Former OYO finance chief Abhishek Gupta joins Lenskart as CFO

Abhishek Gupta, CFO, Lenskart

Abhishek Gupta, the former chief financial officer (CFO) of hospitality startup OYO, has joined eyewear maker Lenskart as its new CFO.

“After nine amazing years at OYO, I have recently joined Lenskart as the CFO. Thank you Ritesh (OYO founder) and the entire team of OYO for the trust and friendship,” Gupta said in his LinkedIn post on October 22.

The development comes less than two months after Lenskart's former CFO, Mukti Hariharan, stepped down to join Coca-Cola.

"Last week marked my final days at Lenskart, and what an incredible journey it has been. I’m excited for the future of the business, and I feel immense pride in the high-performance team I had the opportunity to build and lead. Working alongside Peyush Bansal, Neha Bansal, Amit Chaudhary, Ramneek Khurana, Shweta Shukla and Ashwani Agarwal has been an absolute privilege. Their passion, drive, and unwavering commitment made this journey truly remarkable," Hariharan said.

Gupta quit OYO in March and joined Lenskart in August as per his job updates on LinkedIn. “In addition to providing direction for long-term strategic planning and execution (as CFO), he is in charge of driving the financial strategy with a strong focus on strengthening the corporate governance mandate at Lenskart,” he said.

OYO, which wants to eventually list on the stock exchanges, had announced in December that Gupta is stepping down. It internally promoted Rakesh Kumar, who has spent over six years at the firm, as its group CFO.