Monaz Noble

Monaz Noble is an accomplished finance leader with over 33 years of wide-ranging experience on the Board of listed MNC and Indian companies. She is on the Board of Ageas Federal Life Insurance Co. Ltd. And Godrej Industries Group as an Independent Director.

She works for Sandoz Private Limited as Global Competency Centre and Country Chief Financial Officer with effect from May 2023. As a CFO Global Competency Centre (GCC), she is responsible for driving the finance agenda of Sandoz GCCs located at Hyderabad, Prague and Mexico and as a Country CFO she is responsible for building strong governance and finance community in India.

Prior to joining Sandoz, she worked with Novartis, and in her last role, she was a CFO of Novartis Global Service Centre, Hyderabad, responsible for strong financial leadership and governance. She joined Novartis India Limited in 2010 and progressed through roles of increasing responsibilities in treasury, taxation, statutory audited accounts, M&A, and board governance. She was the CFO of Novartis India Limited from October, 2013 to June, 2019, responsible for providing the Board and Audit Committee with guidance relating to finance and corporate governance, investor relations along with compliance with the Companies Act, Listing Agreement etc. She has been on the Board of Novartis India Limited as Whole-Time Director from June, 2016 to May, 2019 and as Non-Executive Director from June, 2019 to November, 2022. Monaz has also worked with Cadbury India Limited where she was the Company Secretary and held various responsibilities in treasury, tax, integrated portfolio management, board governance, investor relations, financial planning and international business development.

Monaz started her career with Godrej Soaps Limited as a management trainee where she worked in different capacities in the finance function. Throughout her career, she has led various M&A and legal entity structuring assignments, which has given her rich experience on the perspectives of regulators, management, and investors. She holds a Bachelor’s of Commerce and a Master’s of Management Studies with a specialisation in Finance from Mumbai University, India. She is also an Associate Member of The Institute of Company Secretaries of India and The Institute of Cost Accountants of India.