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Sterlite Group names Sumil Mathur as new group CFO
Financial veteran joins to power growth, boost strategy and energy transition
MUMBAI: Sterlite Electric, Resonia Ltd., and Serentica Renewables have announced the appointment of Sumil Mathur as group chief financial officer (group CFO).
With nearly 30 years of leadership experience, Sumil is set to steer the group’s financial strategy, governance, and capital framework. He will oversee risk management and financial transformation to fuel sustainable growth and long-term value creation across the companies.
Before joining Sterlite Group, Sumil served as CFO and COO at Emaar India Limited, where he helped shape the company’s post-demerger strategy. His tenure was marked by tighter financial discipline, value creation through asset monetisation, and building scalable project pipelines aligned with long-term objectives.
Sterlite Electric managing director and Resonia Limited and Serentica Renewables chairman Pratik Agarwal, welcomed the appointment, he said, “We are thrilled to have Sumil Mathur on board. His experience in financial leadership and complex transformations will be invaluable as we scale our platforms and strengthen foundations to support growth.”
Sumil Mathur commented, “I am excited to join the group at a time when it is playing a key role in strengthening power infrastructure and driving India’s energy transition. I look forward to working with the team to enhance financial resilience and create long-term value for stakeholders.”
Sumil’s career spans senior roles at HCL, Indus Towers, Airtel, and JCB, giving him extensive exposure across infrastructure, real estate, telecommunications, and manufacturing. His expertise covers large-scale project execution, capital planning, and aligning financial strategies with business priorities.
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Faber-Castell India appoints Sunaina Haldar as director – marketing
With stints at Tata, SleepyCat and ADF Foods under her belt, Haldar is primed to redraw Faber-Castell’s brand story
MUMBAI: Faber-Castell India has poached Sunaina Haldar from ADF Foods, appointing her director – marketing as the German stationery brand looks to muscle up in a category that is rapidly reinventing itself around creativity and self-expression.
Haldar hit the ground running. “My first couple of weeks have been incredibly energising, understanding consumers, visiting markets, engaging with retailers and immersing myself into the world of Faber-Castell Group,” she said.
She arrives with considerable firepower. At ADF Foods, Haldar ran marketing across India and international markets for a portfolio spanning Ashoka, Aeroplane, Camel and ADF Soul. Before that, she was vice-president – marketing at direct-to-consumer mattress brand SleepyCat, where she helmed brand, content and performance marketing. Her résumé also includes a stint leading marketing, new product development and CRM for Tata SmartFoodz at Tata Consumer Products, no small proving ground.
Between corporate roles, Haldar also operated as a fractional CMO for early-stage startups, building marketing strategy and operational structures from scratch, a signal that she knows how to move fast with limited resources.
With 18 years straddling FMCG, D2C and the startup world, Haldar now takes the reins at a brand that has long owned the classroom but is clearly hungry for the living room. In a stationery market where the pencil has become a lifestyle statement, Faber-Castell has picked someone who knows exactly how to sell that story.
