OREANDA-NEWS. CMC announced that the company’s CFO, JK Gupta, has been recognised at CFO India’s third annual CFO100 conference for his exceptional contribution to corporate finance.

Mr Gupta was felicitated with a trophy and a roll of honour by MV Nair, chairman, CIBIL, and Anish Shah, CEO, GE India, at the CFO100 conference and felicitation ceremony held on March 21, 2013 at the Taj President Hotel, Mumbai.

CFO100 is an annual initiative that recognises extraordinary contributions of India's finance leaders to the corporate world. CFO India magazine identifies and brings together 100 CFOs who are clearly a cut above the others to honour their achievements in areas including cost management, raising capital, green initiatives, risk management, governance and strategy. CFO100 is an annual benchmark for the rising stars among India's CFOs.

From the entries received, 100 winners were chosen across industries. The jury comprised eminent industry personalities in the area of finance including Keki Mistry, vice chairman and CEO, HDFC group; TV Mohandas Pai, former director, HR, education and research, Infosys; Suresh Senapaty, executive director and CFO, Wipro; and Bharat Doshi, group CFO, Mahindra & Mahindra; to name a few.

“On behalf of the entire CMC team, I congratulate JK Gupta on this wonderful and well deserved recognition. Mr Gupta has been a key player in the whole transformation journey of CMC - the uphill journey of steering an organisation with ability, to an organisation with ability and agility. We are proud that his remarkable contributions as a financial leader have been recognised by the CFO India, and we wish him many more successes and recognitions in the coming years,” said R Ramanan, MD and CEO, CMC.

On receiving the award, Mr Gupta said, “I am honoured and delighted on receiving this esteemed recognition. This award reinforces CMC’s faith in its strategic direction of profitable growth. At CMC, we strongly believe in delivering stakeholder value with sound corporate governance practices. We stay committed to the adoption of and adherence to the best governance practices at all times with a strong emphasis on transparency, accountability, integrity, equity, fairness and commitment to values.”