S. R. Pophale, one of the founder directors of the Electronica Group, holds a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering from College of Engineering , Pune. He has been the backbone of the group in developing its strong marketing and financial strengths as well as steering the groups horizontal expansions into different business lines. Capping his several achievements is the UDYOG RATNA Award in the category of large group of industries presented by STICE (Sinnar Taluka Industrial Co-operative Estate) Sinnar Nasik. Mr. Pophale is a man of many skills and is widely traveled both in India and abroad .He is one of the most well read Top executives in the Industry today and has been actively involved in infusing new philosophies and concepts both at workplace and into the personal lives of people around him.
Ms. Shilpa Pophale has been associated with Electronica Finance Limited (EFL) for over eighteen years and has worked in multiple roles before becoming the Chief Executive Officer of the Company in 2003 & taking over as the Managing Director of the company in 2007. Under her leadership, the Company’s AUM has grown from INR 750 million to ~ INR 12500 million in FY 2019(estimated). With her strong focus on customer centricity, EFL increased its product offerings from financing only machinery to providing working capital and property finance as well. EFL under her stewardship is also poised to take a leap into hitherto uncharted markets of affordable housing, micro LAP and small business loans with continuing focus on the MSME segment.
Having participated as a speaker at various SME forums, Ms. Pophale also holds the title of ‘Woman Entrepreneur of the Year’ as conferred upon her by the World Women Leadership Congress (2014). Ms. Pophale is a Master of Science from Pune University and has completed the Programme for Leadership Development from ‘Harvard Business School’ & the Venture Capitalist Development Program from ‘Indian School of Business’.
Mr. Milind Limaye has extensive industry experience of 20 years. Mr. Limaye has been a part of the organization since 2017. He has extensive experience in all aspects of financial services and providing vital guidance to the organization. He is contributing immensely in achieving the objectives of the organization with his valuable inputs.
Mr. Sujit Natekar – An Alumnus from MIT College Pune University. He holds the bachelor degree in Civil Engineering. After completing his engineering in his initial years of career, he was working in a family business of manufacturing Non-ferrous centrifugal castings. Later in the year 1999, he joined Electronica Group. He has been working in various group companies of Electronica in various capacities such as CEO of Plastic Machinery business, Director of EDM and Carbide business and Sheet Metal Business and he has been working with Electronica group for more than 17 years.
He has taken over as Managing Director of Electronica Hitech Machine Tools Pvt Ltd w.e.f. 1st April, 2010. He has extensively travelled across the world and has vast experience in manufacturing, Supply chain Management, Finance, operations & sales Management. Under his leadership Electronica HiTech has introduced many new Principals for the business of marketing, sales and after sales services for CNC Machines in Metal cutting and Metal forming machines and recently has established state of the art manufacturing facility for manufacturing of CNC Wire cut EDM and ZNC EDM machines.
Mayank is Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He is a Chartered Accountant by profession with an experience of 17+ years. Prior to joining EFL, he had stints as CFO, Financial Controller, Business Strategy Head and Product Risk Head in leading Bank and NBFCs.
