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MAL

Mahindra Accelo Ltd. (MAL), formerly known as Mahindra Intertrade Ltd, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mahindra & Mahindra Limited (M&M). MAL is engaged in Mobility and Energy component business including vehicle recycling. It operates out of 3 locations including Pune, Nashik and Vadodara. It is the parent company of the other Mahindra Accelo Group companies.

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Mr. Ranjan Pant
Chairman
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Mr. Sumit Issar
Managing Director
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Mr. Parag Shah
Director
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Mr. Mohit Kapoor
Director
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Ms. Jasmine Kaur
Director
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Mr. Ashok Kumar Barat
Independent Director
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Vice Admiral Anil Kumar Chopra
Independent Director
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Mr. Anil Chaudhry
Independent Director
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Mr. Ranjan Pant

Chairman

Mr. Ranjan Pant is a CEO Advisor, global strategy & change management consultant with over 30 years experience. In the last two decades, he has been a Board Director of several major companies. He earned a Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering Honours from BITS, Pilani and an MBA in Finance from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Pant began his career at Bain & Co., a Consulting firm, where he led the energy and utilities practice. He was also a director of internal consulting at General Electric.

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Mr. Sumit Issar

Managing Director

Mr. Sumit Issar is the Managing Director (MD) and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Mahindra Accelo Ltd. and Mahindra Steel Service Centre Ltd. He is also a Board member of Mahindra Auto Steel Pvt. Ltd., Mahindra Middle East and PT Mahindra Accelo Steel Indonesia. Sumit is a Mechanical Engineer (Hons.) from Birla Institute of Technology, with a post-graduation in Marketing. He has 21+ years of experience in Sales, Marketing, Sourcing and Supply Chain Management.

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Mr. Parag Shah

Director

Mr. Parag Shah is Head, Mahindra Accelo and a member of Group Executive Boards of the Mahindra Group. He is also the Member of Group Sustainability Council. In a career spanning 22+ years, Parag has held various positions within the Mahindra Group. He has extensive experience in building new businesses, startups, turn arounds, joint ventures and mergers and acquisitions.

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Mr. Mohit Kapoor

Director

Mr. Mohit Kapoor is the Group Chief Technology Officer at the Mahindra Group. Mohit 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. Mohit is a part of the Group. Executive Board and is a Director on the board of Mahindra Intertrade Limited and Bristlecone Limited. Mohit also chairs the AI and digital tech committee at FICCI.

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Ms. Jasmine Kaur

Director

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Mr. Ashok Kumar Barat

Independent Director

Mr. Ashok Barat, an Independent Director, is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India, Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales and 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 Board of several other companies and advises businesses on governance, performance and strategy.

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Vice Admiral Anil Kumar Chopra

Independent Director

Vice Admiral Anil Chopra, PVSM, AVSM (RETD) 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 combatant 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.

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Mr. Anil Chaudhry

Independent Director

MSSCL

Mahindra Steel Service Centre Ltd is a joint venture between Mahindra Accelo and Metal One Corporation, Japan formed way back in 1993. It is engaged in Mobility and Energy component business. It operates out of 5 facilities across Pune, Bhopal, Noida, and Chennai

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Mr. Ranjan Pant
Chairman
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Mr. Sumit Issar
Managing Director
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Mr. Vijay Arora
Director
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Mr. Kenji Hatakeyama
Director
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Mr. Nobuyuki Kawakita
Director
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Vice Admiral Anil Kumar Chopra
Independent Director
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Ms. Chandra Iyer
Independent Director
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Mr. Ranjan Pant

Chairman

Mr. Ranjan Pant is a CEO Advisor, global strategy & change management consultant with over 30 years experience. In the last two decades, he has been a Board Director of several major companies. He earned a Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering Honours from BITS, Pilani and an MBA in Finance from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Pant began his career at Bain & Co., a Consulting firm, where he led the energy and utilities practice. He was also a director of internal consulting at General Electric.

