Warburg Pincus Backed Ecom Express Appoints Mayank Gupta as Senior VP and CFO

Ecom Express Private Limited, a leading end-to-end logistics solutions provider for the e-commerce industry, has appointed Mayank Gupta as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mayank brings with him over 19 years of expertise and experience in the areas of strategy, business, finance, operational turn around, deal structuring, taxation, M&A, pricing, controllership, financials reporting, P&L management, treasury operations and budgetary planning and management.

In this new position Mayank will oversee Finance, Accounts, Legal, Secretarial, Commercial and Administration functions and will be operating from the Company’s Head Quarters at New Delhi. He will also serve on the Company’s executive team and report to Ecom Express’ Founders/Board.

Congratulating on his new role, T. A. Krishnan, Chief Executive Officer, Ecom Express Private Limited said, “Mayank is an accomplished executive with significant strategic, financial and operational expertise. His deep knowledge in all areas across the areas of business strategy and finance will be very valuable for Ecom Express. He will be an exceptional addition to our team as we continue to navigate rapid growth and transformation from start-up to industry trailblazer.”

Commenting on his appointment Mayank Gupta said, “Ecom Express represents the leading edge of Indian e-commerce logistics business and it is a tremendous opportunity to join the Organization at such an exciting time. I am eager to work with the leadership team to help scale the innovative and fast growing business for long-term operational and financial excellence.”

Mayank, a seasoned financial executive with more than 19 years’ experience, began his career at Maruti Suzuki India Limited and has since served in numerous CFO positions. Most recently, Mayank served at General Electric group for over 14 years in different senior management roles at various group SBUs. As a CFO of GE Transportation & Aviation, South Asia, he successfully led GE initiatives in bagging the largest first “Make in India” project for GE from Indian Railways. During GE tenure he was identified as GE top talent and won many awards/accolades for his contributions to the group.

With this new appointment, Ecom Express has further strengthened its senior leadership team which has seen expansion with many recent appointments.

In September 2017, the company raised Rs 192 crore from existing investor Warburg Pincus. Earlier in 2015, Warburg Pincus had invested Rs 850 crore in Ecom Express.

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