Shailesh Haribhakti is a renowned Chartered and Cost Accountant, and a
Certified Internal Auditor, Financial Planner, and Fraud Examiner, with
over five decades of experience. Mr Haribhakti is the Chairman of Shailesh
Haribhakti & Associates Chartered Accountants, and the Vice Chairman of
GOvEVA Consulting Pvt Ltd. He has been conferred with the Global Competent
Boards Designation (GCB.D) by Competent Boards Inc, Canada. Presented with
the honorary PhD title of “Doctor of Letters” by ITM University. He has
been awarded the ’Vivekananda Sustainability Award – 2022’ by Vivekananda
Youth Connect Foundation.
A proponent of a clean and green environment, he is credited to have
successfully established the concept of ‘Innovate to Zero’ and
technology enabling CSR/ESG/Sustainability.
In the space of dispute settlement and arbitration, he has demonstrated his
expertise as Expert Witness and Valuer in both domestic and international
jurisdictions. He represented India on the Standards Advisory Council (SAC)
of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) in London for two
years. He worked with Polish Business Advisory Services (PBAS), an
affiliate of IFC Washington, to establish Activity-based costing and
Strategic Planning Processes in Polish SMEs.
In addition, Mr Haribhakti is currently the Non-Executive Chairman of the
Board of Bluestar Limited, Cynergis Infotech India Pvt Ltd, Protean
e-Gov Technologies Ltd, and Chairman of IBS Fintech India Pvt Ltd,
Planet People & Profit Consulting Pvt Ltd, and YCWI Green Solutions
Pvt Ltd.
He is also a Board Member of several leading companies including Adani
Total Gas Ltd, Bajaj Electricals Ltd, Bennett Coleman and Company Ltd
(Times Group), Brookprop Services Pvt Ltd (a Brookfield REIT), Future
Generali India Life Insurance Company Ltd, Gaja Trustee Company Pvt Ltd
(Gaja Capital Group), L&T Finance Holdings Ltd, Torrent
Pharmaceuticals Ltd, amongst others.
In recent times, some prominent Boards and Board Committees led by him
have been recognised with coveted awards, which speak of his penchant
for excellence in the areas of corporate governance and sustainability.
He has been associated with many management institutions as well as
industry and professional forums. He has led the Bombay Management
Association; Institute of Internal Auditors, Bombay Chapter; Western India
Regional Council, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India; Indian
Merchants Chambers; Financial Planning and Standards Board, India; and
Rotary Club of Bombay; over the last many decades. He has served on
the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)’s Committee on
Disclosures and Accounting Standards and Takeover Panel and was Chairman of
the NPS (National Pension Scheme) Trust from 2015-2017.