daughter Nishi working with Deloitte, son Aman, working with Tesla Motors, California and wife Manisha who is a mind power coach and founder of Mirage2Oasis.

Sameer loves to watch and play cricket and in his free time enjoys classical and Bollywood music.

By qualifications he is a Chartered Accountant, Company Secretary and CPA. He is also BRSR and GRI Standards certified and is part of the leadership team at FutureStation an ESG advisory and assurance firm.