Gaurav Mehta

Co-Founder

New Delhi, Delhi, India26 yrs 9 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

20+ years of CFO experience in finance and strategy.
Coaches CFOs to enhance their leadership presence.
Global client base across 20 countries.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Finance and Strategy expert with extensive leadership experience in multinational environments.

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Skills

Core Skills

FinanceLeadershipStrategy

Other Skills

CFOstrategic communicationexecutive presencefinancial planningdata-driven insightscustomized plansFinancial AnalysisFinancial ReportingCorporate FinanceGhostwritingBrandingCommerceTraining and Development (HR)Professional MentoringCoaching & Mentoring

About

I started in finance doing what most finance professionals are trained to do. ↳ Work hard. ↳ Be accurate. ↳ Stay in the background. ↳ Let the numbers speak. For years, I believed that if my work was strong enough, it would automatically be noticed. It did not work that way. While working with founders, CEOs, and boards I realised the gap. I started consciously packaging my thinking and presenting myself to be understood as a strategic thinker, not just a numbers guy. ------------ Today, I work with CFOs and senior finance leaders who are at a similar point. ↳ They are competent. ↳ They are experienced. ↳ Trusted with the numbers. But they feel their influence is capped. If no one can see how you think, they cannot trust you with bigger decisions. ------------- But why work with me? ↳ CFO experience with 20+ years in finance, strategy and leadership ↳ Audience of 100,000+ professionals on LinkedIn ↳ Read my client testimonials on my profile. ↳ Global experience, clients from US, UK, UAE, Canada and many geographies. If this sounds relevant to you, drop me a message.

Experience

26 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 6 mos

Average Tenure

8 mos

Current Experience

Cfo2growth

Strategic Partner

Aug 2025 – Present · 8 mos

As finance professionals in the industry, we noticed that many corporates struggled to execute solutions recommended by consultants, and these solutions are either abandoned or executed
improperly.
Small and medium businesses and startups are commonly constrained by improper financial planning and limited visibility, leading to subjective decision making based on personal intuition rather than data driven insights. These challenges can impede the success and growth of the business.
With a team of experts in finance, operations, and strategy, we develop customized plans to help businesses achieve their growth objectives.
We also understand that every business is unique, and that's why we take the time to understand our client's needs, challenges, and opportunities. Our approach is to work as part of the client's team, rather than as outsiders. By doing this, we gain a deeper understanding of their operations, processes, and culture, which helps us to deliver solutions that are tailored to their specific needs.

financial planningdata-driven insightscustomized plansFinanceStrategy

Tale breeze

Founder

Jul 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 9 mos · United States · Remote

I work with CFOs and senior finance leaders who are technically strong but professionally invisible, not because they lack capability, but because they have never learned how to package their thinking, decisions and leadership presence.
My role sits at the intersection of
↳ finance leadership
↳ strategic communication
↳ and executive presence.
I help finance leaders articulate how they think, not just what they do.
This includes working with
↳ CFOs
↳ Finance Directors
↳ and Senior Controllers

CFOstrategic communicationexecutive presenceFinanceLeadership

Silverpush

Chief Financial Officer

Mar 2020 – Jun 2022 · 2 yrs 3 mos · India

Financial AnalysisFinance

Dentsu international

Group Chief Financial Officer

Oct 2017 – Feb 2020 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

(1) Worked as the Group CFO for Dentsu Aegis Network Malaysia, comprising of 10+ individual agencies all part of my remit.
(2) It covered Media, Creative, Out-of-home, Digital side of the business
(3) The overall ARR for the combined business was around GBP 300m.

Financial ReportingFinance

Wpp

2 roles

CFO India

Promoted

May 2016 – Oct 2017 · 1 yr 5 mos

CFO for India operations of Wunderman International and Wunderman Production (MSC worldwide)
(1) Wunderman International (world’s top digital, CRM and mobile agency) and
(2) MSC Worldwide (production, creative execution and analytics).

Corporate FinanceFinance

Director Of Finance And Operations

May 2015 – May 2016 · 1 yr

Cheil worldwide - marketing solutions company under the samsung group

Deputy General Manager - Finance

Feb 2014 – May 2015 · 1 yr 3 mos · Gurgaon, India

Publicis groupe

4 roles

Associate Director Finance

Promoted

Dec 2009 – Feb 2013 · 3 yrs 2 mos

Finance Manager

Jan 2009 – Dec 2009 · 11 mos

Finance Controller / Vice President Finance - India

Promoted

Nov 2008 – Feb 2014 · 5 yrs 3 mos

Head the finance function of two of the world’s largest media agencies ZenithOptimedia and Starcom Worldwide (media divisions of Publicis Groupe) for PAN India.
Manage the annual turnover of more EURO ~200 million with overall responsibility of the P&L
Responsible for integration of newly acquired Digital agency “Resultrix” into the Groupe. along with integration of Finance Operations.

Finance Manager (Contractual)

Nov 2008 – Dec 2008 · 1 mo

Bad decisions bad phase

CFO (Chief Failure Officer)

Jan 2007 – Oct 2008 · 1 yr 9 mos · All over the place

American airlines

2 roles

Finance Manager

Dec 2005 – Dec 2006 · 1 yr

Was responsible for setting up the entire finance office for American Airlines (AA) in India.
AA was a new airline which was starting its Operations into India with a daily direct non-stop flight from Chicago to New Delhi.
Was the first finance employee hired in India and was reporting into London office.
Was involved and responsible for the setting up of statutory licences for an AA office in India.

Finance Analyst

Oct 2005 – Dec 2005 · 2 mos

American express

Analyst

Feb 2004 – Oct 2005 · 1 yr 8 mos

Managed the finance operations for the American Express Travel Division. Was responsible for looking after the APAC markets majorly Australia, Singapore and New Zealand. Was a part of American Express Financial Centre East (FCE) located at Gurgaon catering to Eastern part of the world. The other Financial Centre (West) - FCW is situated at Phoenix, Arizona USA.