C.B. Ananthakrishnan, Director (Finance) & Chief Financial Officer has taken additional charge as Chairman and Managing Director and Director (Engineering and R&D) of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited since August 2022 and until the post is filled. Ananthakrishnan is a Commerce Graduate. He took postgraduate studies in Business Administration from Madras University and is a fellow member of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India. He has also received management and leadership training from the  Indian  Institute  of  Management, Ahmedabad, and Institut Aeronautique et. Spatiale (IAS) Toulouse, France. He joined HAL in 2004 and has over 35 years of work experience in both public and private sectors with stints in merchant banking, pharmaceuticals, fertilizers, and aerospace industries. During his stints in the Helicopter Division as Head of Finance, he was instrumental in developing financial strategies and policies for pricing, cost control, and profit planning for achieving the overall goals of HAL and also secured one of the largest helicopter contracts valued in excess of Rs. 14000 Crore. He played a pivotal role during the Initial Public Offering (IPO) and listing of the company shares in March 2018 and was instrumental in securing orders of 83 LCA (light combat aircraft) MK IA and 15 LCH (light combat helicopter).