Kapil Kohli is a senior finance and management professional with over 30 years of experience. He is currently the Executive Director and CFO of Kee Pharma Ltd., where he oversees finance, legal, HR, purchasing, IT, and export functions. Previously, he held CEO and senior management roles at other companies. Kohli has extensive expertise in finance, accounting, business operations, and management. He is seeking a top-level managerial role to add further business value to an organization.
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KAPIL KOHLI
Address: E-94/1, Narain Vihar, New Delhi – 110 028. India.
Email: drkohlikapil@gmail.com Contact (Cell): +919958348080 | +919811038967
SENIOR MANAGEMENT PROFILE – CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT
FINANCE & CORPORATE MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL
Seeking a top level managerial assignment with an organization of repute to add further business value
Executive Synopsis
Diligent, result-oriented, and seasoned professional offering well rounded experience of 30 years in a wide spectrum of
Finance & Corporate Management functions with prestigious organizations.
Currently spearheading efforts; with Kee Pharma Ltd. as Executive Director & CFO.
Authoritative subject knowledge and versatile experience; in Finance and Accounts, Manufacturing, Commercial Production,
Procurement and Purchase, Human Resources and Administration, Company Secretarial and Legal, Quality Control,
Information Technology and Sales & Marketing functions.
Comprehensive expertise in strategic and commercial operations, combined with sound decision making capabilities; and
multi-functional exposures in various aspects of business management and business operations.
Characterized as an accomplished and collaborative leader possessing excellent analytical, organizational, and leadership
skills, skilled in motivating people to develop and re-define themselves, and achieving aggressive goals and objectives.
Professional Experience
KEE PHARMA LTD., New Delhi
Executive Director & CFO Oct 2007 onwards
Company Profile:
Kee is an unlisted closely held public limited company, engaged in the business of manufacture, sale and export of bio-
pharmaceutical formulations and chemicals, apart from contracting research work in medicinal chemistry, etc. The
Organizational hierarchy of the company at the top management level has the Managing Director representing the Board of
Directors, assisted by a CFO and a President - Marketing, Sales and Logistics, with the middle management cadre directly
reporting to them as per the respective functions under their control.
Key Responsibilities:
Finance and Accounts:
Gathering direct reports from the Accounts Manager.
Supervising financial functions like Management Information Systems, Formulation of Budgets, Budgetary Controls, Monthly
Reports, Cash flows and Funds Flows.
Mediating with banks and financial institutions.
Monitoring supplementary functions including Inventory control, Debtors and Creditors control, Taxation matters, Audit and
Internal control, and financial statements.
Company Secretarial:
Attending to direct reports from the Company Secretary.
Administering various company secretarial functions and ensuring adherence to statutory compliances as per Companies
Act, 1956 and other relevant laws and statutes, as applicable.
Legal:
Receiving direct reports from the Legal Manager.
Overseeing overall legal matters, including drafting of agreements, matters pertaining to Intellectual Property Rights
including patents, trademarks, copyrights, legal cases, and interaction with advocates.
Human Resources and Administration:
Gathering direct reports from the HR and Admin Manager.
Monitoring Human Resource and Administrative functions, including employee appraisal, policies and procedures,
employee motivation, retention schemes, and activities pertaining to office administration.
Purchases:
Attending to direct reports from the Purchase Manager.
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Supervising Purchase functions, including Supply Chain management, Production planning, Vendor review and handling,
Creation of vendor base, Identification and development of new vendors, Vendor negotiations and agreements, Product
costing and pricing, and Raw material sourcing.
Information Technology:
Receiving direct reports from the IT Manager.
Managing diverse IT functions, comprising software and hardware management, initiating migration process towards Open
Source Software regime, and installation of software and GNU operating systems.
Facilitating the development of a customized ERP package via an external agency, preservation and expansion of computer
networks, including LAN, WAN, upgrading of computers and servers, and their upkeep.
Exports:
Expanding export markets highlighting on South African markets, setting up a network of international distributors,
overseas registration of the brands of the company, and OEM business.
Managerial and Functional support for Subsidiaries:
Extending managerial and functional support to a research subsidiary and a manufacturing subsidiary pertaining to the
above mentioned functions and in various other aspects.
Key Accomplishments:
Joined the Company as President – Finance & Corporate Affairs but was re-designated as the CFO effective May, 2014.
Nominated to the Board of Directors of the Company; as Additional Director effective May, 2014 and subsequently as
Executive Director; effective September, 2014.
Holding dual charge of Director & CFO; effective May, 2014.
Facilitated grant and approval of loans like working capital and term loans, loans against property, and business loans from
NBFCs’ and banks. Exposure to the process of loan syndication.
Contributed primarily in efforts to attain enhanced cost control, leading to higher Gross Profit Margins by means of salvage
in input costs and raw materials and implementing a system of improved financial controls and accountability.
Advocated tactics for variations in product mix, with focus on high margin products to accomplish higher profitability.
Rationalized purchase functions embracing the initiation of the process and document flow charts.