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Mr. Sumit Issar

Managing Director

Mr. Sumit Issar is the Managing Director (MD) and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Mahindra Intertrade Ltd. and Mahindra Steel Service Centre Ltd. He is also a Board member of Mahindra Auto Steel Pvt. Ltd., Mahindra Middle East and PT Mahindra Accelo Steel Indonesia. Sumit is a Mechanical Engineer (Hons.) from Birla Institute of Technology, with a post-graduation in Marketing. He has 21+ years of experience in Sales, Marketing, Sourcing and Supply Chain Management.

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Mr. Vijay Arora

Director

Apart from being COO at Mahindra Accelo (Mahindra Intertrade Ltd. and its subsidiaries) is also a Director in Mahindra Steel Service Centre Ltd, Mahindra MSTC Recycling Pvt Ltd (CERO Recycling - India's first Auto Recycling company) and Member of Senior Leadership Team at Mahindra Accelo (Mahindra Intertrade Ltd and its subsidiary companies), with 30 years of experience in handling various portfolios covering Strategy, Manufacturing, Projects and Business Excellence. Played a key- role in setting up and spearheading all the new initiatives that company has ventured into: Power transformers, Electrical Stampings, Automotive blanking and Distribution transformers etc. Driven by passion with a penchant towards innovation & advancements in IT, has distinguished achievements in scaling up businesses & promoting excellence in systems & processes. Presently spearheading Mahindra Accelo's most ambitious project of foray into Automotive recycling - first of its kind in India and its diversification into E-Commerce space. As part of Senior Leadership Team, played a vital role in making Mahindra Intertrade one of the India’s ”Great place to work” – Mahindra Intertrade has been ranked 2nd in Mid Size segment within the top companies in India in 2020 On a personal front, he loves reading, traveling and exploring new places. Digital technology fascinates him and he is always looking forward to new challenges in life

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Mr. Kenji Hatakeyama

Director

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Mr. Nobuyuki Kawakita

Director

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Vice Admiral Anil Kumar Chopra

Independent Director

Vice Admiral Anil Chopra, PVSM, AVSM (RETD) 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 combatant 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.

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Ms. Chandra Iyer

Independent Director

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MASPL

Mahindra Auto Steel Pvt Ltd is a Joint Venture between Mahindra Accelo, CSGT International Corporation, Taiwan and Mitsui & Co, Japan formed in 2015. It is operating out of a state-of-the-art facility at Chakan, near Pune and is engaged in the Mobility business.

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Mr. Ranjan Pant
Chairman
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Mr. Sumit Issar
Director
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Ms. Jasmine Kaur
Director
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Mr. Minoru Yano
Director
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Mr. Ajay Mehta
Director
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Vice Admiral Anil Kumar Chopra
Independent Director
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Mr. Ranjan Pant

Chairman

Mr. Ranjan Pant is a CEO Advisor, global strategy & change management consultant with over 30 years experience. In the last two decades, he has been a Board Director of several major companies. He earned a Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering Honours from BITS, Pilani and an MBA in Finance from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Pant began his career at Bain & Co., a Consulting firm, where he led the energy and utilities practice. He was also a director of internal consulting at General Electric.

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Mr. Sumit Issar

Director

Mr. Sumit Issar is the Managing Director (MD) and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Mahindra Intertrade Ltd. and Mahindra Steel Service Centre Ltd. He is also a Board member of Mahindra Auto Steel Pvt. Ltd., Mahindra Middle East and PT Mahindra Accelo Steel Indonesia. Sumit is a Mechanical Engineer (Hons.) from Birla Institute of Technology, with a post-graduation in Marketing. He has 21+ years of experience in Sales, Marketing, Sourcing and Supply Chain Management.

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Ms. Jasmine Kaur

Director

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Mr. Minoru Yano

Director

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Mr. Ajay Mehta

Director

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Vice Admiral Anil Kumar Chopra

Independent Director

Vice Admiral Anil Chopra, PVSM, AVSM (RETD) 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 combatant 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.

