Great Place to Work - Message from Mr. Ramesh Iyer

Great Place to Work - Message from Mr. Ramesh Iyer (Vice Chairman and Managing Director President - Financial Services Sector & Member of Group Executive Board) and Mr. Vinay Deshpande (Chief People Officer – Mahindra Finance)


Mr. Ramesh Iyer has been the Managing Director of the company with effect from 30th April, 2001 and is associated with us since inception. He comes with a wealth of experience in matters relating to business development, finance and marketing. Mr. Iyer is also a member of the Group Executive Board of M&M, the holding company, and on the Board of various Mahindra Group companies. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Commerce and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration.

Mr. Iyer is a Member of the Banking & Finance Committee of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Core Committee of Finance Industry Development Council (FIDC) and the Task Force of NBFCs of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). He is also the Co-Chairman of the Group on Finance & Leasing and Insurance of the Council of Economic Affairs, set up by Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM).

Mr. Iyer has had an illustrious career marked by numerous awards and accolades. He has won the Indian Achievers Award for Corporate Leadership by Indian Achievers Forum. He was also conferred the Business Leadership Award by the Institute of Economic Studies, New Delhi. His leadership was lauded with the ‘CEO with HR Orientation' Award by Employer Branding Institute, CMO Asia, with their Strategic Partner CMO Council. In addition, he has also received the Udyog Rattan Award by the Institute of Economic Studies, New Delhi; the Rashtriya Udyog Pratibha Award by the Council for Economic Growth & Research, Pune; and the Bhartiya Udyog Ratna Award by the National Education & Human Resource Development Organisation, Mumbai. And that's not all.

Mr. Ramesh Iyer has also featured in Business World's special report on India's Most 'Valuable' CEOs. He's ranked no. 5 out of 65 in the list of Mid-Sized Companies (Revenues: Rs. 1,000 – 3,000 cr.) category and at no. 6 out of 65 in the same category, based on its One-Year Performance. He is also ranked no. 20 out of 100, based on the company's Five Year Performance and no. 3 out of 12, based on the rankings in the financial sector.