Shilpa Kedia

Shilpa Kedia has been appointed Chief Financial Officer and Group CFO of Fractal Analytics, effective October 19, 2026. She brings around two decades of financial leadership experience across multinational companies, covering investor relations, mergers and acquisitions, treasury, business finance and financial control. Kedia is a chartered accountant with an all-India rank and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Narsee Monjee College.

She joined Fractal from Johnson & Johnson (J&J), where she served as CFO of its India Medical Devices and Technology (MedTech) business. She was recognized as the Overall Winner of Woman of the Year APAC award for her work in treasury and finance. Her priorities will include directing investments towards the company's research, platforms and products, while developing a commercial model that prices for the value created by the company's AI solutions.

Career history

• Johnson & Johnson: CFO of India Medical Devices and Technology (MedTech) business
• Hindustan Unilever (HUL): Four years in positions including Head of Investor Relations, Group Finance Controller, and Head of M&A, Treasury and Insurance
• Johnson & Johnson: Nearly a decade across its Consumer and MedTech businesses
• Nokia India: Five years developing experience in financial controllership
• Tata Administrative Services leadership programme at the Tata Group

What Shilpa Kedia could bring to CFO at Fractal Analytics: Drawing on her extensive experience structuring capital allocation, managing M&A and treasury functions at multinational healthcare and FMCG leaders, Kedia is positioned to strengthen Fractal's financial discipline and commercial strategy as it scales its AI platform business globally. Her track record of building financial controls and investor relations frameworks at complex organizations, combined with her recent MedTech exposure at J&J, could help Fractal develop more sophisticated financial modeling and pricing strategies for its enterprise AI solutions.