MME

Mahindra Middle East Steel is a Joint venture between Mahindra Accelo and Nippon Steel Corporation, Japan, formed in 2005. It is engaged in the energy component business and has a state-of-the-art facility in Sharjah, UAE,.

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Mr. Sumit Issar
Director
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Mr. Parag Shah
Director
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Ms. Jasmine Kaur
Director
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Mr. Osamu Ujiie
Director
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Mr. Sumit Issar

Director

Mr. Sumit Issar is the Managing Director (MD) and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Mahindra Intertrade Ltd. and Mahindra Steel Service Centre Ltd. He is also a Board member of Mahindra Auto Steel Pvt. Ltd., Mahindra Middle East and PT Mahindra Accelo Steel Indonesia. Sumit is a Mechanical Engineer (Hons.) from Birla Institute of Technology, with a post-graduation in Marketing. He has 21+ years of experience in Sales, Marketing, Sourcing and Supply Chain Management.

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Mr. Parag Shah

Director

Mr. Parag Shah is Head, Mahindra Accelo and a member of Group Executive Boards of the Mahindra Group. He is also the Member of Group Sustainability Council. In a career spanning 22+ years, Parag has held various positions within the Mahindra Group. He has extensive experience in building new businesses, startups, turn arounds, joint ventures and mergers and acquisitions.

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Ms. Jasmine Kaur

Director

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Mr. Osamu Ujiie

Director

PT MASI

PT Mahindra Accelo Steel, Indonesia, has been formed to expand and add value to our energy component business in Indonesia. A state-of-the-art plant has been set up which became operational in 2022.

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Mr. Sumit Issar
Commissioner
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Mr. Parag Shah
President Commissioner
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Mr. Rudy E. Tiendas
Director
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Mr. Laxman Popalghat
Director
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Mr. Sumit Issar

Commissioner

Mr. Sumit Issar is the Managing Director (MD) and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Mahindra Accelo Ltd. and Mahindra Steel Service Centre Ltd. He is also a Board member of Mahindra Auto Steel Pvt. Ltd., Mahindra Middle East and PT Mahindra Accelo Steel Indonesia. Sumit is a Mechanical Engineer (Hons.) from Birla Institute of Technology, with a post-graduation in Marketing. He has 21+ years of experience in Sales, Marketing, Sourcing and Supply Chain Management.

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Mr. Parag Shah

President Commissioner

Mr. Parag Shah is Head, Mahindra Accelo and a member of Group Executive Boards of the Mahindra Group. He is also the Member of Group Sustainability Council. In a career spanning 22+ years, Parag has held various positions within the Mahindra Group. He has extensive experience in building new businesses, startups, turn arounds, joint ventures and mergers and acquisitions.

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Mr. Rudy E. Tiendas

Director

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Mr. Laxman Popalghat

Director

MESPL

Mahindra Electrical Steel Private Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mahindra Accelo Ltd set up with the main objective of trading and processing in non-ferrous/ferrous materials, including various grades of steel.

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Mr. Sumit Issar
Director
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Mr. Vijay Arora
Director
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Ms. Jasmine Kaur
Director
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Mr. Sumit Issar

Director

Mr. Sumit Issar is the Managing Director (MD) and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Mahindra Intertrade Ltd. and Mahindra Steel Service Centre Ltd. He is also a Board member of Mahindra Auto Steel Pvt. Ltd., Mahindra Middle East and PT Mahindra Accelo Steel Indonesia. Sumit is a Mechanical Engineer (Hons.) from Birla Institute of Technology, with a post-graduation in Marketing. He has 21+ years of experience in Sales, Marketing, Sourcing and Supply Chain Management.

