“CFO does play a key role in driving digital adoption in a strategic way” – says Meenakshi Dagar, CFO of Lenovo India

• Meenakshi Dagar, a Chartered Accountant, former math Olympiad participant, and silver medalist, is today the CFO of Lenovo India. 
• She says, that the finance function requires a joint decision of the CMO and CIO.
• Automation is everywhere, you have to study its impact.
• As part of Lenovo, she is looking at finance as a strategy and is very keen to study the impact of digital transformation.

TFS: What inspired you to get into finance?   

Meenakshi – I have always loved numbers. I have loved numbers since childhood.

I was curious about P&L and was curious to learn everything about the business.

My father is an ex-serviceman, so despite my parents’ different plans for me, I opted to study commerce.