Amit joined Mahindra Group in November 2020 as President - Group Strategy. He became a member of Group Executive Board from April 2021. Over the past 2+ years, Amit led several high-impact projects covering growth, transformation, and capital allocation across Group companies. Amit is also a Director on the Board of Mahindra Finance, Mahindra Susten, and Mahindra First Choice. Time Magazine recognized him as one of the 100 Most Influential Climate Leaders in Business in 2023, globally. He is one of the only nine Indian leaders to be featured in the Time100 Climate List.
Prior to joining the Mahindra Group, Amit was a Senior Partner and Director with Bain & Company. Over 18 years at Bain across US and India, he managed large-scale strategy, organization, and performance improvement projects covering numerous industries including infrastructure, real-estate, construction, energy, and technology. Amit started his career with Tata Motors and worked with IGate Patni (now Capgemini) in technology leadership roles in India, Singapore, and US.
Amit holds dual MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, specializing in Finance and Strategy, where he received coveted Palmer scholar award and Siebel scholarship for academic performance. He also holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical and Electronics) from the Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi. Amit is also an Ananta Aspen Fellow as part of their India leadership fellowship program.
Amit brings a unique combination of leadership experiences, value creation skills, customer-first approach, people centricity and ESG commitments, which align well with the Mahindra Group’s Rise philosophy.