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The Board of Governors

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  • Zhooben Bhiwandiwala

    Published 17/08/21, by Afsha Sethi

    Mr. Zhooben Bhiwandiwala is currently the Executive Director & CEO – Mahindra Holdings Limited. 

    Zhooben joined the Mahindra Group in 1985, and through a remarkable 38-year career has acquired a wide spectrum of experience across diverse roles in a number of key positions in several business sectors. As a long-standing veteran, he has traversed an interesting path across the Group during the past three decades -- in terms of the diversity of roles, their geographic reach and location, and the industry verticals.

    He has, during this tenure, acquired broad ranging cross-functional experience across several industries, and his active roles have embraced finance, legal, significant cross border M&A, HR, marketing, strategy and other commercial functions.  Zhooben has spent around 7 years on deputation to international assignments in the UK and US, and has, throughout the span of his career, been extensively involved in international operations, incubating/investing in new businesses, start-ups, joint ventures and mergers & acquisitions. He was also an active participant in several Group corporate initiatives and was the Chairman of the HR Academy at the Mahindra Learning University.
     
    Currently, Zhooben is a Director on the Boards of East India Company (UK), Mahindra Holdings, Mahindra Foundation UK, Mumbai Mantra, United World College, Mahindra International School, The Mahindra United World College of India. He is also a member of the Global Advisory Board of i-Probono, UK, and Safe Kids Foundation, India.

    In his earlier role, as President of the Mahindra Partners Division, Zhooben was the Chief architect of the Mahindra Partners division - the $1 Bn Private Equity and Venture Capital division of the Mahindra Group, which was the single window channel for all the Group’s diversified new investments. This Division leveraged the Mahindra Group’s unique strengths of constant innovation, financial prudence and creative business models to incubate new ventures and accelerate value creation through a diversified global portfolio of emergent businesses spanning various industry sectors like Cleantech (Solar), Steel, Retail, Consulting, Healthcare, Boat Manufacturing, Conveyor Systems, AI & Analytics. 

    Zhooben additionally held the position of President -Mahindra Group Legal during this tenure. 

    While professionally qualified as a Chartered Accountant, he has, through these exposures, collected a rich basket of experience and made valuable contributions to the Mahindra Group.
     

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  • Kshitij Sheth

    Published 01/07/24, by Rohan Agarwal
    Kshitij Sheth is a Managing Director with ChrysCapital, a leading private equity fund in India with a $6bn AUM. He joined ChrysCapital in 2011 and leads the digital economy and pharmaceuticals sectors. He was previously with Citigroup Globa
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  • Nachiket Sukhtankar

    Published 01/07/24, by Rohan Agarwal
    Nachiket Sukhtankar is a Senior Vice President at DXC Technology and Managing Director of DXC Technology in India. Nachiket brings more than 30 years of experience, which includes running global P&Ls, defining business strategy, building new tech
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  • Nyrika Holkar

    Published 16/08/21, by Afsha Sethi

    Nyrika Holkar is an alumna of UWC Adriatic and the Executive Director of Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd (‘G&B’). She leads Digital Strategy, Brand, Legal and M&A for G&B and its subsidiaries. In this capacity, she drives a company-wide strategy on building new digital interventions through online platforms and ecosystems to help improve customer experience, foster collaborative innovation, and enhance data-led decision making in business. A qualified solicitor, Nyrika is responsible for the company’s global legal strategy including supervising commercial contracts, structuring M&A transactions as well as the protection and enhancement of the organisation’s intellectual property across its 14 businesses. As the Brand Custodian, she works closely with the Sustainability, Marketing and Communication teams across G&B with a focus on building a responsible corporate brand. As a member of the G&B board of directors she is also involved with key decisions related to business strategy, talent management and corporate governance. During her tenure as Executive Director, Nyrika has helped significantly reduce the G&B Group’s financial exposure by streamlining the negotiation and contract management process through an end-to-end digitised contract life cycle management platform. She is also a director on the Board of Godrej Infotech, a subsidiary of G&B and is involved in key decisions with regard to IT security and technology platforms across the Group and is working to enhance G&B’s partnership with startups and technology partners to improve the digital ecosystem for G&B businesses. Nyrika began her career at legal firm AZB & Partners where she specialised in M&A transactions and advised foreign companies seeking to invest in India before joining G&B. She graduated summa cum laude with a BA in Philosophy and Economics from Colorado College, USA and obtained LL.B and LL.M degrees from University College London, UK. She is a member of the Bar Association of India and is a qualified Solicitor in the United Kingdom. She is an ardent supporter of the environment. As Chairperson of the G&B CSR Committee, Nyrika is actively involved in G&B’s community development efforts including education, skilling and the preservation and protection of Mumbai’s mangroves. Trekking, Wildlife and Photography are some of her abiding interests beyond work. Nyrika is a member on the Board of the Centre for the Advancement of Philanthropy and the United World Colleges Committee (UWC) India. She is a Fellow of the Ananta Aspen Centre’s Fellowship and a member of Aspen Global Leadership Network. She is married and lives in Mumbai with her husband Yeshwant and her daughter.

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  • Navroze Marshall

    Published 03/09/19, by Admin

    Navroze Shiamak Marshall has been Managing Director of Simmonds-Marshall Ltd. since January 2003. Mr. Marshall has got an experience of over 15 years to his credit. He has vast experience with multinationals in the United States of America. Mr. Marshall was educated at Cathedral & John Connon School, Mumbai, United World College (South East Asia), Singapore and holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Chemical Engineering & Economics from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, USA. Mr. Marshall also has a MBA in Management from IMD, Switzerland.

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  • Reshmi Khurana Laroia

    Published 28/06/19, by Admin
    Reshmi Khurana Laroia is an alumna of UWC SEA. Ms. Laroia is Partner and Managing Director at AlixPartners, a leading advisory and interim management company. She has 25 years of experience based across the US, India and Singapore markets advising ma
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  • Alok Kshirsagar

    Published 28/06/19, by Admin
    Alok Kshirsagar is a Senior Partner with McKinsey & Company with deep experience in performance improvement and growth initiatives through his time in the firm’s London, New York, and India offices. Alok has led a number of McKinsey capabil
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  • Manish Kejriwal

    Published 26/06/19, by Admin
    Manish Kejriwal is an alumnus of UWC Pearson College and the Managing Partner of Kedaara Capital Advisors LLP, a private equity investment fund focused on India. In early 2004, Mr. Kejriwal founded the India office of Temasek Holdings Pte. Ltd.,
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