Mahesh Ramachandran is a Serial Entrepreneur and Investor, who has successfully founded and exited multiple multi-million-dollar entrepreneurial ventures.
Mahesh is the founder of Commonwealth Inclusive Growth Services Limited, which is a Fintech company that operates in more than 30,000 locations across 20+ states in India. It handles over $1.7B worth of transactions annually, servicing over 5M rural customers with a network of about 4500 agents.
Mahesh is a distinguished Sloan Fellow of London Business School and chairs the TiE Chennai FinTech Special Interest Group.
He is also a General Partner of SEBI registered AIF (Alternative Investment Fund) and is a Leadership Council member of FinBlue, a FinTech Centre of Excellence set up by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India at STPI, Chennai.
Mahesh is also a visiting faculty of Indian School of Business, National Police Academy, and Bennett University, where he teaches digital transformation and digital marketing.
He brings with him several decades of rich & varied experience in the field of Entrepreneurship, Investing, FinTech, Rural Marketing, Digital Transformation, Leadership, Mentoring & Governance.
Mahesh Ramachandran has formerly held leadership roles in Cognizant Technology Solutions, Tata Consultancy Services and Ford Motor Company in the UK.
He holds an MBA from University of Westminster, Sloan Masters in Leadership & Strategy (Distinguished Sloan Fellow of London Business School) from University of London.
