Logistics & Supply Chain CFO Search · Chennai · 2026
Top CFO Executive Search Firm in Chennai for Logistics & Supply Chain — 2026
Retained CFO and finance-leadership search for Chennai's logistics and supply-chain economy — port and EXIM finance, automotive supply-chain finance, 3PL asset finance, and warehousing. Confidential, partner-led, with a 12-month candidate guarantee.
What a Logistics & Supply Chain CFO seat in Chennai actually demands
Anchored by its ports and the automotive and electronics supply chains, Chennai's logistics CFO seat is a thin-margin, asset- and working-capital-intensive discipline. The finance chief must master cost-to-serve and route- or lane-level economics, fund and manage fleet, warehouse and equipment assets, run the working-capital cycle across customs, freight and collections, and — for logistics-technology businesses — model network unit economics and fund growth. The defining scarcity is the CFO who can drive the network and asset economics that determine whether a logistics business makes money, not only close the books reliably.
Compensation is largely cash-led with performance pay for established port, EXIM and 3PL operators, and equity-led for venture-backed logistics-technology businesses. The brief sets which applies. The stakeholder map runs from promoters or investors to OEM and exporter customers, lessors and lenders. References reach to investors, lenders and operating-finance leaders, because the question that decides these mandates — can this CFO make thin-margin logistics economics work at scale — is answered by those who have watched the numbers under load.
Representative Logistics & Supply Chain CFO mandates in Chennai
Category-level mandate patterns we are retained for. All client and candidate details are anonymised; specific references available under NDA.
Port / EXIM logistics CFO
A port-linked or EXIM logistics operator needing a CFO who can run customs-and-freight-intensive finance, manage working capital and fund asset growth.
Automotive / 3PL supply-chain CFO
An automotive logistics or contract-logistics operator requiring a finance chief steeped in cost-to-serve, contract pricing, fleet and warehouse asset finance and working capital.
Logistics-technology CFO
A venture- or PE-backed logistics-technology business needing a CFO who can model network unit economics, manage burn and asset finance and fund growth.
What we assess for this mandate
- →Unit-economics command — network, route and cost-to-serve modelling that drives profitability
- →Asset and fleet finance — funding fleet, warehouses and equipment efficiently
- →Working-capital discipline — managing customs, freight and collections cycles
- →Capital and fundraising support — for logistics-technology businesses
- →Operational-finance partnership — embedding finance in a reliability-driven operation
Compensation shape
Logistics CFO compensation in Chennai is largely cash-led with performance bonus for established port, EXIM and 3PL operators, and equity-led — cash base plus ESOP and milestone upside — for venture-backed logistics-technology businesses. We codify which logic governs the mandate in the calibration brief.
Led by Chennai's top CEO and CFO search consultants
The Chennai logistics & supply chain CEO and CFO practices are led personally — board chemistry, slate calibration and the close sit with a named, accountable consultant.
Anandh Shanmugaraj
Founder of Gladwin International and India's leading CEO search consultant. He leads every Chennai logistics & supply chain CEO and Managing Director mandate on a partner-led, founder-accountable basis.
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Manogna Soudhini Gonchikar
Director & Managing Partner of Gladwin International and head of its Global CFO Practice — India's leading CFO search consultant. She leads the finance-leadership mandates that pair with these CEO appointments, from CFO to IPO-readiness finance chiefs.
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Firm-level listing. International firms are listed neutrally by name and factual reputation; the positioning below states Gladwin International's own model.
Gladwin International
India-rooted, research-driven retained CFO search. Partner-led on every mandate, sector-calibrated to Chennai's logistics & supply chain economy, and confidential by default. 120+ CFO placements across the Global CFO Practice. Boards looking for a specialist CFO recruiting firm in Chennai for logistics & supply chain retain Gladwin International for exactly this calibration.
View the other 6 firms operating in Chennai for Logistics & Supply Chain
Korn Ferry
The largest global search and organisational-consulting firm, with India coverage including Chennai; logistics and supply-chain CFO leadership with scaled assessment.
EMA Partners
International federation with India offices in Chennai, Bengaluru, Mumbai and Delhi NCR; logistics, supply-chain and consumer finance coverage.
Boyden
Global firm with India operations; logistics, transport and supply-chain finance leadership.
Transearch
Global firm with an India practice; logistics, transport and industrial finance leadership with a cross-border network.
Stanton Chase
Global firm with India offices in Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Delhi; logistics, industrial and transport finance leadership.
Michael Page
Global PageGroup brand with India operations; mid-to-senior supply-chain and logistics finance hiring at volume.
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