Kavya ShahChief Financial Officer

Kavya Shah

Chief Financial Officer India · Global perspective

Capital discipline. Strategic clarity. Sustainable value.

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Appointments & responsibility

  1. 2020 — Present01

    Chief Financial Officer

    Aldermoor Group

    Scope & contribution

    Leading capital allocation, financial governance and enterprise performance discussions. Connecting the board's long-term value agenda with cash visibility, investment appraisal and operating accountability.

  2. 2016 — 202002

    Vice President, Finance & Business Performance

    Fairhaven Holdings

    Scope & contribution

    Built commercial finance capability alongside operating leaders, improving the connection between reporting, forecasts and business decisions. Developed finance teams able to challenge assumptions and explain the economics of performance.

  3. 2012 — 201703

    Group Treasurer

    Harrow & Vale Industries

    Scope & contribution

    Rebuilt the funding structure ahead of an expansion cycle, reducing refinancing concentration and introducing a liquidity framework the board could read in one page.

  4. 2007 — 201204

    Director, Financial Planning & Analysis

    Meridian Consolidated

    Scope & contribution

    Connected the operating plan to capital allocation for the first time, giving business heads a shared view of returns, risk and cash.

Capital raised
$2.4 bn
Equity, debt and a cross-border listing
Margin expansion
380 bps
Over four reporting years
Qualified audit opinions
0
Across twelve reporting periods
Transactions closed
11
Acquisitions, divestments and JVs

At the board table

Calder Logistics

Independent Director

Audit (Chair) · Risk

Westmoor Housing Finance

Non-Executive Director

Audit · ALCO

The Lakeshore Foundation

Honorary Treasurer

Finance & Investment

Finance earns trust by making the economics of a choice visible. I combine discipline in cash, controls and reporting with constructive challenge on investment and growth. A clear explanation of uncertainty is more valuable than precision that the underlying assumptions cannot support.

The leadership record

Trusted with consequential decisions.

Recognition

  • CFO of the Year — Large EnterpriseThe Finance Leaders Forum · 2024
  • Best Investor Relations, Mid-CapCapital & Governance Quarterly · 2023

In conversation

  • “Capital allocation is a leadership decision, not a spreadsheet”Capital & Governance Quarterly · 2025
  • “Inside a cross-border listing in eleven months”The Finance Leaders Forum · 2024
  • “What audit committees should ask about cash”The Boardroom Review · 2023

Formation

  • Chartered AccountantInstitute of Chartered Accountants · 1999
  • CFA CharterholderCFA Institute · 2006
  • MBA, Strategy & FinanceWestbrook School of Management · 2004
Turns a complex balance sheet into a decision the whole board can own. Investors trusted the numbers because they trusted the person.
Sofia LindqvistChair, Audit Committee, Calder Logistics
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An invitation

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