Mr. Zhooben Bhiwandiwala
Executive Director & CEO – Mahindra Holdings Limited
Director- The Mahindra United World College, Pune
Chairman -The Mahindra International School, Pune
Chairman-The United World Colleges Committee, India
President, Mahindra Partners and Group Legal
Mr. Zhooben Bhiwandiwala currently is the Executive Director & CEO – Mahindra Holdings Limited
Zhooben joined the Mahindra Group in 1985, and through a remarkable 40 year career has acquired a wide spectrum of experience across diverse roles in a number of key positions across several business sectors. As a long standing veteran, he has traversed an interesting path across the Group during the past four decades — in terms of the diversity of roles, their geographic span and location, and varied industry verticals.
Overview
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 through 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, including as Chairman of the HR Academy of the Mahindra Learning University.
Currently, Zhooben is a Director on the Boards of Mahindra Holdings Ltd. (Executive Director), Mumbai Mantra Media Ltd (Chairman), Mahindra Foundation (UK), United World Colleges Committee India (Chairman), Mahindra International School, Pune (Chairman), and 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 most recent earlier role, as President of the Mahindra Partners Division, Zhooben was the chief architect of the Division’s conceptualisation, vision & investment strategy, which incubated highly successful new ventures for the group, and accelerated value creation through a diversified global portfolio of emergent businesses spanning various industry sectors like Cleantech, Steel, Retail, Consulting, Healthcare, Boat Manufacturing, Conveyor Systems, AI & Analytics.
Zhooben additionally oversaw the Group Legal function, designated President -Group Legal during this tenure.
While professionally qualified as a Chartered Accountant, he has through these exposures collected a rich basket of experiences and made valuable contributions to the Mahindra Group.
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 through the span of his career been extensively involved in international operations, incubating/investing in new businesses, start-ups, joint ventures and mergers & acquisitions. He is also an active participant in several Group corporate initiatives and is the Chairman of the HR Academy at the Mahindra Leadership University.
Currently, Zhooben is a Director on the Boards of a number of companies of the Mahindra Group including many of its overseas subsidiaries. Among others, he sits on the Boards of Mahindra Intertrade, Mahindra CIE, First Cry, Mahindra Finance USA, The East India Company, etc. He is also a member of the Global Advisory Board of i-Probono, UK, and Safe Kids Foundation, India.
Zhooben is one of the chief architects of Mahindra Partners. The Division adapts the Group’s unique strengths of constant innovation, prudence and creative business models with the mandate of incubating new ventures for the Group. Mahindra Partners accelerates value creation through a diversified global portfolio of emergent businesses spanning various industry sectors like Cleantech, Steel, Retail, Consulting, Healthcare, Boat Manufacturing, Conveyor Systems, AI & Analytics.
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. He currently heads the Mahindra Partners division and additionally oversees the Group Legal function.
