Ashutosh Gokhale, chief financial officer and senior vice president of business management for HII Mission Technologies, has won WashingtonExec’s 2024 Chief Officer Award for Chief Financial Officer in the Public Company category.
WashingtonExec on May 10 unveiled the winners of the Chief Officer Awards, an annual program that celebrates influential and innovative executives in government and industry in the C-suite. The event took place at The Hilton in McLean, Virginia, where hundreds of attendees came together for a memorable in-person luncheon.
Along with the government and industry winners, Richard Montoni, a director on Maximus board of directors who was the company’s CEO from 2006-2018, was honored with the 2024 Chief Officer Awards Lifetime Achievement Award. This award recognizes the career of a longtime, influential, impactful CEO who continues to share his perspective and expertise within and outside the GovCon industry. Montoni was introduced and honored by his successor, current Maximus CEO Bruce Caswell.
Gokhale noted in his finalist Q+A with WashingtonExec that it took a team effort to bring the organization’s goals to fruition.
“Our team will continue to work across the organization to implement financial strategies and processes that are focused on growth, improving financial performance, and modernizing financial systems for operational excellence, efficiencies and effectiveness,” he said.