India: Ambuja Cement has appointed Rajani Kesari as its chief financial officer (CFO). She succeeds Sonal Shrivastava, who has moved to a new role in LafargeHolcim Group.
Kesari holds over 26 years of experience in accounting, finance, taxation, audit and general management in manufacturing, pharmaceutical as well as auditing and consulting companies. She is currently the CFO of ACC, another subsidiary of LafargeHolcim. Prior to that she was the Head of Finance for Asia Region for LafargeHolcim Group. She joined LafarqeHolcim Group in 2018 from Schneider Electric, an energy management and automation company where she was the CFO for East Asia and Japan Zone.
Kesari started her career in 1991 in finance and auditing with Lovelock & Lewes. Apart from LafargeHolcim Group, she has worked in senior positions with organisations including KPMG, Dr Reddy's Laboratories and Schneider Electric. Kesari is a qualified chartered accountant from ICAI, a Cost Accountant from ICWAI and a certified public accountant from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountant.