is a former Executive Director and Group CFO of Mahindra and Mahindra Limited. During his tenure, he led the conceptualisation and establishment of Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Limited and served as its Chairman from 2008 to 2016. He was nominated as a Director on the Central Board of Directors of the Reserve Bank of India in March 2016, for a period of four years. He is the Chairman of the Board of Mahindra Accelo Limited (formerly known as Mahindra Intertrade Limited), since December 2006, Director on the Board of Mahindra Holdings Limited, member of Board of Governors of the Mahindra United World College of India, Mahindra Foundation (USA) and Mahindra Foundation (UK). He is also one of the trustees of Mahindra Foundation, K. C. Mahindra Education Trust and Lalit Doshi Memorial Foundation. He was an Independent Director on the Boards of both Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Limited. (2016 to 2021) and Godrej Consumer Products Limited (2001 to 2019). He also serves on the Advisory Board of Excellence Enablers, an organisation committed to promoting corporate governance in India. He is also a member of the Global Leadership Council of LeapFrog Investments, one of the leading impact investing firms. He served as the President of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry for the year 2009-10. Mr. Doshi is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and holds a Master’s degree in Law from Mumbai University, India. He is an alumnus of Harvard Business School (PMD) and a Fellow of the Salzburg Seminar on ‘Asian Economies: Regional and Global Relationships’.

Mr. Doshi has received multiple awards as “India’s Best CFO” and was inducted as a Founding Member to the CFO Hall of Fame for a lifetime of contribution to the field of Finance.

is the Managing Director (MD) of Mahindra Accelo Limited (formerly known as Mahindra Intertrade Limited) and Mahindra Steel Service Centre Limited. He is also a Board member of Mahindra Auto Steel Pvt. Ltd. and Mahindra MiddleEast Electrical Steel Service Centre (FZC).

Sumit is a Mechanical Engineer (Hons.) from Birla Institute of Technology and a postgraduate in Marketing with over 21 years of experience in Sales, Marketing, Sourcing and Supply Chain Management.

Sumit has also attended the Mahindra Universe programme at the Harvard Business School. He has completed Mahindra Group’s 18-month long Future Leadership programmes (FLP) at IMD Lausanne, Yale School of Management and MLU Nashik, along with a General Management Programmes at IIM Bangalore for M&M.

Sumit started his career as a Graduate Engineer Trainee in 1995 with M&M Ltd. Since then, he has been associated with various roles, including – Sales and Operations, Product Development, Sourcing, Supply Chain Management and Business Development.

Sumit has played a critical role in forming joint ventures with potential global partnerships. He has been a key member of the leadership team and has played a pivotal role in transforming Mahindra Accelo (formerly known as Mahindra Intertrade) into a multi-vertical steel solutions company, leading to his position as Managing Director of Mahindra Accelo Limited (formerly known as Mahindra Intertrade Limited) and Mahindra Steel Service Centre Limited in October 2015.

He was awarded CEO with HR Orientation Award at Malaysia Best Employer Brand Awards 2016 and Next Generation Leader Award 2016 at Manufacturing Today Awards 2016.

Sumit has played a pivotal role in successfully forming CERO (Mahindra MSTC Recycling Private Limited), a joint venture between Mahindra Accelo Limited (formerly known as Mahindra Intertrade Limited) and MSTC (a Government of India enterprise under the Ministry of Steel) to establish India’s first authorised vehicle recycling facility at Greater Noida. This facility is India’s first in organised sector, fully compliant with environmental norms and focusses on pollution-free recycling.

In his free time, he likes to watch movies and is an avid follower of cricket. Sumit lives in Mumbai with his wife, Rashi, and their two daughters.

is a CEO advisor and consultant specializing in global strategy and change management. With a tenure spanning over three decades, he has leveraged his expertise across diverse industries and international conglomerates.

Mr. Ranjan Pant began his career at Bain & Co., Management Consultants where he spearheaded the energy and utilities practice, delivering strategic advisory services.

He held the position of Director of internal consulting at General Electric company, focusing on operational excellence and mergers & acquisitions.

Mr. Pant’s key areas of expertise includes:

Strategic Planning: portfolio strategy, pricing-based valuation, and capital investment timing.

Operational Management: post-merger integrations, enhancing manufacturing productivity and accelerating new product introductions.

Corporate Governance: orchestrating corporate venture capital initiatives and managing conglomerate corporate center roles.

Human Resources Strategy: senior leadership transitions and CEO compensation strategies.

Technology and Innovation: platform business models and artificial intelligence product development.

Mr. Pant contributed as a Board Director and committee member in leading corporations, including HDFC Life Insurance Company Limited, DSP Blackrock Investments Private Limited, and Schneider Electric Infrastructure Limited.

Mr. Pant is on the Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Management Indore (IIM-Indore) where he Chairs the Personnel Committee and also on the Governing Body of Mahindra University – Hyderabad.

