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Two industry leaders - a hospital COO and India's pharmaceutical industry apex voice - responded to the same question about financial literacy and arrived at the same conclusion from opposite ends of the healthcare ecosystem. #Financialfluency is not the CFO's job. It is the most consequential leadership capability missing from both hospital boardrooms and pharmaceutical sales leadership in India today. This article builds the bridge between both worlds — and makes the case for why neither can afford to wait. Thanks to Mr.Anil Matai Sir and Dr Saurabh Lall Sir for the observations that shaped this article. Mahatma Gandhi University of Medical Sciences & Technology Mahatma Gandhi Hospital Pawan Kapoor Deep Bhandari Dr Parag R Rindani Shakti Gupta Shanker Kaul Dr Atul Mohan Kochhar Lallu Joseph Hemant Malhotra ARC-THE HEALTHCARE CONSULTING CLUB Dr. Hari Prasad Kovelamudi Urvashi Prasad Neha Lal Dr. Devanand Kolothodi Dr Param Hans Mishra Suniti Peswani Vinay Verma, Ph.D Narendra Purandare Dr Thanga Prabhu Dr. Natesh B Dr. Saurabh Baderia Dr.Saurabh Chordia Dr. Kriti Tambi Ram Nayan Singh Ardra Kurien Dr.Venugopalan Poovathum Parambil Dr. A S Kohli Col Binu Sharma Nikhil Mathur Neha Anand SonkarRicha Singh DebguptaShuchin Bajaj Navneet Bali Upasana Arora Pankaj Sahni Dr Vineet Sikka Dr. Sandeep Narula