M P Vijay Kumar (MPV) is a Chartered Accountant, Cost Accountant and Company Secretary.
MPV presently serves as member of IFRS Interpretation Committee of International Accounting Standards Board since 2021. He was member of IFRS Advisory Council of IFRS Foundation which advises on Accounting and Sustainability Standards for 6 years 2019-2024, Chairman of Accounting Standards Board of ICAI and Member of National Financial Reporting Authority (2019-2022). Since 2022, he is member of Committee of External Eminent Experts for conciliation of Oil industry disputes, constituted by Ministry of Petroleum, Oil & Natural Gas, Govt of India.
MPV serves as Independent Director on Board of Life Insurance Corporation of India, ONGC Petro Additions Limited, Heritage Foods Limited and Wheels India Limited. He is also Chairman of an unlisted Company, Geojit Investments Limited.
MPV was a teacher to students pursuing Chartered Accountancy for 20 years (1995-2015) and has authored over 10 titles on Accounting, Accounting Standards, Audit Standards and Company Law.
MPV started his career in Investment banking at Sundaram Finance Services Limited (1992-1999), was in practice as partner Yoganandh & Ram, Chartered Accountants (1999-2007) and since 2007 has been serving at Sify Technologies Limited, an SEC listed Company, where he is presently Executive Director & Group CFO.