He has, for several years, been a member of the jury panel for K C Mahindra Education Trust for post graduate scholarships.

He has earned a Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering (Honours) from BITS, Pilani and an MBA in Finance from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

His Directorships includes:

Mahindra and Mahindra Limited: Non-Executive and Non-Independent Director

Mahindra Accelo Limited (formerly known as Mahindra Intertrade Limited): Non-Executive and Non-Independent Director

Mahindra Auto Steel Private Limited: Non-Executive and Non-Independent Director

Point RP Consulting Private Limited (OPC): Director

Schneider Electric President Systems Limited: Independent Director and Chairman

is Founder and Partner of Amara Partners, a mid-market Private Equity fund. Amara Partners provides growth capital to businesses and supports entrepreneurs in strategy, innovation, digitization, change management, governance and business transformation.

In a career spanning over 25 years, Parag has held various positions with the Mahindra Group and in his last role, he was a Member of the Group Executive Board. Parag has extensive experience in building new businesses, turn arounds, joint ventures, mergers & acquisitions and IPOs. He was the Managing Partner of Mahindra Partners, the 1 Bn USD Private Equity and Venture Capital division of the Group that was in charge of diverse businesses like Logistics, Renewable Energy, Retail, Manufacturing (Steel components, Conveyor Systems, Boats), Consulting, Media and Healthcare. He had also set up the Group Silicon Valley office for technology investments and start-up partnerships. Parag was Chairman of GPMD program, Co-Chairman of the Group Diversity Council, Member of Group Sustainability & an Executive Committee member of various councils of Mahindra Learning University. He was the Group lead for business representation in Israel.

Parag is a Director on several companies such as Mahindra Accelo, Mahindra Waste to Energy, The Indian and Eastern Engineer Company, Global Chess League (Geneva) & PSL Media and Communication. He is also an Independent Director on the board of HDFC AMC Ltd.

Parag holds a BS Degree in Computer Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology with special electives in Psychology and Manufacturing Technology. He is also a graduate of the General Management Program from Harvard Business School.

Parag has been an Executive Committee Member of the CII National Committee on Private Equity and Venture Capital, FICCI Solar Energy Task Force, CII National Committee on Renewable Energy, CII National Healthcare Council, American Alumni Association in addition to other external associations. He is also an angel investor & is on the Board of Trustees of The IndUS Entrepreneurs(TiE), Mumbai.

Parag has been recognized by Economic Times & Spencer Stuart as India’s Top 40 Business Leaders under the age of 40. He was also featured by India Today as ‘Leaders of Tomorrow’ in their anniversary issue.

Parag is affiliated with various NGO associations such as Sabarkanta Relief Committee and S&G Charitable Trust. He has also been a Founder Director of “Executives Without Borders”, an NGO based in USA.

is currently the Group Chief Technology Officer at the Mahindra Group. He is responsible for driving the group’s ambitious digital transformation agenda working closely with the group businesses and by leveraging emerging technologies to create new business models and transform customer experiences across the diverse set of companies. He is part of the Group Executive Board and is a Director on the Board of Mahindra Accelo, Mahindra TEQO, & Bristlecone Limited. He is a member of AI for India-2030 council at the World Economic Forum.

Mr. Mohit Kapoor joined the Mahindra Group in October 2020 from DBS Bank where he was the head of technology optimization and head of Asia Hub at Hyderabad. He led the development of digital banking capabilities focusing on technology innovation across Data/AI, Cloud, DevOps amongst other deep engineering areas. He brings with him over 30 years of experience in Global Technology & Operations. Prior to joining DBS, he was the Chief Technology Officer for Bank of Americas global business services across the world and the CIO at MphasiS before that.

He is an Electronics Engineer with advanced management and leadership certification from Cornell and Georgia Tech.

is a PhD and CFA who has focussed on investment management and governance roles during her 30-year career. Ms. Kumar-Sinha has been investing in emerging markets since the late 1980s and pioneered some of the first foreign investments in the Indian subcontinent in the early 1990s.

She serves as an Independent Director and chairs the Audit, Stakeholders Relationship, and Risk Committees for many Boards. Ms. Kumar-Sinha also chairs IIT Delhi’s Investment Advisory Board. Currently, she is the Founding Partner of Pacific Paradigm Advisors, an independent investment advisory firm focussed on Asia, and a Senior Advisor to companies in India and North America. She is also Co-Founder of ParadigmARQ, an India-focussed quantitative AIF. Prior to this, Ms. Kumar-Sinha was a Senior Managing Director of Blackstone and the Head & Chief Investment Officer of Blackstone Asia Advisors. Prior to joining Blackstone, Ms. Kumar-Sinha was a Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager at Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. and CIBC World Markets, where she also managed India and Asia funds. She has also worked at Batterymarch (a Legg Mason company), Standish Ayer & Wood (a BNY Mellon company), JP Morgan, and the IFC/World Bank.

