Mahesh Madhavan

Mahesh Madhavan is an Indian businessman, and the CEO of Bacardi, the largest privately held, family-owned spirits company in the world, since September 2017.

Early life

Madhavan was born in Madras, India.
Madhavan graduated from the Ramaiah Institute of Technology, with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, and later earned a post graduate diploma in management from SPJIMR in 1988.

Career

He began his career in engineering, "building warships for the navy", before earning a PGDM and entering the consumer goods sector, initially at International Distillers & Vintners.
In 1997, Madhavan left IDV and joined Bacardi.
Madhavan was Bacardi's Asia, Middle East and Africa president before being the head for Europe based in Geneva until he succeeded Mike Dolan as CEO on 30 September 2017.