Gaurissh Lagu, CGIA, FCCE

Gaurissh is leading the team as the Global Head of Partnerships at the ICCE. He is a finance leader with over 16 years of experience across Manufacturing, Real Estate & Shared Business Services handling important areas, majorly being – Fund Raising & Investor Relations, Strategic Business Planning & Implementation, Finance Transformation, Business Process Management, Financial Reporting and Compliance, Internal Audits & Internal Controls with focus on driving business performance and productivity.

He believes in building solid stakeholder collaborations and leading transformation projects impacting business growth & maximizing profitability. He is a Qualified Finance & Investment Professional & a Certified Independent Corporate Director.

He has worked across all kinds of industries & size of companies in his career, right from family-owned small & medium enterprises to holding Financial Controlling & CFO in multi- billion dollars listed MNC conglomerates.

He has worked in geographies across the world including India, Malaysia, Switzerland, United States, Brazil & France.

His previous employers include groups like Syngenta AG., Steelcase Inc., Orchid Orthopedic Solutions, and Subros Limited.

He is currently associated with a Real Estate Conglomerate – Vertex Group as the Vice President of Finance & Accounting since May’17 and Core team member of the Executive Management Team & key contributor in decision making, managing & controlling Corporate Finance, Tax, Treasury & Technical Accounting functions, ensuring highest standards of practices in the financial operations, planning & framing financial strategy and driving effective implementation for ensuring desired results.