Rumit Dugar has been appointed as the Chief Financial Officer of BlueStone, India’s omni-channel fine jewellery destination (CFO). Rumit is among India’s top-rated analysts, according to Asiamoney, a renowned financial newspaper and affiliate of Euromoney, having over seventeen years of broad experience across numerous areas such as Technology, Fintech, and Equities Businesses. Rumit will lead the company’s entire finance operation, including controls and governance, capital access and allocation, and investor engagement, after he starts his new job at BlueStone.
Rumit has worked with companies such as J.P. Morgan, Infosys, and IDFC, to mention a few. He began his career in 2004 as an ERP consultant before moving to J.P. Morgan’s stocks unit. He has worked with investment banks in India, Europe, and Hong Kong, where he led the technology and telecom sectors. Rumit was previously the Chief Financial Officer and Head of Strategy at Niyogin Fintech, a publicly traded Fintech neo-banking platform that provides impact-centric solutions to MSMEs, and served on the boards of its subsidiaries in payments and wealth management. His experience includes the CFO’s office, strategy, mergers and acquisitions, investor relations, and capital markets research.
Commenting on his appointment, Gaurav Singh Kushwaha, Founder & CEO of BlueStone stated, “We are delighted to announce the appointment of Rumit Duggar as our CFO. BlueStone is scaling at pace and establishing its presence across the country, thanks to our unique omni-channel model, which is today paving the way for a new fine jewellery shopping experience in India. With our operations expanding to over 25 cities across the country and continuing to grow, we were on the lookout for a strong and experienced leader to manage the ever-growing finance function and zeroed in on Rumit, whose expertise across verticals in the domain, will be a huge value add for BlueStone. We believe he will be the right fit to take the company to the next level.”
Commenting on his appointment as the CFO of BlueStone, Rumit Dugar, stated, “Jewellery is a new segment for me and I am excited to be a part of BlueStone’s journey in revolutionizing the jewellery buying experience. I believe my skills and know-how will allow me to build, strengthen and streamline processes that will have a bearing on the long-term growth prospects of the enterprise. I am honoured to be working with a team of professionals who bring in rich expertise in growing and establishing new-age enterprises.”
In his new role at BlueStone, Rumit will be enhancing initiatives of market expansion and reaching targeted audiences across broader geographies by looking at ways of enhancing the brand’s capital base with strategic growth initiatives. Rumit holds an MBA in Finance from SP Jain Institute of Management and Research and a B.E. in Computer Science from VTU.
