Rupen Kotecha

Rupen Kotecha is a strategically and commercially minded UK qualified Chartered Accountant now based in Perth. He has extensive experience in the aviation, freight and logistics industries.

Mr Kotecha has been the chief executive of Western Australian Leaders since April 2016. Prior to that, he spent 14 years with CFO Centre Australia and has been its chief executive; and three years as chief financial officer of British Airways Regional Cargo where he advised on restructuring, merger and disposal of businesses. He was also chief financial officer of an international logistics and supply chain company and was responsible for running their UK, Hong Kong & China business units. This included setting up JVs in Hong Kong. He has also worked as a business analyst for a management consulting company with exposure to the likes of Shell, British Gas and Ford. In addition, he has had further international exposure through Herbalife Europe where his work included assisting businesses in The Netherlands and Norway.