Balakrishnan N. Kaushik has over 20 years of post qualification experience in Finance entailing Strategic Planning & Budgeting, Business Restructuring, Costing & Pricing, Working capital Management, Controlling, Financial & Management Accounting, Compliance, Audits & Due Diligence across diverse industries at plant and corporate level. He has multi cultural/ cross continental exposure having worked with Deloitte, Saint Gobain, Quantum Advisors, Piramal Healthcare, Sandoz, IMS Health and Nestle Skin Health.
During his stint at Piramal, he was the Project lead for a Sales improvement and Pricing policy project; been on international deputation to their UK subsidiary; led Business Finance for their Global Critical Care business and has also been involved in various due diligence and business restructuring projects. At Sandoz, he was instrumental in successfully managing the Novartis Group Internal Audit as an auditee which gives him significant insights into the control framework within operations. He also led the Cost Improvement Project for their manufacturing BU. At Nestle Skin Health, he led GST implementation for the company.
Bala holds a Bachelors degree in Commerce from the University of Mumbai and is a qualified Chartered Accountant.