Arvind Subramanian

MD & CEO designate

Mahindra Lifespaces

Arvind Subramanian is the Managing Director & CEO designate of Mahindra Lifespaces.  He has been serving as Chief Executive Officer of Mahindra Happinest, the affordable housing business of the Group, since September 2018.

Arvind’s interest in the intersection between business growth and social impact dates to his time as a Managing Director & Partner at Boston Consulting Group (BCG). At BCG, Arvind was the global topic leader for the ‘Next Billion Consumers’, picked by Financial Times as one of The Fifty Ideas That Shaped Business Today. He was also tasked with setting up and leading BCG’s Centre for Customer Insight. Arvind led the Technology Media and Telecom practice at BCG in India for several years.  

Arvind started his professional career with the Tata Administrative Service, the central management cadre of the Tata group. He holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and a B.Tech. from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.