Area of Expertise: Strategy, International Business & Leadership
Prof. C.B. Mohan is a Global Professor, Leadership Coach, and Business Mentor with more than three decades of multifunctional experience in the automotive industry and international leadership experience across the Asia-Pacific region. He teaches Strategic Management, International Business, Human Capital Management, and Global Leadership, while also mentoring startups and MSMEs on incubation, scale-up, and go-to-market strategy.
Areas of Expertise
- Strategic Management, International Business & Emerging Markets
- Global Leadership, Cross-cultural Management & Human Capital Management
- Leadership Development, Executive Coaching & Organisational Development
- Business Transformation, Change Management & Strategic Partnerships
- Startup Mentoring, Scale-up & Go-to-Market Strategy
- International Sales, Market Creation & Business Development
Career & Academic Highlights
- Visiting Faculty at Great Lakes, Chennai; Fudan School of Management, Shanghai; and IIM Shillong, teaching Strategic Management, International Business, Global Leadership, Human Capital Management, and Emerging Markets.
- Over three decades of multifunctional experience in the automotive industry, including senior leadership roles with Allison Transmission and AVTEC Limited.
- Served as Director – Engineering, Asia Pacific and Director – Application Engineering at Allison Transmission, with responsibilities spanning Asia-Pacific technical leadership, OEM relationships, customer engagement, and cross-cultural management.
- Served as Head – Sales and held P&L responsibility for creating the on-highway transmission market in India.
- Leadership Coach for senior and middle management and has supported leadership assessment and development initiatives for organisations including Tata Motors, Mahindra Finance, Aditya Birla Finance, Sanofi, Godrej, Sterlite, and others.
- Director and Business Mentor at Gaaia3 Technologies & Ventures, focusing on organisational and leadership development and business mentorship.
- Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from Banaras Hindu University and MBA in General Management from Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai.