Mahindra MD in Colombo
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Anand G Mahindra |
Mahindra and Mahindra Vice Chairman and Managing Director Anand G
Mahindra will be in Colombo today.
Anand G. Mahindra joined Mahindra Ugine Steel Company Ltd (MUSCO),
the country’s foremost producer of speciality steels, as Executive
Assistant to the Finance Director. In 1989 he was appointed President
and Deputy Managing Director of the company. During his stint at MUSCO,
he initiated the Mahindra Group’s diversification into the new business
areas of real estate development and hospitality management.
In 1991, he was appointed Deputy Managing Director of Mahindra and
Mahindra Ltd., the country’s dominant producer of off-road vehicles and
agricultural tractors. He has since been engaged in a comprehensive
change program in Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd. to make the company an
efficient and aggressive competitor in the new liberalized economic
environment in India.
In April 1997, he was appointed Managing Director of Mahindra and
Mahindra Ltd and in January 2003 given the additional responsibility of
Vice Chairman.
Mahindra was a co-promoter of Kotak Mahindra Finance Ltd., which in
2003 was converted into a bank. Kotak Mahindra Bank is one of the
foremost private sector banks today.
Mahindra frequently shares his views and ideas on Indian economy and
business through his writings in some of India’s leading business
magazines. |
