A new-age dairy food startup, Milk Mantra has appointed Biswajit Mishra as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). In his latest role, he will lead the financial operations at the dairy startup.
He will also be responsible for the strategic expansion of the startup and will be based out of Bhubaneswar, Odisha, where the head office is located. Prior to joining Milk Mantra, he was the CFO of a joint venture entity of Future Group – Aussee Oats Milling, where he was based out of Sri Lanka.
He has held various leadership roles before that such as the Finance Head of Parag Milk Foods’ Southern Indian Operations, Internal Audit Head of Creamline Dairy, among others.
He said on his appointment, “This is a great time to join Milk Mantra as the team extends their responsible business model across geographies. I am delighted to take on a key leadership role at a company that’s changing the dairy ecosystem in Eastern India and positively impacts the lives of half a million farmers, the economy of the region, and creates Truly Pure products for its consumers; and I look forward to an exciting journey in building Milk Mantra 3.0.”
With more than 20 years of leadership experience and expertise in CXO positions, Mishra is a qualified Chartered Accountant and an alumnus of IIM- Calcutta.
Speaking on the appointment, Srikumar Misra, Founder & CEO, Milk Mantra, said – “Biswajit has deep experience in the dairy and FMCG industry, and joins us at a time when we have achieved strong profitability. His financial and strategic acumen and his expertise in business turnaround and expansion of profitability will bring strong expertise to our team, propelling Milk Mantra’s growth into new categories, marketplaces, and geographies.”
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