Senior CFO Advisor

R.D.S. Bawa

Chartered Accountant with 40+ years of finance leadership, capped by his years as Group CFO of Network18 — which he helped grow into one of India’s largest media groups.

Qualification
Chartered Accountant
Experience
40+ years
Previously
Network18
Focus
Group CFO-level strategy & scale
R.D.S. Bawa, Senior CFO Advisor at Access CFO
In short

Over 40 years of finance leadership, capped by his years as Group CFO of Network18 — which he joined in its early days and helped grow into one of India’s largest media groups.

Background

R.D.S. Bawa brings four decades of finance leadership to Access CFO’s advisory bench, most notably as Group CFO of Network18 — a role he took on during the company’s early growth phase.

Over his tenure he helped build Network18 into one of India’s largest media groups, working across the finance function as the group scaled through expansion, capital raises and portfolio growth.

Areas of focus

  • Group-level financial strategy and reporting
  • Capital structuring for scaling media and conglomerate businesses
  • Board and investor relations at scale
  • Mentoring CFO leads on complex, multi-entity engagements

Thirty minutes with R.D.S..

Bring your last MIS pack, or just the problem. You will leave with a view on what is actually wrong and what it would take to fix — free, either way.

Speak to R.D.S. directly

New engagements start with a 30-minute call with a partner — not a salesperson, and not a junior.

Book a diagnostic Email gurdeep@accesscfosolution.com
No pitch. Just a diagnostic.

Thirty minutes. We’ll tell you exactly what your finance function is missing — free, either way.

If we’re not the right fit, you’ll still leave with a prioritised list of what to fix. That’s the worst-case outcome.

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