ABOUT NITIN AJMERA
30+ Years Inside the Decisions That Shape Businesses.
30+ Years Inside the Decisions That Shape Businesses.
30+ Years Inside the Decisions That Shape Businesses.
Nitin Ajmera is a CFO, financial turnaround advisor, educator, board leader and public speaker whose career has been built around one question: what needs to happen next?
Nitin Ajmera is a CFO, financial turnaround advisor, educator, board leader and public speaker whose career has been built around one question: what needs to happen next?
Nitin Ajmera is a CFO, financial turnaround advisor, educator, board leader and public speaker whose career has been built around one question: what needs to happen next?
Nitin’s work focuses on finance, business transformation, leadership and execution — with an emphasis on understanding what needs to happen next.
Nitin’s work focuses on finance, business transformation, leadership and execution — with an emphasis on understanding what needs to happen next.
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THE PERSON BEHIND NAJ ADVISORY
A Finance Career Built Around Better Decisions.
A Finance Career Built Around Better Decisions.
A Finance Career Built Around Better Decisions.
For more than 30 years, Nitin has worked across finance and business transformation. As a CFO, financial turnaround advisor and educator, he brings experience in executive decision-making and the practical work of moving from diagnosis to action.
For more than 30 years, Nitin has worked across finance and business transformation. As a CFO, financial turnaround advisor and educator, he brings experience in executive decision-making and the practical work of moving from diagnosis to action.
For more than 30 years, Nitin has worked across finance and business transformation. As a CFO, financial turnaround advisor and educator, he brings experience in executive decision-making and the practical work of moving from diagnosis to action.
But finance is only the language. The work, as Nitin sees it, is helping people understand their choices, look beyond the immediate quarter and build a road map they can actually execute.
But finance is only the language. The work, as Nitin sees it, is helping people understand their choices, look beyond the immediate quarter and build a road map they can actually execute.
But finance is only the language. The work, as Nitin sees it, is helping people understand their choices, look beyond the immediate quarter and build a road map they can actually execute.
Nitin’s work connects financial thinking with practical decisions about what happens next.
Nitin’s work connects financial thinking with practical decisions about what happens next.
Nitin’s work connects financial thinking with practical decisions about what happens next.
EXPERIENCE IN NUMBERS
Numbers Matter When They Represent Real Decisions.
Numbers Matter When They Represent Real Decisions.
Numbers Matter When They Represent Real Decisions.
30+
30+
30+
Years across finance and business transformation
Years across finance and business transformation
$100M
$100M
$100M
Savings over 2 years of major transformation work
Savings over 2 years of major transformation work
$450M
$450M
$450M
Led financial due diligence for a $450M private bond placement.
Led financial due diligence for a $450M private bond placement.
<3 Months
<3 Months
<3 Months
Turnaround from bankruptcy for an iconic New York health and fitness brand.
Turnaround from bankruptcy for an iconic New York health and fitness brand.
MORE THAN A CFO
Leadership Beyond the Balance Sheet.
Leadership Beyond the Balance Sheet.
Leadership Beyond the Balance Sheet.
CFO & Advisor
CFO & Advisor
CFO & Advisor
30+ years working through financial systems, cash, capital, restructuring, operations and business transformation.
30+ years working through financial systems, cash, capital, restructuring, operations and business transformation.
Educator
Educator
Educator
Adjunct Faculty at Drexel University, bringing practical business thinking into the classroom and helping make complex ideas understandable.
Adjunct Faculty at Drexel University, bringing practical business thinking into the classroom and helping make complex ideas understandable.
Public Speaker
Public Speaker
Public Speaker
A speaker on business decisions, leadership, finance, integrity, transformation and lessons gathered across a 30+ year career.
A speaker on business decisions, leadership, finance, integrity, transformation and lessons gathered across a 30+ year career.
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Board & Community Leader
Board & Community Leader
Board & Community Leader
Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Parliament of the World’s Religions and Founder of Ahinsa Way of Life.
Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Parliament of the World’s Religions and Founder of Ahinsa Way of Life.
THE TEACHER’S APPROACH
Complex Problems Should Become Clearer, Not More Complicated.
Complex Problems Should Become Clearer, Not More Complicated.
Complex Problems Should Become Clearer, Not More Complicated.
Nitin’s approach is not to arrive with a prepared answer. He asks questions, studies the situation and helps people understand the choices in front of them. His experience as an educator reinforces the same belief he brings into advisory work: give people the tools to think, not simply the answer to repeat.
Nitin’s approach is not to arrive with a prepared answer. He asks questions, studies the situation and helps people understand the choices in front of them. His experience as an educator reinforces the same belief he brings into advisory work: give people the tools to think, not simply the answer to repeat.
Nitin’s approach is not to arrive with a prepared answer. He asks questions, studies the situation and helps people understand the choices in front of them. His experience as an educator reinforces the same belief he brings into advisory work: give people the tools to think, not simply the answer to repeat.
Nitin’s teaching focuses on helping people understand the reasoning behind a decision.
Nitin’s teaching focuses on helping people understand the reasoning behind a decision.
Nitin’s teaching focuses on helping people understand the reasoning behind a decision.
That philosophy applies whether the room is a classroom, boardroom, client meeting or auditorium.
That philosophy applies whether the room is a classroom, boardroom, client meeting or auditorium.
PUBLIC SPEAKING
Stories From Inside the Decision.
Stories From Inside the Decision.
Stories From Inside the Decision.
Nitin brings 30+ years of finance, transformation, teaching and leadership experience to the stage. His talks are grounded in situations he has lived through — not borrowed frameworks or motivational slogans.
Nitin brings 30+ years of finance, transformation, teaching and leadership experience to the stage. His talks are grounded in situations he has lived through — not borrowed frameworks or motivational slogans.
Nitin brings 30+ years of finance, transformation, teaching and leadership experience to the stage. His talks are grounded in situations he has lived through — not borrowed frameworks or motivational slogans.
Financial Decisions Under Pressure
Financial Decisions Under Pressure
Financial Decisions Under Pressure
How leaders see beyond the spreadsheet when cash, people and time are all constrained.
How leaders see beyond the spreadsheet when cash, people and time are all constrained.
Turnaround & Resilience
Turnaround & Resilience
Turnaround & Resilience
What difficult businesses teach us about confronting reality and deciding what comes next.
What difficult businesses teach us about confronting reality and deciding what comes next.
Leadership With Integrity
Leadership With Integrity
Leadership With Integrity
Why how a decision is delivered matters as much as the decision itself.
Why how a decision is delivered matters as much as the decision itself.
Numbers, Stories & Strategy
Numbers, Stories & Strategy
Numbers, Stories & Strategy
Turning financial information into a road map rather than mathematical iteration.
Turning financial information into a road map rather than mathematical iteration.
The Possibility Attitude
The Possibility Attitude
The Possibility Attitude
Moving beyond “this cannot be done” toward understanding what choices actually exist.
Moving beyond “this cannot be done” toward understanding what choices actually exist.
When Was the Last Time You Did Something for the First Time?
When Was the Last Time You Did Something for the First Time?
When Was the Last Time You Did Something for the First Time?
Nitin’s guiding question about growth, curiosity and refusing to stop evolving.
Nitin’s guiding question about growth, curiosity and refusing to stop evolving.
HOW NITIN THINKS
Principles Before Prescriptions.
Principles Before Prescriptions.
Principles Before Prescriptions.
01
“No prescription without a diagnosis.”
“No prescription without a diagnosis.”
“No prescription without a diagnosis.”
Every client and every situation is different.
Every client and every situation is different.
02
“I know how to multiply by 2. The question is what is the road map to get there.”
“I know how to multiply by 2. The question is what is the road map to get there.”