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Mr. Vijay Arora

Director

Apart from being COO at Mahindra Accelo (Mahindra Intertrade Ltd. and its subsidiaries) is also a Director in Mahindra Steel Service Centre Ltd, Mahindra MSTC Recycling Pvt Ltd (CERO Recycling - India's first Auto Recycling company) and Member of Senior Leadership Team at Mahindra Accelo (Mahindra Intertrade Ltd and its subsidiary companies), with 30 years of experience in handling various portfolios covering Strategy, Manufacturing, Projects and Business Excellence. Played a key- role in setting up and spearheading all the new initiatives that company has ventured into: Power transformers, Electrical Stampings, Automotive blanking and Distribution transformers etc. Driven by passion with a penchant towards innovation & advancements in IT, has distinguished achievements in scaling up businesses & promoting excellence in systems & processes. Presently spearheading Mahindra Accelo's most ambitious project of foray into Automotive recycling - first of its kind in India and its diversification into E-Commerce space. As part of Senior Leadership Team, played a vital role in making Mahindra Intertrade one of the India’s ”Great place to work” – Mahindra Intertrade has been ranked 2nd in Mid Size segment within the top companies in India in 2020 On a personal front, he loves reading, traveling and exploring new places. Digital technology fascinates him and he is always looking forward to new challenges in life

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Ms. Jasmine Kaur

Director

MMRPL

Mahindra MSTC Recycling Private Ltd (‘MMRPL’) was formed to set up environment-friendly recycling centers for end-of-life vehicles. It is a joint venture between MAL and MSTC Ltd (a government of India Enterprise) and operates under brand name ‘CERO’. It has nine modern Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facilities (RVSF) and 18 collection centers across India.

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Mr. Manobendra Ghoshal
Chairman
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Mr. Sumit Issar
Director
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Mr. Vijay Arora
Director
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Mr. Subrata Sarkar
Director
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Ms. Jasmine Kaur
Director
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Mr. Ramadorai S
Independent Director
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Mr. Ajay Mehta
Independent Director
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Mr. Manobendra Ghoshal

Chairman

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Mr. Sumit Issar

Director

Mr. Sumit Issar is the Managing Director (MD) and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Mahindra Intertrade Ltd. and Mahindra Steel Service Centre Ltd. He is also a Board member of Mahindra Auto Steel Pvt. Ltd., Mahindra Middle East and PT Mahindra Accelo Steel Indonesia. Sumit is a Mechanical Engineer (Hons.) from Birla Institute of Technology, with a post-graduation in Marketing. He has 21+ years of experience in Sales, Marketing, Sourcing and Supply Chain Management.

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Mr. Vijay Arora

Director

Apart from being COO at Mahindra Accelo (Mahindra Intertrade Ltd. and its subsidiaries) is also a Director in Mahindra Steel Service Centre Ltd, Mahindra MSTC Recycling Pvt Ltd (CERO Recycling - India's first Auto Recycling company) and Member of Senior Leadership Team at Mahindra Accelo (Mahindra Intertrade Ltd and its subsidiary companies), with 30 years of experience in handling various portfolios covering Strategy, Manufacturing, Projects and Business Excellence. Played a key- role in setting up and spearheading all the new initiatives that company has ventured into: Power transformers, Electrical Stampings, Automotive blanking and Distribution transformers etc. Driven by passion with a penchant towards innovation & advancements in IT, has distinguished achievements in scaling up businesses & promoting excellence in systems & processes. Presently spearheading Mahindra Accelo's most ambitious project of foray into Automotive recycling - first of its kind in India and its diversification into E-Commerce space. As part of Senior Leadership Team, played a vital role in making Mahindra Intertrade one of the India’s ”Great place to work” – Mahindra Intertrade has been ranked 2nd in Mid Size segment within the top companies in India in 2020 On a personal front, he loves reading, traveling and exploring new places. Digital technology fascinates him and he is always looking forward to new challenges in life

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Mr. Subrata Sarkar

Director

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Ms. Jasmine Kaur

Director

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Mr. Ramadorai S

Independent Director

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Mr. Ajay Mehta

Independent Director

LEADERSHIP TEAM

Our Leaders

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Mr. Vijay Arora
Chief Operating Officer
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Mr. Diwakar Srivastava
Vice President – Commercial
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Ms. Nora Bhatia
Vice President HR and Admin
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Mr. Saroj Kumar Khuntia
Chief Financial Officer
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Ms. Romali M. Malvankar
Company Secretary
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Mr. Vijay Arora

