About

After completing his LL.B in 1978 at Bombay University and then becoming an accredited company secretary in 1981, Mukesh Bhavnani took the role of general manager of legal, purchases and administration at Godrej Consumer Products in 1981. After 11 years with Godrej, he moved to Dubai to take up his first general counsel position at Jumbo Electronics, the flagship company of the Jumbo Group, which is the UAE’s leading distributor and retailer for IT and consumer electronics. However after five years, in 1998, he returned to India after being hired by Coca-Cola India as its senior legal counsel. Since his work for Coca-Cola, Bhavnani has held coveted high profile head of legal positions at some of India’s largest companies such as Essar Group and Bharti Enterprises. While at Bharti Enterprises, one of the largest Indian conglomerates and owner of Bharti Airtel the world’s third largest mobile operator, he gained particular recognition for his operational management, especially with regards to corporate governance and joint ventures between 2011 and 2015. After a brief stint at Vedanta Resources and time out in the US, Bhavnani was re-hired by Bharti Enterprises in 2016 at a time when the company faces intense competition from new entrants to the market.