Profile: Lupin CFO Swaminathan, The ‘Constant Learner'
Executive Summary
CFOs are known for talking about their top and bottom lines, but not so much about what makes them tick. Here we give you a peek into the life story of Lupin CFO Ramesh Swaminathan, who shares with Scrip why he made the shift from Henkel in Germany to the Indian firm, M&A learnings, admiration for peer Sun Pharma and his own career ambitions.
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