Chief Operating Officer

Apart from being COO at Mahindra Accelo Group companies, is also a Director in Mahindra Steel Service Centre Ltd, Mahindra MSTC Recycling Pvt Ltd (CERO Recycling - India's first Auto Recycling company) and Member of Senior Leadership Team at Mahindra Accelo, with 30 years of experience in handling various portfolios covering Strategy, Manufacturing, Projects and Business Excellence. Played a key- role in setting up and spearheading all the new initiatives that company has ventured into: Power transformers, Electrical Stampings, Automotive blanking and Distribution transformers etc. Driven by passion with a penchant towards innovation & advancements in IT, has distinguished achievements in scaling up businesses & promoting excellence in systems & processes. As part of Senior Leadership Team, played a vital role in making Mahindra Accelo one of India’s ”Great place to work”. On a personal front, he loves reading, traveling and exploring new places. Digital technology fascinates him and he is always looking forward to new challenges in life.

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Mr. Diwakar Srivastava

Vice President – Commercial

A Graduate in Commerce and professional Accountant having 35 years of experience with the group. Career spanning Accounts, Sales Accounts, Logistics, Indirect Taxation, Commercial, Statutory Compliance and Industrial Relations. A rich experience in SAP. Currently holding the responsibility of Commercial and Industrial Relations for Mahindra Accelo group.

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Ms. Nora Bhatia

Vice President HR and Admin

Nora has over two decades of experience in Human Resources encompassing mature businesses and the start-up ecosystem. She is a recipient of the 'HR Professional of the year' award at the Middle East HR Leadership Awards 2016 and at Asia’s Best Employer Brand Awards, 2015. She holds a master’s degree in HR from NMIMS and a bachelor’s degree in Commerce from University of Mumbai.

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Mr. Saroj Kumar Khuntia

Chief Financial Officer

Saroj Kumar Khuntia is a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years of varied experience in Strategic planning, fund raising, capital allocation, new business setup, mergers & acquisition, taxation, risk management, compliances, internal controls, etc. He is associated with M&M group for last 11.5 years and currently he is Chief Financial Officer of Mahindra Accelo Limited and Mahindra Auto Steel Private Limited since June 2020. Before joining Mahindra Accelo, he was Chief Financial Officer at Mahindra Electric Mobility Limited (Bengaluru) since July 2017. Prior to Mahindra Electric, he was CFO at Mahindra Retail Private Limited, where he played a key role in demerger of a division of the business and restructuring with a common brand with FirstCry.com Apart from the Mahindra Group, Saroj has worked with Hindustan Lever Limited, Harman International, Diary Farm International, Ikanos Communications Private Limited.

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Ms. Romali M. Malvankar

Company Secretary

Ms. Romali M. Malvankar (B. Com, ACS and LL.M) is the Company Secretary of Mahindra Accelo Limited and its Subsidiary Company, Mahindra Steel Service Centre Limited. She is an Associate Member of the Institute of the Company Secretaries of India, a Commerce graduate and completed Masters in Business Laws from Mumbai University. Started career at Mahindra and Mahindra Limited as a Management trainee and thereafter as a Consultant, Company Secretary of IMP Powers Limited (Listed on BSE and NSE) wherein successfully handled the Preferential Issue, worked with Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited (wherein was responsible for corporate secretarial compliances of the Listed entity) and with KGK Group of Companies. Overall corporate professional experience of 12 years in handling compliances under various Corporate Laws, including the SEBI regulations, Companies Act, FEMA regulations, RBI guidelines etc., coordinating and conducting the Board/General Meetings, maintaining corporate secretarial records, undertaking statutory filings, managing secretarial/compliance audits, ensuring good corporate governance practices and liasioning with regulatory and statutory authorities including Ministry of Corporate Affairs, SEBI, Stock Exchanges, Registrar of Companies, Depositories etc.