Enhanced vendor relationships and formulated models for verifying purchase order quantities and reorder levels to reduce
and optimize inventory levels.
Modernized Organizational hierarchy and employed a new system for employee appraisals and promotions, new employee
motivation, and retention schemes.
Contributed extensively in augmenting and stabilizing production capacity.
Streamlined the licensing process for subsidiaries, encompassing acquiring licenses from Chief Inspector of Factories, Delhi
Pollution Control Committee, and Drug Controllers Office.
Assisted in facilitating registration with / recognition by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Department of
Science & Technology, Government of India for research laboratories meant for the subsidiary companies.
Aided in the development of a state of art, multi-company, multi-divisional, real time multi-company, multi-module ERP
package, in conjunction with an external vendor, fulfilling the requirements a multi location, multi division, pharmaceutical
company and its subsidiaries.
Rendered support and assistance to the Managing Directors of the subsidiary companies in management and
administration; of their respective companies.
VADAIN INTERNATIONAL HOLDING (INDIA) PVT. LTD., New Delhi
Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jan 2005 – Sept 2007
Company Profile:
Vadain is a Manufacturer Exporter of Home Textiles and Furnishings (100 % exports) and a division of the Dutch multinational
VADAIN group, spread across various countries in Europe, USA, Australia, Middle East, apart from the production facility in India.
Key Responsibilities
Acted as the Overall Head of Business Operations in India; directly reporting to the Board of Directors.
Entrusted with the entire control; and authority for operations in India.
Monitored departments of Production, Purchase, Warehousing, Sampling, Quality Control, Sales via Buying Houses, Finance
and Accounts, Human Resources and Administration, etc.
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Key Accomplishments:
Promoted as the CEO and Executive Director from the post of General Manager – Finance & Accounts, to regulate the Indian
operations, within a period of 4 months from the date of joining.
Entrusted with the responsibilities of an Executive Director for 3 other group companies.
Restructured the Company and the overall Indian operations of the Group; resulting in better operational control and
efficiency.
Enhanced and stabilized the production capacity.
Exercised increased cost control and improved Gross Profit Margins by reducing cost of inputs and raw materials, and
launching a system of financial controls and accountability.
Undertook major quality improvement initiatives for products manufactured.
Smoothened production operations encouraging superior productivity and transparency in company operations, resulting in
a 6 fold growth in the 15 months turnover period.
ENPRO SECAN (INDIA) LTD., New Delhi
Joint General Manager Jan 1999 – Dec 2004
Company Profile:
Enpro is an Indo - French joint venture between Enpro India Ltd. (a part of Bhartia group) and Societe D’ Etudes Et De
Constructions Aero Navales, France. It develops and manufactures Environmental Control Systems for defense applications in
India.
Key Responsibilities:
Acted as the de-facto Head of Department and reported directly to the Managing Director.
Administered the entire extent of Financial and Accounting functions and monitored functions like Marketing and Business
Development, Financial, Accounting, Taxation, Commercial, and Legal Matters.
Monitoring MIS and Management Reports, Budgets including Revenue and Capital Expenditure budgets, Budgetary Control,
and Variance Analysis.
Supervised Company Secretarial functions such as conducting Board meetings, maintenance of statutory records, and filing
of ROC returns and other documents.
Mediated with Ministry of Defense, Government of India apart from other government departments.
Key Accomplishments:
Played a key role in the registration of the company as an established vendor with the Defense Research and Development
Organization, Ministry of Defense, Government of India.
Participated actively in acquiring huge orders from the Defense sector, via various defense establishments operating under
guidance of the Ministry of Defense, Government of India, including DRDO, BDL, CVRDE, ECIL, BEL, LRDE, etc.
Previous Assignments
INDUS INTERMODAL CARRIERS (P) LTD.
Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) [Apr 1994 – Dec 1998]
KUEHNE & NAGEL INDIA PVT. LTD. ( 100% subsidiary of Kuehne & Nagel worldwide group of companies of German origin; and
the only freight forwarder in the first 500 fortune companies )
National Financial Controller [Aug 1990 – Mar 1994]
FORBES FORBES CAMPBELL & CO. LTD.
Accounts Executive [Feb 1988 – Jul 1990]
INTERCITY CABLE SYSTEMS (P) LTD.
Accounts Officer [Oct 1985 – Jan 1988]
HOTEL MAURYA SHERATON ( a unit of Hotels division of ITC Ltd. )
Assistant Supervisor (Accounts) [Jul 1984 – Sept 1985]
( a unit of Hotels division of ITC Ltd. )
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Professional & Academic Credentials
Chartered Accountancy | Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
LLB | Delhi University
Company Secretary | Institute of Company Secretaries of India
MBA | Newport University (USA)
B.Sc. (Hons.) (Botany) | Delhi University
Notice Period
One month.
Date of Birth: 10th
Sept, 1959; Languages Known: English and Hindi; Nationality: Indian; Location Preference: Delhi NCR;
References: Available Upon Request