Mr. Ramesh Iyer is the Managing Director of Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Limited (MMFSL), which is in the business of financial services for the last 15 years. Mr. Iyer has been associated with MMFSL from its inception.

MMFSL has a Rs. 6000 crore balance sheet with over 400 branches spread across the country. The Company has maintained an aggressive growth year on year and is growing at a compounded growth of 40 per cent.

MMFSL is managed by a team of young Managers with employee strength upward of 3000 people.

Mr. Iyer is on the Board of Mahindra Insurance Brokers Limited (MIBL), a subsidiary of MMFSL, which is engaged in insurance broking in both life as well non life businesses. He is on the Board of “Mahindra Rural Housing Finance Ltd", a subsidiary of MMFSL which was set up to provide Home loans in rural India. Mr. Iyer is also on the Board of Automartindia Ltd., a firm engaged in purchase and sale of pre-used vehicles. Automartindia is also a subsidiary of Mahindra & Mahindra Limited. Recently, Mr. Iyer was inducted on the Board of NBS International, a M&M Group Company.

Mr. Ramesh Iyer recently took charge as Chairman of Banking & Finance Committee of Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Mr. Iyer is a member of core committee of Finance Industry Development Council (FIDC) and a member of the NBFC taskforce set up by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).

Mr. Iyer is the recipient of the prestigious Udyog Ratan instituted by the Institute of Economic Studies, Delhi.

Mr. Iyer is known for his oration skills. He reads extensively on topics ranging from business, industry, sports and history. When he is not following his passion for rural India, he listens to classical music. He also pursues sports like tennis and swimming.