Mumbai: Travel app ixigo has announced the onboarding of Rahul Gautam as group chief financial officer. He will replace former group CFO Ravi Gupta, who has resigned due to personal reasons.

Rahul brings considerable experience in capital markets, corporate finance, and business advisory and will be leading the finance function for ixigo with a specific focus on corporate finance and corporate development, mergers and acquisitions, public markets and investor relations, growth, risk management and financial reporting.

Rahul has held various leadership roles, most recently serving as senior vice president - finance at PVR Ltd, where he was responsible for various roles including corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to this, he has worked with organisations such as SBI Capital Markets Ltd, Religare Capital Markets Ltd and Deloitte Haskins and Sells. 

Rahul holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce (honours) from the University of Delhi. In 2004, he also became a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.