Anil Chanana
Chief Financial Officer, HCL Technologies
Anil Chanana is a finance professional with over 25 years’ rich experience in this domain. Anil’s first stint at HCL was way back in 1985, when the company was still called Hindustan Computers Limited. During his tenure with HCL he has held various positions in the finance function, having been involved with financial planning, business finance, fund raising, investment of surpluses, treasury, secretarial, investor relations, global taxation, corporate restructuring, negotiation of multi-million dollar contracts with customers and partners, defending litigation and so on. His last assignment was as Head of Strategic Initiatives Group based out of Sunnyvale, California. He has successfully negotiated almost all key joint ventures (Hewlett-Packard, Deluxe Corporation, Perot Systems Corporation, Deutsche Bank, British Telecom and so on) which HCL entered into and divestures which HCL undertook. After spending 4 years with HCL-America, he came back to India as Executive Vice President - Finance for HCL Technologies Ltd. and is today the Chief Financial Officer for the organization. Prior to joining HCL, Anil spent the initial 3 years of his career with Ansaldo Impianti spa and CMC, now part of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). Anil is a qualified Chartered Accountant and has attended various programs including the Leadership Program conducted by Hewlett-Packard and an Executive Program in Finance from Stanford University.