Walmart-owned online fashion retailer Myntra has announced the appointment of Abhishek Gupta as new Chief Financial Officer, effective January 1, 2022. He will work closely with Nandita Sinha, Myntra’s new CEO.
In his new role, he will be overlooking the finance function of Myntra. Abhishek is expected to further enhance business partnering and strategic growth initiatives as Myntra continues to scale and shape the industry.
Abhishek has over 16 years of experience in the e-commerce and FMCG industries. Currently, he is working as Sr. Director & Head of Finance – Flipkart Wholesale & Walmart India, and responsible for leading the Business Finance Function (Supply Chain Finance, Operations Finance, Category Finance, FPnA, Memberships, Monetization, Marketing, and New Business Initiatives), for Walmart India and Flipkart Wholesale Business.
He began his stint with the Flipkart Group in 2018, joining as director, business finance, coming from Unilever where he worked for close to 6 years, for various verticals and across geographies. Previously, he has been associated with Abbott and ITC Ltd.
Over the years, he has worked extensively in core commercial areas such as risk management and internal controls, procure to pay, record to report, performance management, and global shared services, and partnered with various functional units.
Abhishek is a qualified Chartered Accountant and is a Bachelor of Commerce from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata.