CII CFO Excellence Awards 2025 is based on nominations of CFOs through a questionnaire. After the assessment and screening of nominations, CII and Protiviti will jointly place recommendations to the steering committee. The final selection of winners and other top 2-3 leading CFOs will be decided by the committee.

• An individual can nominate himself or company or a third party can nominate an individual.
• Nominations will be sought for Category B and Category C. Nominations for Category A will flow from B & C.
• One can apply for one award in Category B and up to two awards in Category C. Below table illustrates category details.

Qualification criteria for consideration during the nomination process:

• Chief Financial Officer/ Head of Finance/ Finance Director to be considered only for:
  • Listed Companies
  • Privately owned
  • Public Sector Undertaking
  • Partnerships
• Nominated individual must directly report to the CEO/ MD/ Board/ Group CFO and not to any other Finance Head within the same company (Note: Each Company under Group Company may nominate its CFO / Finance Head)
• Nominated individual must have been in the same role within the company/ group for at least two (2) years as on the date of nomination

Participating Sector Specification

Category	Investment in Plant and Machinery or Equipment: Not more than	Annual Turnover ; Not more than
Micro & Startup*	Investment < Rs. 1 Cr and Turnover < Rs. 5 Cr	Upto 5 Cr
Small	Investment < Rs. 10 Cr and Turnover < Rs. 50 Cr	Upto 50 Cr
Medium	Investment < Rs. 50 Cr and Turnover < Rs. 250 Cr	Upto 250 Cr
Large	More than Rs. 50 Cr of Investment and Turnover of Rs. 250 Cr	More than 250 Cr

*Start ups

• Period of existence and operations should not be exceeding 10 years from the Date of Incorporation.
• As per the Government of India definition prevailing at the time of admission (Any Firm up to a period of ten years from the date of incorporation/ registration in India. Turnover of the entity for any of the financial years since incorporation/ registration has not exceeded one hundred crore rupees).
• Entity should not have been formed by splitting up or reconstructing an already existing business.

Nomination Process

• CFOs can self-nominate or companies/ others can nominate an individual
• In case of third-party nominations, mails will be sent to CFOs informing them and requesting submission of the form
• Nominations will be sought for Sector Categories and Thematic Categories. Nominations for Main Categories will flow from Sector and Thematic Category nominations.
• One can apply for one award under Sector Category and up to two awards in Thematic Category
• There's no nomination fee, but a fee will apply if the nominee progresses to the next stage. Details of this fee will be communicated directly to the shortlisted nominees.

Industry Branching

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