Prof. Mahendra K. Chouhan

Vice-Chairman of Global Advisory Board

Prof. Mahendra Chouhan, is an author, board advisor and management educator. He is an authority on Corporate Governance & Sustainability, and Business Strategy. Mahendra is co-founder of Asian Centre for Corporate Governance & Sustainability, a think tank in the governance space, which has a powerful network of approximately 2000 chairmen, board of directors, Managing Directors, CEOs and CFOs. He is also Chairman of Mahendra & Young Knowledge Foundation, in India.

Prof. Chouhan is a visiting faculty at Tilburg University, Netherlands, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay and Jamanalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS), Mumbai. He teaches, International Business, Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

Mahendra is Managing Director of a Mahendra & Ardneham Consulting (P) Limited, and advises companies on building cohesive and high performing boards and aligning corporate strategy with sustainable business. Mahendra is also consultant to IFC – World Bank Group and holds a certificate by Global Corporate Governance Forum, IFC World Bank Group, USA, as Trainer for Board of Directors.

Mahendra is Member of the Global Board of the International Institute of Governance & Leadership (IIGL). He is a Council member of the International Integrated Reporting Council and member of the Independent Appointment Committee of GRI. He is former President of Bombay Management Association (BMA), and current Managing Committee Member of Indian Merchants’ Chamber. He has written several articles and co-authored two International books on Corporate Governance.