Chandrashekar Kupperi

Chandrashekar Kupperi is the Founder and serves as Director at ANOVA Corporate Services. Kupperi also serves as the Chief Financial Officer of Veratech Intelligence. He has almost two decades of experience in various multinationals with diversified sector experience - FMCG, Life Insurance, Audit & Assurance and Oil & Gas sectors. Shekar has a rich experience in the FMCG - M&A space, having lead / been part of over 11 Acquisitions and 6 Divestments, across sectors including FMCG, Hospitality and Manufacturing, besides re-structuring and re-financing transactions in North America, Europe and India. His last stint was as Group Finance Director with Lornamead Group, a UK-based multinational in the FMCG space which owns well-known personal care brands (such as Yardley of London, Finesse, etc.). His prior stints include various finance and audit positions with MNCs such as ExxonMobil, KPMG and Henkel India. He is a Chartered Accountant, Cost Accountant and a Company Secretary by qualification; a Rank Holder and Medalist in both ICAI and ICWAI. He is also a member of Institute of Management Accountants, US; Institute of Public Accountants, Australia and Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments, UK. He holds an MBA and has completed a Senior Management Certification programme from IIM-Calcutta. Kupperi is an active Angel Investor (investments made in start-ups across segments including HealthTech, FMCG, ConsumerTech, Media, LogiTech and FinTech) and also serves as non-executive director in mid-size companies, both in India and abroad.