Bharat Doshi
Executive Director & Group Chief Financial Officer (Group CFO)

Bharat Doshi joined the Company in 1973 as an Executive. He is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and has a Master's Degree in Law from the University of Bombay. He has participated in the Program for Management Development (PMD) at Harvard Business School. He was also a Fellow of the Salzburg Seminar on 'Asian Economies: Regional and Global Relationships' held in December 2000.

Mr. Doshi was Executive Vice President (Corporate Affairs) from July 1991 to August 1992. In August 1992, he joined the Board of the Company as Executive Director in charge of Finance & Accounts, Corporate Affairs and Information Technology. In addition, he was the President of the Trade & Financial Services Sector from December 1994 to October 2007.

Mr. Doshi has been designated Executive Director and Group Chief Financial Officer (Group CFO) w.e.f. 12th October 2007

Mr. Doshi is Chairman of Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Limited, Mahindra Intertrade Limited and Mahindra Rural Housing Finance Limited

He is Director of several companies in the Mahindra Group, including, Tech Mahindra Limited, Mahindra Holdings & Finance Limited, Mahindra International Limited, Mahindra USA Incorporated, Bristlecone Limited and Mahindra (China) Tractor Company Limited. He was also a Director on the Board of Ford affiliate in India from May 1997 to March 2005.

He is an independent Director of Godrej Consumer Products Limited and NSE.IT Limited.

He is a Trustee of the Mahindra Foundation and the K.C. Mahindra Education Trust. He is also on the Board of Governors of the Mahindra United World College of India. He was a Member of the Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, from September 1997 to March 2008. He was a member of the Managing Committee of Bombay Chamber of Commerce & Industry from May 2005 to May 2007. He was one of the Founding Members of the Governing Council of InAct (Indian Association of Corporate CFOs & Treasurers).

Mr. Doshi was a member of the High Powered Expert Committee constituted by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, on Making Mumbai an International Financial Centre and is a member of the SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) Committee on Disclosures and Accounting Standards (SCODA).

Mr. Doshi has spoken at several international and domestic fora on economic and management topics over the years.

Recently Mr. Doshi was invited to speak at the OECD’s (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) EmNet (Emerging Market Networks) international discussions meet in Paris on “Emerging Multinationals: Partnering into New Markets” and “Closing the Emerging World Infrastructure Gap: Is there a Role for the Private Sector?”

Mr. Bharat Doshi was adjudged 'India's Best CFO' by the leading business fortnightly Business Today (India Today Group Publication) in April 2005. He was also conferred the 'CFO of the Year' Award, honouring financial excellence, instituted by IMA India, an associate of The Economist Group, in December 2005. In November 2007, Mr. Bharat Doshi was honoured with the prestigious CNBC CFO of the Year 2007 award.

Mr. Doshi’s other interests include teaching, reading, chess and yoga.

 
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