Ashwath Bhat

Ashwath Bhat was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Fractal in June 2021, where he helped drive significant growth in both revenue and profitability and led the company's IPO in February 2026. He tendered his resignation on July 6, 2026, due to personal reasons, with his relief effective July 24, 2026, after an approximately five-and-a-half-year tenure.

Prior to Fractal, Bhat spent more than a decade in senior finance leadership roles at Nielsen, including CFO of Global Media, Product and Technology, and CFO of Gracenote and the Nielsen Portfolio, as well as regional CFO for Africa and the Middle East. Earlier in his career, he held finance leadership positions at IBM South Asia and GE Healthcare South Asia.

Ashwath is a Chartered Accountant from India and a graduate of GE's Finance Management Program. He holds a bachelor's in commerce from Bangalore University.

Career history

• Chief Financial Officer, Capitolis (August 2026-present)
• Chief Financial Officer, Fractal Analytics (June 2021-July 2026)
• Senior Vice President, Finance Operations & CFO roles at Nielsen (over a decade)
• Finance leadership positions at IBM South Asia
• Senior FP&A, Treasury, and supply chain leadership at GE Healthcare South Asia

What Ashwath Bhat could bring to Capitolis as CFO: Drawing on his demonstrated success scaling finance organizations through high-growth phases and successfully navigating an IPO at Fractal, Bhat is positioned to help Capitolis establish the financial discipline and operational rigor needed to support its rapid expansion in capital markets fintech. His two decades of multi-market experience across GE, IBM, Nielsen, and Fractal, combined with his regional expertise across Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia, provide substantial experience in building and standardizing finance functions across complex, geographically dispersed organizations.