Mahendra Kumar Chouhan

M.K. Chouhan is a Board Advisor and Management educator. He is a renowned thought leader in Corporate Governance, ESG & SDGs space. He holds a certificate from Global Corporate Governance Forum, IFC – World Bank Group, as trainer for the board of directors.

He has been Chairman of Fino Payment Bank and sits on the boards of a couple of other companies as Independent Director. He is Managing Director of Mahendra & Ardneham Consulting (P) Ltd, a successful board advisory consulting company, and advises companies on embedding ESG in their corporate strategy. Mr. Chouhan is an institution builder and spends a considerable amount of his time for non profit activities. He is Chairman of Mahendra & Young Knowledge Foundation and Vice Chairman – Global Advisory Board, Asian Centre for Corporate Governance & Sustainability.

Outside India, he is a member of the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC), UK, Independent Appointment Committee of GRI, Amsterdam, Global Board of International Institute of Governance and Leadership, Amsterdam, and is a board member of IMC Chamber of Commerce & Industry. He is former President of Bombay Management Association.

He has previously served on a couple of policy making and regulatory committees such as SEBI Committee on Corporate Governance as well as the Ministry of Corporate Affairs Committee for the National Policy on Corporate Governance. He has served on the boards of a wide range of industries, such as financial services, capital goods, exposition, Education Finance and housing Finance etc.

Prof. Chouhan is a frequent speaker at several international forums and a visiting faculty at B-Schools like, Jamanlal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, International Law school at Tilburg University, Netherlands. In past he has taught at IIT Mumbai, Shailesh J Mehta School of Management (SJMSOM).

He is a science graduate and MBA with Finance specialisation. He also holds a certificate on Governing the Corporation: Global Perspectives in the Indian Context from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA. He relies on yoga for his spiritual health, Tennis & Golf for his physical health.