Chief Financial Officer, India
A founding CFO for a new data centre business in India.
Princeton Digital Group · Warburg Pincus portfolio
Princeton Digital GroupWarburg Pincus portfolio
Princeton Digital Group (PDG) is one of the largest pan-Asia data centre operators, with a portfolio of 18 data centres in 12 cities across 4 countries.
- Role
- Chief Financial Officer, India
- Sector
- Data centres, Warburg Pincus portfolio
- Location
- Mumbai
- Outcome
- Successfully placed and candidate continues in his role
Mandates led by Avneesh Raghuvanshi over the course of his career at previous firms, before Antik Consultants was established in August 2026.
The situation
- Situation that led to the mandate
- Our client was setting up a data centre in India and wanted to hire a Chief Financial Officer as a key member of the founding team.
- Market
- Talent pool in India with experience of handling finance in a high capital requirement sector.
- Timing
- Our commitment was to deliver the shortlisted candidates within 2–3 weeks, considering our knowledge and experience in the finance domain.
Client need
A key partner to the India MD in the development of the group’s strategy, ensuring that the strategy is implemented and that budgets and growth targets are met. Providing strategic direction to the finance function and supporting business decision-making was another key requirement.
Also to create and maintain relationships with strategic partners, including banking institutions, auditors, consultants and service providers.
The challenge
To identify, convince and evaluate senior candidates with adequate background, reputation and softer skills commensurate to the role.
The appointment
Appointee
Mr Amey Naik
- ex-CFO, Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited
Impact after the appointment
Amey has helped build the team and world-standard processes. He has also provided support to customer contracts on financial-legal issues.
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