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From Bus Driver's Daughter to CFO of a BMW JV
Swetha Girinatham’s journey from humble beginnings to the CFO demonstrates how talent and determination can overcome luck and privilege.
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A finance comptroller at 26, a regional CFO at 29, a company director at 31: Meet Swetha Girinatham, the CFO of BMW TechWorks India. Her beginnings are as humble as her corporate rise has been meteoric. As the daughter of an APSRTC (Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation) driver, determination has been a key quality that helped her rise above her peers.
“Everyone in general takes only 2 trips per day, but my father used to have 3-4 trips per day to raise us,” noted Swetha in an interaction with Autocar Professional. She opted for the less favoured subject ...
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