Praveen Kadle holds a Bachelor’s degree with Honours in Commerce and Accountancy from Bombay University. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, a qualified Cost Accountant from the Institute of Cost Accountants of India and a professionally qualified Company Secretary from the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.
Praveen was the Non-Executive Chairman of Tata AutoComp Systems Limited and has been associated with the Tata Group for nearly three decades. He also serves on the boards of several Tata and non-Tata companies.
His leadership has been recognised through multiple honours, including CFO of the Year in 2004 and 2006, Best CFO in the Auto Sector in 2007 and induction into the CFO Hall of Fame in 2008. He was also recognised as Indian Business Leader of the Year in 2015 by Horasis and as Best Indian CEO in the Financial Services sector by FinanceAsia in 2017.
At Persistent, he serves as Chairman of the Audit Committee, Risk Management Committee and Investment Committee and a Member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company.
Praveen is married to Chetana who is an accomplished artist and they have a son.




