Rangan Mohan or Mohan as he would like to be known is a veteran executive coach and industry leader with almost 30 years of experience in various functional areas such as Marketing, Project Management, Human Resources and people Management. He has held several significant responsibilities as a Business Leader, a CEO as well as a Director on the boards of several listed and public limited companies.

Mohan has a Bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Madras and is a postgraduate from the prestigious Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. He subsequently worked in well-known organizations such as CMC Ltd and Wipro before becoming the CEO for two listed Fortune 500 entities in India namely MphasiS Ltd and Hinduja Global Solutions Ltd. Currently, he plays multiple roles as a Director on the boards of several corporations, executive coach to CEOs, CXOs and senior management, Strategic Consultant and as a visiting professor at two well-known management institutes.

Elango is a leader who has successfully bridged the divide between Core Business and traditional support roles. He is the Global CHRO and Business Head for Emerging Geographies at MphasiS. Elango is the longest serving executive council member and has been an integral part of the MphasiS journey from a 12 million to over a billion dollar company. He has been acknowledged as a specialist in mergers and acquisitions and was part of the BFLMphasiS, EDSMphasiS integrations and many other acquisitions. He has been at the helm of integrating corporate social responsibility practices with the MphasiS business strategy and is a member of the MphasiS F1 Foundation that strives for an inclusive development of society through innovative programs. He has worked with the Raheja Group, The UB Group and Bank of America in HR and Learning leadership roles.

Elango is a regular columnist with The Economic Times and People Matters among other publications. He is the author of ‘You Don’t Need a Godfather’, a humorous, down to earth book on achieving personal success. He is a regular speaker at leadership, HR and Startup conferences. He also mentors a few early stage startups. An avid blogger, you can read his blogs on www.ElangoR.com or interact with him on his twitter handle @agastyasays.