Chennai Girl, Working Mom, 1st Woman CFO at GM: Meet Dhivya Suryadevara
Hailing from Chennai, meet Dhivya Suryadevara – the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of General Motors or GM – the largest automobile maker in USA. Her incredible career journey, her education in India, the struggles and her success – all tell a wonderful tale of the will to succeed. Here are 10 things to know about Dhivya Suryadevara, the new CFO at General Motors/GM: Dhivya lost her father at a very young age. She grew up with her mother and two elder sisters in Chennai. Her mother used to work at the Syndicate Bank’s Mylapore Branch. Dhivya was born and brought up in Mandaveli in Chennai. She was a bright school student at St John’s . She then went to Ethiraj College for Women to pursue a bachelor’s degree in commerce and later completed her master’s degree in the same field At a young age of 22, she went to pursue MBA from Harvard Business School . One of her schoolmate said in an i nterview , Dhivya excelled in all exams in her school...