Kudos for Kapadia

The prestigious CNBC award for Best Performing CFO (Chief Financial Officer) 2010 in the pharma/healthcare sector was presented to Mehernosh Kapadia, senior executive director of GlaxoSmith­Kline (GSK) by union minister of corporate affairs Salman Khurshid at a ceremony at Taj Lands End on October 28, 2010.

Mehernosh Kapadia receiving award from Salman Khurshid

According to The BPP Review of February 2011, the soft-spoken, elegantly attired Kapadia said he was delighted and honored to receive the award that was "truly for our company which has an iconic stature, its leadership team, and for the thousands of employees who contribute to give GSK its rightful place in the sun.” The award recognizes individuals whose financial leadership has not just demonstrated excellence of vision but who have in the process been responsible for catapulting business on a global platform, giving it the ability to contend with the best globally, mentioned The BPP Review.

The CNBC jury comprised giants in the field of finance like Housing Development and Finance Corporation chairman Deepak Parekh, chairman and managing director of Kotak Mahindra Bank Uday Kotak, among others.