Sugata is a Chartered Accountant with over 25 years of experience in varied sectors including tyre manufacturing, food products, chemicals, natural gas and electrical products and solutions. He has worked as CFO and Finance Director of companies as well as Managing Director of a public company before joining Schneider Electric India in 2014 as CFO and Country Finance Partner for Greater India Zone (India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh). He has earlier worked with BG Group of UK (British Gas), Cabot Corp of US, Madura Coats, Britannia and Dunlop.
His areas of interest are in strategy and performance management, operational and financial efficiency, investment appraisals, process optimization and controls, leadership and people development.