MAHINDRA ACCELO - Key Persons


Anil Kumar Chopra

Job Titles:
  • Independent Director
  • Vice Admiral
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.

Dr. Punita Kumar-Sinha

Job Titles:
  • Independent Director
Dr. Punita Kumar Sinha, PhD, CFA, has focused on investment management and financial markets during her 30-year career. She also has significant governance and Board experience across India and North America. Dr. 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

Mr. Ajay Mehta

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Independent Director

Mr. Ashok Kumar Barat

Job Titles:
  • 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.

Mr. Bharat Doshi - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
Mr. Bharat Doshi is a former Executive Director and Group CFO of Mahindra & Mahindra Limited. He was also the Chairman of Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Limited 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 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.

Mr. Bharat Goenka

Job Titles:
  • Director

Mr. Diwakar Srivastava

Job Titles:
  • 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.

Mr. Kazutomo Yamamoto

Job Titles:
  • Director

Mr. Kenji Hatakeyama

Job Titles:
  • Director

Mr. Laxman Popalghat

Job Titles:
  • Director

Mr. Manobendra Ghoshal - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Mr. Mohit Kapoor

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Group Chief Technology Officer at the Mahindra Group
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.

Mr. Nobuyuki Kawakita

Job Titles:
  • Director

Mr. Nozar Bharucha

Job Titles:
  • Director

Mr. Osamu Ujiie

Job Titles:
  • Director

Mr. Parag Shah - President

Job Titles:
  • Commissioner
  • Director
  • Head
  • President
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.

Mr. Rajeev Dubey - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Mr. Ranjan Pant

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • CEO Advisor, Global Strategy
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.

Mr. Rudy E. Tiendas

Job Titles:
  • Director

Mr. Saroj Kumar Khuntia - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chartered Accountant
  • 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.

Mr. Subrata Sarkar

Job Titles:
  • Director

Mr. Sumit Issar - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Commissioner
  • Director
  • Managing Director
  • Managing Director ( MD ) and the Chief Executive Officer ( CEO
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.

Mr. Vijay Arora - COO, President

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer
  • Director
  • President
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

Ms. Chandra Iyer

Job Titles:
  • Independent Director

Ms. Manaswini Goel - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Director

Ms. Nora Bhatia

Job Titles:
  • 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.

Ms. Romali M. Malvankar - Secretary

Job Titles:
  • 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.

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.