Mumbai: BeatO, a comprehensive digital care platform for controlling and reversing diabetes, announced on Tuesday the appointment of Siddharth Sehgal as its new chief financial officer.

Sehgal comes with more than a decade of leadership experience and 20 years of rich and diverse experience in M&A, financial planning and analysis, tax, and regulatory matters. He will be responsible for re-orienting the finance function commensurate with BeatO’s scale up plans and assisting in charting out long term strategy at BeatO.

Speaking on his appointment, BeatO co-founder Gautam Chopra commented, "We are pleased to onboard Sehgal as our chief financial officer. His in-depth knowledge and diverse experience will help BeatO chart its strategic direction and prime the organisation for our aggressive growth plans. Sehgal will also be developing a process-led organisation with a strong governance framework."

Before joining BeatO, Sehgal was working with EY India as an associate partner, where he assisted clients in transaction structuring, deal execution and tax and regulatory matters. Prior to EY, he has worked in leadership roles in professional services with M&A as domain expertise.

On his joining, Sehgal said, "BeatO has been a front-runner in making diabetes care accessible and affordable for all and raising awareness about this condition among fellow citizens. I am inspired by their mission and enthusiasm. They have built a great team and a solid product. I look forward to contributing with my experience as we build BeatO for its next phase of growth."

For the record, having recently raised $33 million, BeatO is looking at strengthening their leadership further, as more roles open up within the company. Along with this significant appointment, BeatO has also hired fresh talent from B-schools, including ISB, where BeatO was present on day zero, and hired for roles across product, growth and the founders office to keep the momentum going.