10 3M finance leaders

St Paul, Bengaluru, Singapore and the United Kingdom are among the bases of this 3M finance group, which pairs EVP and CFO Anurag Maheshwari with the Safety & Industrial global CFO, two division CFOs, the CFO of 3M India Ltd and finance leads for international operations, EMEA, enterprise supply chain and accounting. Nine hold a current 3M finance title, useful for a manufacturer comparing how finance is split across business groups, divisions and countries.

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Professionals to explore

  1. Anurag Maheshwari

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    Experience: 3M Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer · 3M

    3M's global finance organization, "including business finance, accounting, treasury, financial planning and analysis, tax, and investor relations", is what Anurag Maheshwari leads as 3M Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since 2024, following Chief Financial Officer at Otis Elevator Co. (2022–2024). Maheshwari was also Chief Financial Officer, Asia Pacific at Otis (2020–2022) and Vice President, Investor Relations at Harris Corporation (2017–2020).

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  2. Brian Tapperson

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    Experience: Division CFO Global Finance Director, Industrial Adhesives & Tape Division · 3M

    Brian Tapperson has been Division CFO Global Finance Director, Industrial Adhesives & Tape Division at 3M since 2023, overlapping with Division CFO Global Finance Director, Electrical Markets Division (2016–2023). Other 3M titles are Financial Planning and Analysis Manager (2015–2016), Capital Structure & Cash Flow Manager (2013–2015) and Finance Manager, Infrastructure Protection Division (2011–2013), a fit for division finance questions.

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  3. Colleen A. Lott

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    Experience: SVP & Global CFO Safety & Industrial · 3M

    Business-group CFO questions suit Colleen A. Lott, SVP & Global CFO Safety & Industrial at 3M since 2024, following VP Finance Transformation at L3Harris Technologies (2023–2024) and VP & CFO, Integrated Mission Systems there (2020–2023). Lott was also Vice President Finance, CFO Fire & Security Products at Carrier (2017–2020) and Sr. Finance Director, CFO Sensors & Integrated Systems at UTC Aerospace Systems (2014–2017).

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  4. Donald Gray

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    Experience: Finance Director Europe, Middle East and Africa · 3M

    EMEA controllership questions fit Donald Gray, Finance Director Europe, Middle East and Africa at 3M since 2018, who gives the role on LinkedIn as Vice President and Area Controller: Europe Middle East and Africa at 3M. Gray was also Finance Director, West Europe (2015–2018) and Director of Finance (2011–2014) at 3M, and Non Executive Director at HWP NHS Trust (2013–2014).

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  5. Ippocratis Vrohidis

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    Experience: Former Vice President, Finance - Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller · 3M

    Corporate accounting and division leadership meet in Ippocratis Vrohidis's 3M titles: Vice President, Finance - Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller (2017–2019) and President, Industrial Mineral Products Division since 2021. Vrohidis was also Vice President, Enterprise Program Management Office & Business Development (2019–2021), Vice President - Global Service Centers (2015–2017) and Area Vice President, Middle East Africa (2014–2015) at 3M, a fit for questions linking the two.

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  6. Irfan Malik

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    Experience: Vice President, Finance - International Operations · 3M

    Vice President, Finance - International Operations at 3M since 2014, Irfan Malik describes the role as "Provide financial leadership to 3M international operations and Corporate Staff Services, converting business strategy to operational execution". Other 3M titles include 3M Area Vice President, Middle East & Africa (2010–2014), Regional Managing Director, Middle East (2009–2010), Managing Director at 3M Gulf (2007–2009) and Six Sigma Master Black Belt at 3M Europe (2005–2007).

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  7. Mary Wilcox

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    Experience: Senior Vice President Finance · 3M

    Mary Wilcox has been Senior Vice President Finance at 3M since 2023, a role also described as Controller and Chief Accounting Officer. Medtronic titles were Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer (2010–2021), Sr. Director, Assistant Controller (2006–2010), Finance Director - CRDM (2001–2006) and Various finance roles (1989–2001), a fit for controllership and accounting questions at 3M and Medtronic.

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  8. Matthew Swartz

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    Experience: Senior Vice President, Finance - Enterprise Supply Chain · 3M

    Matthew Swartz has been Senior Vice President, Finance - Enterprise Supply Chain at 3M since 2025, following Vice President, Corporate FP&A (2023–2025) and Finance Leader, Corporate Development (2022–2023). GE HealthCare titles were CFO, Digital (2020–2022) and VP Finance, Cash (2018–2020), so Swartz covers supply chain finance, corporate planning and corporate development finance at 3M.

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  9. Nikhil Arora

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    Experience: Chief Financial Officer 3M India Ltd · 3M

    Board management and India entity responsibilities are part of the role Nikhil Arora describes as Chief Financial Officer 3M India Ltd since 2025: "CFO for 3M India enabling profitable growth across businesses in India along with Board management and India entity responsibilities". At Honeywell Technologies, Arora was Global CFO Honeywell Technology Solutions(HTS) (2024–2025) and India, Korea and Rest of Asia CFO, Honeywell Building Automation (2020–2024), and held Multiple roles as CFO India, CFO Japan and Global CFO at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (2015–2020).

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  10. Swami Krishnamurthy

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    Experience: Global Division CFO · 3M

    Global Division CFO at 3M since 2022, Swami Krishnamurthy describes "leading 3M Global division in a complex and dynamic consumer electronics and automobiles market" with "full P&L ownership". Krishnamurthy's GE HealthCare titles include Europe CFO Service and Imaging (2018–2021), Executive FP&A and Commercial Finance Leader - Asia Pacific (2015–2018) and APAC CFO Services (2011–2015).

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Choose the right perspective

Company-wide questions go to Anurag Maheshwari, with Mary Wilcox for controllership and accounting and Matthew Swartz for supply chain finance and FP&A. Colleen A. Lott (Safety & Industrial), Brian Tapperson and Swami Krishnamurthy cover business-group and division economics, Irfan Malik, Donald Gray and Nikhil Arora cover international operations, EMEA and India, and Ippocratis Vrohidis's accounting role dates from 2017 to 2019.

Questions to take into the conversation

  1. 01How do you set up finance partnering for many product divisions that share plants and supply chains?
  2. 02What does the close and controllership process look like when a manufacturer reports through dozens of country entities?
  3. 03How should a division CFO balance P&L ownership with the reporting demands of corporate finance?

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