Anam Dhila | Global Head of Finance
upGrad

Anam Dhila is a senior finance leader, Chartered Accountant and CFA with 16 years of experience across finance, strategy, transformation and business operations. He is currently Global Head of Finance at upGrad Education - a global education and skilling company delivering higher education and professional learning programs in partnership with universities worldwide. His career spans education, technology, healthcare and financial services, with experience across Australia and international markets. He has led finance organisations through rapid growth, profitability improvement, M&A, governance transformation and operating-model change, with a strong focus on FP&A, commercial decision-making and execution. Anam is particularly interested in the changing role of Finance: moving beyond reporting the past to helping organisations make better decisions about what happens next. His work increasingly combines commercial judgement with AI, automation, forecasting and data-led decision support. A Chartered Accountant (ICAI), CFA Charterholder and INSEAD alumnus, Anam is also a regular speaker on finance leadership, strategy execution and AI in finance, including at the World Finance Forum and Future of Finance Summit.

Appearances:

Day 2 @ 12:30

Finance Has the Numbers. Does It Have the Influence?

Finance has access to more data, reporting and analysis than ever before, but information alone does not create impact. This session will explore how finance leaders can build influence, exercise commercial judgement and turn financial insight into better business decisions and stronger execution.

Anam Dhila, Global Head of Finance, upGrad

Day 2 @ 13:00

Panel: The CFO’s Role in Driving Data-Driven Decision-Making Across the Organization

Building a data-driven culture – How CFOs can embed data literacy, accountability, and evidence-based decision-making across finance and the wider business.
Turning data into strategic insight – Leveraging AI, analytics, and real-time reporting to improve forecasting, performance management, and executive decision-making.
Breaking down data silos – Aligning finance, operations, and technology to create a single source of truth that drives agility, collaboration, and sustainable growth.

Shervina Tjawir, Associate Director Finance, The University of Sydney