Vivek Seshadri — CEO
Strategic Chief Financial Officer with 15+ years of experience leading large-scale finance organizations, delivering enterprise-wide transformations, and driving sustained profitability in payments, fintech, and financial services. As a Leadership Team and Executive Committee member at Hitachi Payments, I lead a 100+ member finance, analytics, and legal organization overseeing controllership, business finance, FP&A, treasury, and strategic growth — both organic and inorganic — across one of India’s largest payments networks. I have orchestrated revenue growth from INR 1,500 crores to INR 3,300 crores and expanded EBITDA margins from 19% to 25% within four years, while implementing automation that transformed finance operations, reduced reporting timelines, and improved forecast accuracy. My M&A leadership includes the acquisition of Writer Safeguard’s cash management business, and I have modernized analytics through a data-lake architecture that accelerated insight-driven decision-making. Previously, as part of the founding team at U GRO Capital, I steered corporate strategy, fundraising, and investor relations, building relationships with leading global DFIs and driving evaluations of high-impact inorganic growth opportunities. My earlier career in investment banking at Avendus Capital and J.P. Morgan saw me execute 15+ M&A and fundraising transactions totaling over US$2 billion across enterprise technology, consumer, BFSI, and business services sectors. I am passionate about scaling finance functions, leveraging data-driven insights, and enabling sustainable growth that maximizes long-term stakeholder value.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic leader in Fintech with extensive experience in M&A and financial operations.
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Experience: 15 yrs
Skills
- Strategic Financial Management
- Leadership
- Financial Operations
- Strategic Planning
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Investor Relations
- Investment Banking
Career Highlights
- Led revenue growth from INR 1,500 crores to INR 3,300 crores.
- Expanded EBITDA margins from 19% to 25% in four years.
- Executed over US$2 billion in M&A transactions.
Work Experience
Hitachi Payment Services Pvt. Ltd.
Chief Financial Officer (2 yrs)
Director | Analytics, Business Finance, Strategy, FP&A (3 yrs 1 mo)
Hitachi Cash Management
Audit Committee Member (2 yrs)
U GRO Capital
Head | Strategy and Corporate Development (2 yrs 4 mos)
Avendus Capital
Vice President (2 yrs 6 mos)
J.P. Morgan
Associate, Investment Banking (8 mos)
Avendus Capital
Associate Vice President (2 yrs)
Investment Banking Associate (2 yrs 5 mos)
Education
PGDBM at XLRI Jamshedpur
Chartered Financial Analyst Level 3 at CFA Institute
Financial Risk Manager (FRM) at Global Association of Risk Professionals
BE at University of Mumbai
