Transforming the Finance Function to Drive Strategic Impact, Operational Efficiency, and Sustainable Business Growth
We take a hands-on approach to assess the maturity of the finance function, deliver end-to-end transformation, and provide interim leadership to drive results. Combining deep operational expertise with functional heritage, we design and implement strategies that enhance value, strengthen reporting, and build scalable processes and controls. Our focus is on enabling finance to serve as a strategic partner to the business — delivering insights, improving decision-making, and creating a foundation for long-term success.
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Anup Gandhi
Managing Director
Mumbai India
Anup Gandhi
Managing Director
Mumbai
- 25+ years’ supporting the needs of CFOs and serving as interim CFO
- Focus on IT/IT enabled service companies and mergers and carve-outs
- Supports private equity funds on operating due diligence
Anup Gandhi is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Business Transformation Services in India. He brings more than 25 years of experience making strategic decisions, identifying and implementing operational and organizational improvements, developing mechanisms to monitor cash requirements and manage working capital and developing comprehensive plans for mergers, acquisitions and fundraising.
Mr. Gandhi leads Chief Financial Officer services and finance transformation services for A&M in India. He helps bring on-ground leadership and put in place management information systems, processes and controls with clear timelines to get organizations ready for accelerated growth.
Additionally, Mr. Gandhi has been involved in supporting private equity funds on operating diligence during the investment stage, helping portfolio companies and corporates improve performance post investment, generating improved working capital and optimized SG&A cost.
Mr. Gandhi’s notable assignments include leading the setup of the finance function for a carved-out infrastructure business of a large telecom company, improving business, finance and reporting processes for information technology/IT enabled services companies and playing interim CFO roles to improve working capital and EBIDTA.
Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Gandhi served as Group CFO with three of Everstone PE’s portfolio companies in the hospitality industry. He was also the CFO for a large education company, where he was responsible for taking the firm public. Furthermore, Mr. Gandhi served in leadership roles at a luxury retail company and Philips Electronics Limited. He has worked with clients across a range of industries, including IT services, pharma, retail, education, hospitality and consumer products.
Mr. Gandhi earned a bachelor’s degree in commerce from HR College of Commerce and Economics in Mumbai. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Certified Information Systems Auditor.
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