“I know how to multiply by 2. The question is what is the road map to get there.”
A forecast matters only when there is a believable path behind it.
A forecast matters only when there is a believable path behind it.
03
“You never, never burn the bridge.”
“You never, never burn the bridge.”
“You never, never burn the bridge.”
Respect matters even when difficult decisions have to be made.
Respect matters even when difficult decisions have to be made.
04
“Are you the problem or the solution?”
“Are you the problem or the solution?”
“Are you the problem or the solution?”
A question that has followed Nitin through both crisis and leadership.
A question that has followed Nitin through both crisis and leadership.
05
Remaining open to learning helps a person and a business keep evolving.
Remaining open to learning helps a person and a business keep evolving.
Remaining open to learning helps a person and a business keep evolving.
Comfort should never quietly become the end of growth.
Comfort should never quietly become the end of growth.
06
“When was the last time you did something for the first time?”
“When was the last time you did something for the first time?”
“When was the last time you did something for the first time?”
Curiosity remains part of the way Nitin approaches life and business.
Curiosity remains part of the way Nitin approaches life and business.
THE OPERATING SYSTEM
Integrity Is Not Separate From Performance.
Integrity Is Not Separate From Performance.
Integrity Is Not Separate From Performance.
Nitin’s approach is grounded in diagnosis before prescription, respect for the people affected by decisions and practical execution.
Nitin’s approach is grounded in diagnosis before prescription, respect for the people affected by decisions and practical execution.
Nitin’s approach is grounded in diagnosis before prescription, respect for the people affected by decisions and practical execution.
Founder of Ahinsa Way of Life.
Founder of Ahinsa Way of Life.
Founder of Ahinsa Way of Life.
Integrity
Integrity
Integrity
The cause above oneself.
The cause above oneself.
Respect
Respect
Respect
Different roles do not change human worth.
Different roles do not change human worth.
Diagnosis
Diagnosis
Diagnosis
Understand before prescribing.
Understand before prescribing.
Execution
Execution
Execution
Advice matters only when it becomes action.
Advice matters only when it becomes action.
CREDENTIALS & LEADERSHIP
The Experience Behind the Advice.
The Experience Behind the Advice.
The Experience Behind the Advice.
MBA
Graduate business education
CPA
Accounting and finance credential
Financial Turnaround Advisor
Financial clarity, stabilization and decisions under pressure
30+ Years in Finance & Business Transformation
Operating experience
Chief Financial Officer
Executive finance leadership
Adjunct Faculty · Drexel University
Teaching practical business thinking
Chair · Board of Trustees, Parliament of the World’s Religions
Board and community leadership
Founder · Ahinsa Way of Life
Ahinsa — Live and Let Live
Experience across accounting, controlling, treasury, purchasing, tax, human capital, financial systems, restructuring and transformation.
Experience across accounting, controlling, treasury, purchasing, tax, human capital, financial systems, restructuring and transformation.
BEYOND THE BOARDROOM
A Broader Perspective on Leadership
A Broader Perspective on Leadership
A Broader Perspective on Leadership
Nitin is an educator, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Parliament of the World’s Religions and founder of Ahinsa Way of Life.
Nitin is an educator, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Parliament of the World’s Religions and founder of Ahinsa Way of Life.
Nitin is an educator, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Parliament of the World’s Religions and founder of Ahinsa Way of Life.
“When was the last time you did something for the first time?”
“When was the last time you did something for the first time?”
“When was the last time you did something for the first time?”
A CONVERSATION WITH NITIN
The Next Decision Deserves Clarity.
The Next Decision Deserves Clarity.
The Next Decision Deserves Clarity.
If your business is under financial pressure, or you are looking for an experienced voice for your next leadership event, begin with a conversation.
If your business is under financial pressure, or you are looking for an experienced voice for your next leadership event, begin with a conversation.
If your business is under financial pressure, or you are looking for an experienced voice for your next leadership event, begin with a conversation.