Mr. Bikash Prasad is the President and CFO of Olam Agri. Throughout his career, he has played a pivotal role in driving finance transformation, corporate restructuring, and carve-outs for the group, raising capital through a rights issue and private placement for the group, strategic planning, group reporting, handling board and board committees, and various other strategic initiatives. He is a qualified accountant from the Institute of Cost Accountants in India, Chartered Management Accountant from IMA (US), and has completed an advanced management program from Columbia Business School. He is an international speaker and actively participates in global industry and finance forums. He is passionate about academics and speaks at various B-Schools and CA chapters globally. He was awarded “CFO of the Year” in 2016 by the CFO South Africa forum. He also has an observer seat at the PAIB of IFAC.