Ms. Kumar-Sinha is frequently featured in the media and at global conferences as an expert commentator on Asian capital markets and women’s issues. Ms. Kumar-Sinha has a PhD and a Master of Finance from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. She received her undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering with Distinction from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi. She is an MBA and is a CFA charterholder. Ms. Kumar-Sinha is a member of the CFA Institute, has been a member of the CFA Society Boston and India, is a TiE Charter Member, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Ms. Kumar-Sinha has been awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award from IIT Delhi. She has also been awarded ‘Best Woman Director’ in 2016 by the Asian Centre for Corporate Governance and Sustainability. She has been listed in BW Business World’s ‘Top 100 Most Influential Women in India’ in 2023, 2022 and 2021.

is an Independent Director, a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India, an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales and a CPA, Australia. He has held responsible and senior leadership positions in various Indian and multinational organisations, both in India and overseas. He is on the Boards of other companies and advises businesses on governance, performance and strategy.

Commissioned into the Indian Navy in 1975, Vice Admiral Anil Chopra rendered forty years of distinguished service in uniform.

He has the unique distinction of having been the Commander-in-Chief of both the combat commands of the Indian Navy, i.e. the Western Naval Command, and the Eastern Naval Command; as well as being the Director General of the Indian Coast Guard for three years in the immediate aftermath of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.

At sea, Admiral Chopra commanded the Western Fleet, the Navy’s principal strike formation; the aircraft carrier, INS Viraat; the destroyer, INS Rajput; and the missile corvette, INS Kuthar.

As Assistant Chief of Naval Staff, he was responsible for the Navy’s Future Force development, and its long-term Perspective and Financial Planning. As a Member of the apex Defence Acquisition Council,he was engaged in the formulation of policies for the development of India’s defence industrial base in the private and public sectors.

Whilst in service, he was the Chairman of three national bodies – the Offshore Security Coordination Committee; the Maritime Search and Rescue Board; and the Oil Spill Disaster Contingency Board. He has also been on the Board of Goa Shipyard, Ltd; and the Patron of the Sea Cadet Corps.

After retiring from active service, Admiral Chopra was a Member of the National Security Advisory Board, which provides inputs on multifarious security issues to the National Security Council(NSC).

Admiral Chopra has been a Distinguished Fellow with a number of think-tanks including ORF, Gateway House, the Delhi Policy Group and the Vivekananda International Foundation. He has also been on the Governing Council of the United Services Institution, the National Maritime Foundation, and the Mahindra Leadership University.

The admiral was posted abroad to Europe and the US on several assignments. He speaks and writes on strategic affairs and has been active in India’s strategic dialogues with a number of countries.

Admiral Chopra is an Independent Director on the Board’s of Mahindra Accelo Limited (Formerly known as Mahindra Intertrade Limited) and its Subsidiaries, Mahindra Steel Service Centre Limited and Mahindra Auto Steel Private Limited.

He is a graduate of National Defence College, New Delhi; the Naval War College, Mumbai; the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington; and the National Defence Academy, Khadakvasla; and an alumnus of the Lawrence School, Lovedale; the Sherwood College, Nainital; and the La Martiniare College, Lucknow. He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, and his Masters and M.Phil in Defence Studies from Chennai University.

For his distinguished service, he was awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM) in 2013 and the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM) in 2007, by the President of India.

has an extensive experience of 17 years primarily in Corporate Finance. She has held positions of responsibility in Business Finance, Commercial Finance, Supply chain Finance, Pricing, Deal structuring and Financial Planning. She has joined Mahindra & Mahindra Limited from General Electric (GE) where she was responsible for the $1Bn Equipment and Services business for Onshore Wind Asia region. During her 14 years at GE, she has worked across multiple business segments - Financial services, Healthcare, Transportation, Renewables Onshore and across geographies - Asia, Growth markets and India. Ami is an MBA from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai.

Currently she is working as a Chief Financial officer at Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., Farm Equipment Sector, Kandivali from 1^st April 2023.

Ami is married to Alok Dhar and are based in Mumbai. In her free time, she loves to read, goes hiking and listens to ghazals.

is a finance professional with a passion for unlocking value. He has 25 years of work experience across different businesses (Soaps, Soups, Soft Drinks, Metals & Automobiles), different functions (Sales, Supply chain & Finance) and across different geographies (India, China, Singapore, Dubai, Zurich, and US). He joined M&M in 2020 as the CFO for the Automotive Division and worked closely with the leadership team to transform the Automotive business over the last three years. He moved to the Corporate Office as SVP Group Financial Planning & Analysis in May 2023 and works closely with all the group companies on performance management, capital allocation and value unlock initiatives. Prior to joining M&M, he spent more than 20 years, most of which was at Hindustan Unilever Ltd. Bharat is a Chartered Accountant with articleship from Pricewaterhouse.