Mr. Gopal Mahadevan has taken over as the Chief Financial Officer at Ashok Leyland from Mr. K. Sridharan who had been with the company for over three decades and superannuated at August end.
Mr. Mahadevan brings with him rich experience of over 25 years in Finance across a variety of industries. Having started his career with the TTK Group, he had stints with the Sanmar Group, Sifyand Amara Raja Batteries. His immediate prior assignment was with Thermax as CFO.
Mr. Mahadevan was presented the Best CFO Award (Capital Goods & Engineering Industry) by CNBC TV18 in 2012, the Best CFO Award (Capital Goods & Engineering Industry) by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India in 2011 and the Best CFO by YES Bank Business Today in 2010 for CSR.