Esther Pujol Rodriguez, Treasurer

Esther has provided accounting services, internal audit, compliance, process improvement, cost optimization, and other risk consulting projects to Fortune 500 companies, small private entities, and nonprofit organizations.

Esther served as chief financial officer (CFO) for several organizations in the government contracting arena and nonprofit sector. She also served in multiple roles at Siemens AG Germany, leading internal audits worldwide. In her last role as a controller for Siemens Government Technologies, she was a member of Siemen’s senior management team. Esther also worked for seven years with the NASD (National Association of Security Dealers, currently FINRA) where she was promoted through the ranks of their internal audit department, eventually departing as an associate audit director. There she conducted audits to assess the organization’s compliance with applicable securities laws, as well as departmental adherence to internal policies and procedures. She has also worked for a variety of public practice clients, performing financial and operational audits for government programs, as well as for private entities. As a project director for NeoSystems, she provided accounting and financial services to a variety of government contractors, commercial, and nonprofit organization, with emphasis on reducing their accounting and managerial cost. She has also participated in several nonprofit boards always bringing her professional knowledge.

Esther joins the Sambhali U.S. board with an enthusiasm to bring world class financial controls to the organization and to help make this world a better place. She is a world traveler and has visited India. Esther rejoices at any opportunity to wear a sari.

“Being part of Sambhali U.S. is offering me an opportunity to utilize my financial expertise for a common good. In the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson, “To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived - that is to have succeeded”