Sunil Golecha serves as the Vice President of Finance (CFO) for Japan & Asia Pacific at Palo Alto Networks. In this role, he is responsible for financial management, commercial excellence, operational planning, and decision support. He also oversees the global FP&A and Deals Desk Centres of Excellence located in India.
With over 20 years of global experience, Sunil is an accomplished business leader. Before joining Palo Alto Networks, he held the position of Group CFO at Azentio Software. He also spent more than a decade at Thomson Reuters, where he held significant leadership roles in Finance, Strategy, Sales, and Commercial Operations across the US, UK, Switzerland, and Singapore.
Sunil holds a computer engineering degree from Madras University and an MBA with Beta Gamma Sigma honors from Emory University in Atlanta. Hailing from a Marwari business family in India, Sunil gained experience in various family ventures before beginning his corporate career as a software engineer and ultimately finding his true calling in Finance.
Currently, Sunil resides in Singapore with his wife and 10-year-old son. His personal interests include traveling, exploring global cuisine, swimming with his son, and enjoying games of chess or poker with friends.