Mr. G V Ramanan

Ramanan is currently the Vice President Business Finance for Tata Motors Commercial Vehicle business, part of the Tata Motors Group, a USD 40 billion organization, is among the leading global automobile manufacturer in the world, providing integrated, smart and e-mobility solutions to 125+ countries and part of the USD 113 billion TATA Group. It has operations in India, UK, South Korea, Thailand, South Africa and Indonesia including Jaguar Land Rover & Tata Daewoo. In this role Ramanan is based out of Mumbai and oversees the entire Business Finance for Commercial Vehicle business. Prior to this role, he was Vice President Finance & Group Controller for the Tata Motors Group, overseeing Controlling, Taxation and managing a large captive Shared Services Centre.

Prior to joining the TATA Group, Ramanan worked for the US Conglomerate, General Electric Co with career spanning over 16 years with multiple Finance & Operational Leadership roles. In his last role in GE he was the leader of GE Global Delivery Operations, the company’s global multi-functional shared services organization, focussing on global service delivery. 

Ramanan was responsible for the operating processes of GE’s enabling functions working closely with the Regional Global Operations Centres. Global Delivery Operations brings a unique competitive advantage to the company by looking across all GE businesses, customers and suppliers for opportunities to deliver better outcomes at lower costs and creates capacity for the business / Regional Centre teams to focus on customers.

Ramanan joined Global Operations in 2015 and lead the multi-function shared services operation for the GE South Asia Region. Before moving to Global Operations, Ramanan was the Senior Controller for GE South Asia Operations. In this role, Ramanan provided strong leadership to the Region Controllership Team. He was responsible for the technical & operational controllership of the South Asia Region. Earlier, Ramanan was the Chief Financial Officer of GE John F Welch Technology Centre (JFWTC) in Bangalore, the largest R&D Centre for GE outside the USA.

Ramanan is qualified as a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India & as a Cost Accountant from the Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India. He is a Commerce Graduate from the Madras University. He has worked in various roles in Operational Finance & Corporate Finance in IL&FS, Coca-Cola and NCR. Ramanan is a graduate from GE’s Experienced Financial Leadership Program (EFLP) & IMD’s (Switzerland) Strategic Finance Program.