Dhivya Suryadevara

Dhivya Suryadevara is the chief financial officer of Stripe, an American e-commerce payments company. She is the former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of General Motors, the American automotive giant.

Dhivya Suryadevara
Suryadevara in 2018
Born
Madras, (now Chennai)
Tamil Nadu, India
Alma materUniversity of Madras
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Harvard Business School
CFA Institute
OccupationChief Financial Officer
EmployerStripe[1]
PredecessorChuck Stevens
Spouse(s)Raj Suryadevara
Children1[2]
AwardsFortune's 40 Under 40

Early life and education

Suryadevara was brought up in Chennai, India along with two sisters by her mother, who worked in Syndicate Bank in Chennai.[2]

Suryadevara studied in St John's Senior Secondary School in Mandaveli, Chennai. She did her bachleor degree in commerce from the Ethiraj College for Women of the University of Madras. She later went on to pursue Chartered Accountancy at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. She is also a chartered financial analyst, and has an MBA from Harvard Business School.[3][4]

Career

Suryadevara started her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers while attending the University of Madras.[5] She then interned at the World Bank in 2002 and went on to UBS as an investment banker.[5] She joined General Motors in 2004.[6] In 2013, she was appointed the CFO and chief investment officer of GM Asset Management. In 2015, she accepted a role as Vice President of Finance and Treasurer. In 2017, she became Vice President of Corporate Finance at General Motors.[4]

On August 13th, 2020, Suryadevara resigned her position as chief financial officer at General Motors to work as Chief Financial Officer for e-commerce payments company, Stripe.[7]

Suryadevara was named to Fortune's 40 Under 40 in 2015 and 2018.[8]

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References
  1. "Departure of GM CFO Dhivya Suryadevara highlights ongoing 'brain drain' problem for auto industry". Michael Wayland. CNBC. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  2. George, Varghese K. (23 June 2018). "Who is Dhivya Suryadevara?". The Hindu.
  3. Viswanath, Madhumitha (21 June 2018). "Dhivya Suryadevara: From St John's, Chennai to General Motors CFO". The New Indian Express.
  4. Thomas, Maria (13 June 2018). "A Chennai girl's rise from Madras University to General Motors's first female CFO". Quartz.
  5. Churchill, Lexi (15 June 2018). "GM's new 39-year-old CFO Dhivya Suryadevara is making history". CNBC.
  6. Burden, Melissa (13 June 2018). "GM appoints new vice president of finance and treasurer". The Detroit News.
  7. Trentmann, Mike Colias and Nina (11 August 2020). "GM Financial Chief Dhivya Suryadevara Steps Down in Surprise Departure". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  8. "Dhivya Suryadevara, 39". Fortune. Archived from the original on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019. Dhivya Suryadevara, 39.
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