Dhivya Suryadevara


Dhivya Suryadevara is Executive Vice President and the chief financial officer of General Motors, the American automotive giant.

Early life and education

Suryadevara was brought up in Chennai, India along with two sisters by her mother, who worked in Syndicate Bank in Chennai.
Suryadevara studied in St John's Senior Secondary School in Mandaveli,Chennai.She did her bachleor degree in commerce from the Ethiraj College for Women of the University of Madras.
She later went on to pursue Chartered Accountancy at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. She is also a chartered financial analyst, and has an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Career

Suryadevara started her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers while attending the University of Madras. She then interned at the World Bank in 2002 and went on to UBS as an investment banker. She joined General Motors in 2004. In 2013, she was appointed the CEO and chief investment officer of GM Asset Management. In 2015, she accepted a role as Vice President of Finance and Treasurer. In 2017, she became Vice President of Corporate Finance at General Motors.
Suryadevara was named to Fortune's 40 Under 40 in 2015 and 2018.