Mahesh Karanth

Mahesh Karanth has more than 30 years of financial experience at multi-national public and private companies. He has a proven track record of financial leadership with considerable experience in IPO, M&A, fund raising, investor relations, business planning and compliance. At Achronix, Karanth oversees all business operations, leading the finance, business operations, human resources, facilities and information services teams. Prior to joining Achronix, Karanth served as CFO of Rockley Photonics, which he took public in 2021. Karanth has also held senior leadership positions at Enlightened, InvenSense, Telsima, Hewlett Packard and Compaq, and he was a partner at Ernst & Young. He holds bachelor's and master’s degrees from Bangalore University. Karanth is a certified public accountant (CPA), chartered accountant (FCA), and company secretary (ACS).