India, May 29 -- When Kevan Parekh took over from Luca Maestri in January of 2025 for all things accounting and financial planning at Apple, he knew exactly where to look. "I'm very passionate about metrics," he quips. Parekh, Apple's Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, is in India this week to meet with developers-a crucial signal about India's importance as an iOS app innovation and talent hub. In a conversation with HT, Parekh explains that he sees India's consumption patterns and developer innovation as two sides of the same coin.

"I think our share, from my standpoint, compared to what I think we are capable of is still low. We have a growing user base here," he says. Parekh sees a direct link between a growing user b...