Chintan Agheda

CEO

Dubai, United Arab Emirates8 yrs 5 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • 14+ years of finance leadership experience.
  • Expert in scaling finance operations for startups.
  • Proven track record in high-value funding rounds.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech expert with a focus on financial operations in high-growth startup environments.

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Skills

Core Skills

Financial OperationsFinance Strategy

Other Skills

End to End Financial OperationsP&L ReportingProcess DevelopmentStakeholder ManagementCashflow OptimizationGovernanceVendor ManagementTeam ManagementFunctional Process OptimizationP2PR2RSOP AdherenceFinTechAI ToolsFinancial Reporting

About

Chintan Agheda is a seasoned finance leader with 14+ years of experience, including 8+ years in high-growth startups, currently leading Commercial Finance for Noon Minutes, the quick-commerce arm of Noon Group, across GCC markets: • UAE • KSA • EGYPT • BAHRAIN • QATAR • IRAQ Built and scaled end-to-end finance operations covering financial control, MIS & reporting, tax compliance, inventory finance, ERP implementations, and stakeholder management, enabling rapid scale with strong governance. Previously, part of the core finance team at Zepto, supporting multiple high-value funding rounds, including a $262M Series E and $665M Series F, and played a key role in two funding rounds at IGP.com prior to Zepto. Chintan is passionate about creating scalable, automation-driven finance functions that support hypergrowth, operational efficiency, and profitability.

Experience

8 yrs 5 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 4 mos
Average Tenure
1 yr 9 mos
Current Experience

Noon

2 roles

Senior Manager | Head of Commercial Finance

Promoted

Jan 2026Present · 5 mos

  • noon Minutes : All Things Finance (GCC)
  • UAE🇦🇪, KSA🇸🇦, BAH🇧🇭, IRAQ🇮🇶, QAT🇶🇦, EGY🇪🇬
  • End to End Financial Operations
  • Finance Strategy - Formulation and Execution
  • P&L - Reporting and Optimization
  • Process - Development, Revamp and Automation
  • Stakeholder Management (Group CXOs, HODs, GMs, etc)
  • Working directly with Product and Tech Team for building Scalable and Structured Finance Tools / Solutions
  • Cashflow Optimization and Working Capital Management
  • Governance, Compliance and Internal Controls
  • Vendor Management : 1500+ Vendors (GCC + Intl)
  • Team Management : Built a Team from 2 to 20+
  • Functional / Cross Functional Process Optimization
  • P2P, R2R, SOP Adherence
  • Managing Annual Business Volume of AED 4 Bn+
  • Leveraging Finance Processes with FinTech and AI Tools
  • Collaborating with Commercial, Ops, Instock, Pricing, Marketing and AdMon Teams
End to End Financial OperationsFinance StrategyP&L ReportingProcess DevelopmentStakeholder ManagementCashflow Optimization+10

Manager

Aug 2024Dec 2025 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • 5th Startup: GCC's Biggest and Fastest Growing Quick Commerce

Zepto

Finance Manager

Apr 2023Aug 2024 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • 4th Startup: India's Fastest Growing Quick Commerce

Chalo

Finance Manager

Jul 2022Mar 2023 · 8 mos

  • 3rd Startup: India's No. 1 Travel Tech Startup

Igp.com

Assistant Manager Finance

Nov 2020Jul 2022 · 1 yr 8 mos

  • 2nd Startup: Gift Tech Company

Suprdaily

Finance Executive

Apr 2019Nov 2020 · 1 yr 7 mos

  • 1st Startup: Pioneering E-Commerce to Quick Commerce

S s padhi & associates - chartered accountants

Senior Accounts Manager

Dec 2018Mar 2019 · 3 mos

H a m & co - chartered accountants

2 roles

Accounts Manager

May 2017Oct 2018 · 1 yr 5 mos

Article Trainee

Aug 2013Apr 2017 · 3 yrs 8 mos

Education

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

Finance

University of Mumbai

Bachelor of Commerce - BCom — Commerce

Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE)

HSC (12th) — Commerce

Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE)

SSC (10th)

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