Mr. Bharat Goenka

Chief Financial Officer

Mr Bharat Goenka, aged 48, is the Chief Financial Officer of Hindalco Industries Limited.

In the first six months of joining Hindalco, Bharat visited 24 manufacturing and mining units to get a hands on experience of our operations. He believes that Hindalco has a significant head start in areas of sustainability, technology, and culture. As a global finance leader with credible track record, he plans to leverage these areas along with the strong balance sheet to drive transformational growth at Hindalco.

Bharat is a global finance leader with extensive experience in leading diverse teams across India,  Middle East, South East Asia and North America. Prior to joining Hindalco, Bharat was the CFO for Mahindra & Mahindra’s Automobile Division. He was an integral part of the leadership team that made transformational changes during 2020-24, whilst growing profits by 4x. His key contributions were in the area of driving an organization wide savings program, dynamic capital allocation and unlocking value through business insights.

Bharat started his professional journey as a management trainee with Hindustan Unilever Ltd. During his two-decade long stint there, he worked on transformational projects like restructuring ice cream operations in North America, disposal of spreads business to PE, sales & operations planning in Home Care India, scaling up JV with Pepsico Asia and Bestfoods integration. He is a Chartered Accountant and did his articleship from Price Waterhouse. He is also a certified Practitioner of Decision Making Under Uncertainty from Stanford University and Unilever Finance Academy.