According to media reports, Bharti Airtel has appointed Badal Bagri as its Chief Financial Officer and key managerial person with effect from March 1, 2019, following the exit of company veteran Nilanjan Roy. The telecom firm said it had accepted the resignation of Roy with effect from February 28, 2019. Bagri has been with Airtel since January 2017. This is his second stint with Airtel. He had previously worked with Airtel from 2010 to 2014 and was the Chief Controller for the Consumer Business as well as the Global Financial Controller. In his last role, Badal was the Chief Financial Officer at Aircel. Prior to this, he was the Chief Financial Officer at Micromax. Badal has over 22 years of work experience across telecom, FMCG, services and manufacturing having worked with leading conglomerates such as Genpact, GE, Coke and ICI. He is a Chartered Accountant and a Commerce Graduate from Calcutta University.