Salute has appointed Melissa Arias as Global Head of Finance Systems and Abhinav Garg as Global Head - Integrations & Project Management Office, reinforcing its enterprise leadership as the business continues to scale globally.
These roles sit at the heart of Salute’s growth strategy – ensuring the systems, governance, and delivery discipline needed to support expansion, acquisitions, and increasing operational complexity.
Building Scalable, Data-Driven Finance Systems
Melissa Arias brings deep experience in finance operations and enterprise systems, with a strong track record of building platforms that support scale, efficiency, and data-driven decision making.
In her role as Global Head of Finance Systems, Melissa will lead the modernization and integration of Salute’s global finance platforms. Her focus will include improving process consistency, strengthening data quality, and ensuring finance systems are closely aligned with how the business operates day to day.
“I was drawn to Salute because of its mission and its focus on innovation, operational resilience, and meaningful impact for clients,” said Melissa Arias. “I’m excited to help build world-class finance systems that support global growth while empowering teams across the business.”
Driving Integration, Governance, and Enterprise Execution
Abhinav Garg joins Salute with 25 years of experience leading enterprise transformation, large-scale programs, and complex change initiatives across global organizations.
As Global Head – Integrations & Project Management Office, Abhinav will lead Salute’s enterprise integration and change agenda. A core part of his role will be establishing and embedding Salute’s enterprise PMO capability -providing the structure, governance, and execution discipline needed to deliver initiatives consistently at scale.
His remit includes supporting M&A integration, leading major cross-functional system implementations, and enabling enterprise operating model initiatives that strengthen decision making, operational efficiency, and profitability.
“What attracted me to Salute was the opportunity to turn vision into outcomes,” said Abhinav Garg. “In a fast-growing industry, success depends on clear priorities, strong ownership, and disciplined execution and I’m excited to help build those capabilities.”
Building Strong Foundations for Growth
Together, these appointments reflect Salute’s continued focus on building strong enterprise foundations to support sustainable growth.
“Melissa and Abhinav bring highly complementary strengths across systems, integration, and enterprise delivery,” said Clarence Philipneri, Chief Financial Officer at Salute. “Their leadership will help ensure we have the platforms, governance, and execution discipline required to scale effectively and support long-term value creation.”
As Salute continues to grow in scale and complexity, their combined leadership will help ensure the organization remains aligned, resilient, and outcomes-driven.