About Karthikeya Rupakula

Karthikeya Rupakula is a consulting Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer at Rupakula and partners. He has more than 25 years of experience working as a chief financial officer and chief operations officer in various renowned organizations across the globe like Nucor Corporation and Jianlong Group. With his uncanny intellect, he has successfully helped his organizations to increase their annual sales turnovers multifold. His gifted brain has led to the implementation of technologically best-fitted techniques into the field of finance and management. He skillfully spearheaded the team of professionals which led to the implementation of Digital marketing which was a breakthrough for the standard marketing norms.

Karthikeya is an ingenious academician who did his B.Tech in the year 1990 from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras which is among one of the most notable institutions of India and completed his MBA in 2001 from the Graduate School of Business, Stanford. He further pursued various professional certifications which include - CFA Level 3 (American Certified Public Accountants), ACPA (American Institute Certified Public Accountants) to keep progressing and maintaining his stature in his field of work. He is also a Certified Chinese Accountant (CPA- 2012) which enables him to be recognized as a globally certified chartered accountant. Karthikeya Rupakula is a visionary gentleman and has received Chairman’s Medal of Honor award and Performer of the Year in Steel and Port Industries by Peoples Party of China for his outstanding work.

He has worked extensively in various nations and has vast experience of more than 6 years of handling Exports and Imports from Africa to China. Additionally, he is equipped with expert knowledge of African Tax norms and Exports to SADC and the rest of the world. He has enormous global experience and has worked very effectively in impaneling members of the evaluation committee for Industrial Policy and Member of Kenya Association of Manufacturers. He also established Trade Agreement for Automotive Steel Supply to East Europe from Africa.

Karthikeya Rupakula was associated with the acquisition of three large mines for our country’s offshore capacity building in Iron Ore and he successfully procured Iron Ore Mine while handling Government Authorities for the expansion. Delineating the progress stories of Karthikeya, he was the sole individual who established and Implemented Best Practices for Process definition in SAP® and alongside implemented Online Sales Module and Digital Marketing on SAP® which led to the stronger results for his organizations and also ensured smoother operations.

He has worked in a renowned American steel production company Nucor Corporation for more than 15 years and has exhibited his exceptional competence in management and finance. He used his tenacity to institute financial techniques for the CEO and the Board to evaluate project pitches including weighted average cost of capital, carrying costs, IRR, ROI, and ROCE and also provided business analysis support to CEO, Board of Directors, R&D, Marketing, Procurement, and Field Operation departments. There is an endless list of his achievements and successful undertakings in the various organizations he has worked which reflects his magnificent persona and brilliance.