Group CFO, Marico Limited Milind's current role at Marico covers Corporate Finance, Legal & Secretarial, M&A, Investor Relations, Internal Audit and Administration. Milind joined Marico in 1998, as the CFO. He has led Marico's efforts in Shareholder Value Creation (up nearly 20 times over the past 15 years), Acquisitions / Alliances (12 acquisitions over past 7 years and 3 divestments), Corporate Structuring, Corporate Communication, Information Technology, Performance Management & identification of Marico's Purpose – "Be More. Every Day." He has about 30 years of experience in Finance, HR, Strategic Planning, Corporate Development and Product Supply, across three organizations- Marico, Godrej and Hoechst (now, Sanofi Aventis). Milind holds Non-executive Directorship in two listed companies- Geometric Ltd and the Andhra Pradesh Paper Mills Ltd. He is the Chairman of the Audit Committees of both these companies. In addition, he is a non-executive director in Hindustan Polyamides and Fibres Ltd (a specialty chemicals Company), and a few other companies including those in the Marico Group. He was a Member (2004-07) of Board of Governors, Institute of Internal Auditors, Inc. Mumbai Chapter. Milind is a Chartered Accountant, Cost Accountant and Company Secretary (1983-84), and a B. Com. (Honours) from the University of Bombay (1979). During 1996, he was one of the two Indian managers selected for the CII-Fulbright Fellowship for Leadership in Management at the Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U S A. Milind has received the ICAI Award 2011 in CFO - FMCG category, instituted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and the CNBC TV-18 Best Performing CFO Award -FMCG & Retail-2012. In March 2013, the CFO India magazine inducted Milind to the CFO India Hall of Fame.