The retail industry has faced numerous challenges over the years, from changing consumer preferences to technological disruptions, and more recently, the Covid-19 pandemic.
However, despite the challenges, some retailers have managed to overcome the obstacles and emerge stronger. Retailers who have successfully navigated the changing retail landscape have often done so by adopting new technologies, improving their supply chain, and enhancing the customer experience.
BW Retail World, acknowledged individuals who managed to steer their firms in these challenging times and demonstrated outstanding capabilities and achievements in the finance function through its 40 Under 40 Awards.
The Methodology and Process
Over 150 nominations were received. Among these, 78 nominations were shortlisted by the BW Editorial Team and were then presented to a jury. The final winners were decided by the jury members.
Participants were judged on various parameters such as the revenue/turnover generated and capital generated along with key growth parameters.
The Jury
T Koshy, CEO, ONDC, Devndra Chawla, MD & CEO, GreenCell Mobility, Sanjay Behl, CEO & Executive Director, Greaves Electric Mobility, Dr. Annurag Batra, Chairman & Editor-in-Chief, BW Businessworld & Founder, exchange4media, Salil Kappoor, Business Unit Head – Appliances, Orient Electric, Benu Sehgal, CEO, Freeport Retail India, Deep Bajaj, Co-Founder, Sirona & Pee Buddy, Sunil Chauhan, Founder, Fab Cafe Foods & Chefs United Foodtech, Ved Shukla, CEO & Founder, Mylomart & Advisor, BW Retail World
The Winners
Sr no | Name | Designation | Company |
1 | Ankit Rungta | Founder & Director | [email protected] |
2 | Aastha Almast | Co-founder & Director | The New Shop |
3 | Abhay Batra | Co-founder & CFO | Clovia |
4 | Abhinav Sharan | Assistant Vice President (Head of Retail Marketing & Visual Merchandising) | Bata India Limited. |
5 | Abhirup Ganguly | India Head (Managing Director) | Impact Analytics Inc. |
6 | Abhishek Agarwal | Co-founder | FinnUp |
7 | Abhishek Trehan | Executive Director | Trehan Iris |
8 | Aditya Agarwal | Co-founder and CMO | Campus Sutra |
9 | Aditya Goel | Co-founder | Love In Store & Account Mein |
10 | Akash Srivastava | AVP and National Head – Business Development | Jubilant FoodWorks |
11 | Anand Prabhu Subramanian | Co-founder & CEO | Infilect |
12 | Anish Popli | CEO & Founder | ProcMart |
13 | Ankur Damani | Country Head – India & SAARC | Le Creuset |
14 | Archana purohit | CEO | eYantra |
15 | Aroon Khatter | Founder & CEO | Vendekin Technologies Pvt. Ltd. |
16 | Aurko Bhattacharya | Co-founder | ePayLater |
17 | Devaraj A | Senior Manager – Purchase | Brigade Group |
18 | Pradeep Krishnakumar | Co-Founder | Zouk |
19 | Harsh Kumar Mandloi | Associate Director Projects | Myntra |
20 | Jinand Shah | MD & CEO | Online PSB Loans |
21 | Kedar Ravangave | Head – Brand and Category Marketing | Amazon India |
22 | Khatija Lokhandwala | Head – Brand Marketing | Zivame |
23 | Kriti Aggarwal | Co-founder | StoreHippo & Mystore |
24 | Mansi Gupta | CEO & Founder | TJORI |
25 | Neil Barman | Chief Growth Officer | Yellow.ai |
26 | Nidhi Katiyar | Director | Cuffs N Lashes |
27 | Nisschal Jaain | Founder & CEO | Shypmax |
28 | Raghunandan Saraf | Founder & CEO | Saraf Furniture |
29 | Rajat Agrawal | CEO | Barista Coffee Company Limited |
30 | Sahil Malik | Managing Director | Da Milano |
31 | Shammi Agarwal | Director | Pansari Group |
32 | Shivi Singh | Founder & CEO | ClearDekho |
33 | Sneh Jain | Co-Founder & Managing Director | The Baker’s Dozen |
34 | Sorav Arora | GM – Ecom, LFR, B&M | Pepe Jeans India |
35 | Sumant Kakaria | Founder & CEO | Solethreads |
36 | Surender Gounder | Founder & CEO | Tango Eye |
37 | Susmitha Lakkakula | Founder | CloudTailor |
38 | Swagat Sarangi | Co-founder | Smytten |
39 | Vaibhav Raghuwanshi | Founder & CEO | Himalayan Organics |
40 | Vinit Garg | Founder & CEO | Mylo |