Hyderabad, India : Tanla
Platforms Limited (NSE: TANLA; BSE:532790), India’s largest CPaaS provider
announced the appointment of Abhishek Kumar Jain as Chief Financial Officer,
with the appointment effective August 1, 2024. Abhishek will
join Tanla post a nearly two-decade stint in Wipro Limited, a leading publicly
traded IT Services company.
“I am very excited to welcome Abhishek to the Tanla
family. With his varied experience in the finance domain globally, Abhishek is
the perfect partner to accelerate Tanla’s momentum across all dimensions of
business. I am confident he will scale the function to new heights across
business enablement as well as setting new benchmarks on governance.” said Uday
Reddy, Founder Chairman & CEO of Tanla Platforms Limited.
Abhishek was heading Financial Planning & Analysis
for Wipro Limited, a ~$30 billion market cap technology company listed in India
and NYSE. Prior to that, he has played pivotal roles in investor relations,
treasury, business finance including heading the finance function of large
acquired companies of Wipro in the US. He has received multiple recognitions
including ‘Best IR professional’ in Sell-side Institutional Investor (ex-Japan)
rankings for Technology & IT Services in 2022 and 2023.
“I am grateful to the Tanla Board for their trust and
confidence in me and for giving me this opportunity. I have seen the incredible
growth story of Tanla as an outsider and I am very excited to now join Uday and
the leadership team to further accelerate the growth momentum and create value
for all stakeholders. My priority would be to help drive profitable growth
while continuing to elevate the standards of Governance.” said Abhishek.
Abhishek succeeds Aravind Viswanathan, who will cease
to be Chief Financial Officer and Key Managerial Personnel with effect from
July 31, 2024. The Board of Tanla would like to thank Aravind for his
invaluable contribution to Tanla over the past 3 years as CFO. He will continue
in the current role for the closure of financials of quarter ending June 30, 2024,
as well as the Annual General Meeting in July and ensure a smooth transition to
Abhishek.
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About Tanla
Tanla Platforms Limited transforms the way the world
collaborates and communicates through innovative CPaaS solutions. Founded in
1999, it was the first company to develop and deploy A2P SMSC in India. Today,
as one of the world's largest CPaaS players, it processes more than 800 billion
interactions annually and about 63% of India's A2P SMS traffic is processed
through Trubloq, making it the world's largest Blockchain use case. Wisely, our
patented enterprise-grade platform offers private, secure, and trusted
experiences for enterprises and mobile carriers. Tanla Platforms Limited is
headquartered in Hyderabad. Tanla is listed on two national exchanges, the NSE
and BSE (NSE: TANLA; BSE:532790) and is included in prestigious indices such as
the Nifty 500, BSE 500, Nifty Digital Index, FTSE Russell, and MSCI.