Dhivya Suryadevara
Dhivya Suryadevara | |
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Suryadevara in 2018 | |
| Born | |
| Alma mater | University of Madras Institute of Chartered Accountants of India Harvard Business School CFA Institute |
| Occupation | Chief Financial Officer |
| Employer | Stripe[1] |
| Predecessor | Chuck Stevens |
| Spouse | Raj Suryadevara |
| Children | 1[2] |
Dhivya Suryadevara is formerly Executive Vice President and the chief financial officer of General Motors, the American automotive giant.
Early life and education
Suryadevara was brought up in Chennai, India along with two sisters by her mother, who worked in Syndicate Bank in Chennai.[2]
Suryadevara studied in St John's Senior Secondary School in Mandaveli, Chennai. She did her bachleor degree in commerce from the Ethiraj College for Women of the University of Madras. She later went on to pursue Chartered Accountancy at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. She is also a chartered financial analyst, and has an MBA from Harvard Business School.[3][4]
Career
Suryadevara started her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers while attending the University of Madras.[5] She then interned at the World Bank in 2002 and went on to UBS as an investment banker.[when?][5] She joined General Motors in 2004.[6] In 2013, she was appointed the CFO and chief investment officer of GM Asset Management. In 2015, she accepted a role as Vice President of Finance and Treasurer. In 2017, she became Vice President of Corporate Finance at General Motors.[4]
Suryadevara was named to Fortune's 40 Under 40 in 2015 and 2018.[7]
References
- ^ "Online payments group Stripe poaches GM's finance chief". Tim Bradshaw, Miles Kruppa and Peter Campbell. Financial Times. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ^ a b George, Varghese K. (23 June 2018). "Who is Dhivya Suryadevara?". The Hindu.
- ^ Viswanath, Madhumitha (21 June 2018). "Dhivya Suryadevara: From St John's, Chennai to General Motors CFO". The New Indian Express.
- ^ a b Thomas, Maria (13 June 2018). "A Chennai girl's rise from Madras University to General Motors's first female CFO". Quartz.
- ^ a b Churchill, Lexi (15 June 2018). "GM's new 39-year-old CFO Dhivya Suryadevara is making history". CNBC.
- ^ Burden, Melissa (13 June 2018). "GM appoints new vice president of finance and treasurer". The Detroit News.
- ^ "Dhivya Suryadevara, 39". Fortune. Archived from the original on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
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