PeopleStrong appoints Gaurav Sawhney as CFO

PeopleStrong, a human capital management (HCM) SaaS platform backed by Goldman Sachs Alternatives, has appointed Gaurav Sawhney as its chief financial officer ( CFO). This appointment follows a series of leadership additions at PeopleStrong, including Dinesh Kumar Khara as chairman, the company stated in its release. Khara used to be State Bank of India chairman.

Sawhney has over 25 years of leadership experience at multinational corporations, high-growth startups and leading accounting firms in the SaaS, IT, and edtech sectors, according to the company. He previously held leadership roles at KPMG, Aricent, RBS, Knowlarity Communications and Adda Education.

“As CFO, my focus will be on building a strong financial backbone that supports scale and drives long-term value for all stakeholders. With our strong product and market momentum, we’re in a great position to take the business to the next level and I’m excited to help lead that charge," said Sawhney.

PeopleStrong CEO Sandeep Chaudhary said, “Gaurav’s experience across technology and high-growth businesses will be invaluable as we strengthen our financial foundation and accelerate our growth agenda.”

The company’s HR Tech platform powers more than 500 enterprises, serves over 2 million users and processes more than 1.75 million pay checks each month.