IndiGo announces the appointment of Rohit Philip as Chief Financial Officer

InterGlobe Aviation Ltd (IndiGo) today announced the appointment of Rohit Philip as Chief Financial Officer effective July 18, 2016. Rohit will report to Aditya Ghosh, President and Whole Time Director and he succeeds Pankaj Madan who is leaving IndiGo to pursue other interests.

Aditya Ghosh said, "We are fortunate and excited at Rohit joining the IndiGo team. His enormous and varied experience and understanding of the airline industry will greatly strengthen our team as we continue to build a world class, national air transportation network." Aditya also said, "We thank Pankaj for his many contributions over the last eighteen months and wish him all the best in his future endeavors."

"I am delighted about joining the IndiGo team at this very exciting stage of the airline's journey," said Rohit Philip. "I am looking forward to coming back to the airline industry with one of the leading low cost airlines in the world."

Rohit will be joining IndiGo from Xerox Corporation based in Norwalk, USA, a leading global document management and business services company where he served as Corporate Vice President & Treasurer.

Earlier, Rohit had worked at United Airlines for 17 years where he was Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Business Development. At United he also held various other senior executive roles including Vice President - Financial Planning and Analysis; Assistant Treasurer - Corporate Finance; and Vice President Finance & CFO, Mileage Plus Holdings.

Prior to Xerox, Rohit was the President and Group CFO of Anand Automotive Limited, a leading auto components supplier in India.

Rohit is a 1995 MBA from Cornell University and a 1992 mathematics graduate from St Xavier's College, University of Mumbai.