Mr. Anand G. Mahindra, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., graduated from Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Magna cum Laude (High Honours).  In 1981 he secured an MBA degree from the Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts.  He returned to India that year and 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

Mr. Mahindra is the co-founder of the Harvard Business School Association of India, an association dedicated to the promotion of professional management in India.  The association has grown substantially over the years.

He is Past President 2003-04 of the Confederation of Indian Industry and has also been President of the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI).

Mr. Mahindra is a Director of The National Stock Exchange of India Limited appointed under the “Public Representatives” category.

He takes a keen interest in matters related to education and apart from being a Trustee of the K.C. Mahindra Education Trust, which provides scholarships to students, he is also on the Board of Governors of the Mahindra United World College of India.

Mr. Mahindra is the Founder Chairman of the Mumbai Festival, which was launched in January 2005.  The event was the first comprehensive festival to celebrate the rich cultural diversity of the city.

He is the Co-Chairman of the International Council of the Asia Society, New York.

A graduate in Law (Calcutta University) and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (FCA) and the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (FCS), Mr. Arun Nanda joined Machinery Manufacturers Corporation Ltd. in the year 1973 as a management accountant. Three years later, he moved on to Mahindra Sintered Products Ltd., Pune, as the Chief Accountant and Company Secretary. In the year 1986, he joined the parent company and was appointed as M&M Group’s Executive Director shortly. In 1994, he was

Today, Mr. Nanda shoulders multiple responsibilities at corporate level – including secretarial, corporate governance, investments and corporate communications. A board member of several Mahindra & non-Mahindra companies, he is responsible for strategic planning and identifying new business opportunities. He is Executive Director of Mahindra & Mahindra Limited and President, Infrastructure & Development Sector. .

A dynamic personality, Mr. Nanda has spoken at various international conferences and has even led various task forces and missions of associations like CII and Bombay Chamber of Commerce & Industry. He is the President of the Indo-French Chamber of Commerce. A member of the governing council of the EU Chambers of Commerce in India and the governing board of Indo-American Society, he has also been a part of high-powered committee set up by the Government of Maharashtra to do an in-depth study of issues related to employment generation.

Mr. Uday Phadke joined the Company in 1973. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and has a Bachelor's degree in Commerce and Law. He has attended the General Management Course for Senior Executives conducted by the Administrative Staff of College of India (ASCI) and a course for Senior Executives organized by the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne , Switzerland .

Mr. Phadke heads Finance, Accounts, Investor Relations and Legal Affairs functions of the Company. He is a Member and Convenor of the Corporate Governance Cell (CGC) and Coordinator of the Corporate Transformation Programme Office (CTPO). He is a Trustee of the Mahindra & Mahindra Limited – Staff Provident Fund Scheme, Superannuation Scheme, Staff & Workmen's Superannuation Scheme and Gratuity Scheme. He is on the Board of various Group companies such as Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Limited, Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India Limited, Mahindra GESCO Developers Limited, M&M South Africa (Pty) Ltd. and Mahindra Renault Private Limited. He is also on the Audit Committee of most of these Companies.

Mr. Phadke has been Chairman of the Direct Taxes Committee of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Currently, he is on the Accounting Standards of Board of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and is also a Member on the `National Committee on Professional Services' and `Committee on Taxation & Company Law' of CII. He is a Member of the Working Group on “Employee Benefits” constituted by the International Accounting Standards Board.

Mr. Hemant Luthra is a member of the Management Board of Mahindra & Mahindra Limited and as President of Systech has grown the Engineering Services, Strategic Sourcing and Automotive Components business units to US$800 mm, with Mahindra Forging, Mahindra Casting & Mahindra Engineering as the primary drivers of this growth.  He joined M&M as Executive Vice President – Corporate Strategy in December 2001 and was involved in a number of Strategic initiatives across different sectors and group companies.He serves on several Boards and is the

Hemant has 35 years of varied and rich work experience in Operations, Finance, Business Development and Private Equity, which is of special interest to M&M today as it seeks to consolidate its leadership in different verticals on the back of its strong financial performance.

A Commerce Graduate and F.C.A. Mr. Sanjiv Kapoor is the senior partner of M/s. S. K. Kapoor & Co., Chartered Accountants, one of the leading Chartered Accountancy firms. As partner of the firm has conducted audits of number of large Corporates such as R.B.I., L.I.C., N.T.P.C., Indian Oil, U.T.I., Banks etc.

Mr. Kapoor has been a Director of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., Ballarpur Industries Ltd., Indian Bank, Corporation Bank, U. P. Stock Exchange Association Ltd., UPSE Securities Ltd., Sahara Asset

At present Mr. Kapoor is a Director on the Board of Mahindra Lifespace Developers Limited, Mahindra World City Developers Limited & Sahara India Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

Mr. Shailesh Haribhakti is the Managing Partner of Haribhakti & Co., Chartered Accountants and CEO of Haribhakti Group. He is the only Indian Member on the Standards Advisory Council of the International Accounting Standards Board. He is Chairman, Financial Planning Standards Board, India and serves on Financial Planning Standards Global Board. He is a Member of the ‘Takeover Panel’ constituted by SEBI, is a member of the SEBI Committee on Disclosures and Accounting Standards; and Convergence Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). He is on the Board of Directors of several listed companies.