A Partner at MGB, a 44-year-old professional services firm that provides comprehensive set of assurance, taxation, risk management and business advisory services under one roof. With more than 22 years of experience, Jeenendra currently leads the Business consulting unit of the firm & leads the business development of the firm’s practice. He has led his firm from a 20 people team into a 350 people full-service firm with 6 own offices in Mumbai, Delhi, Jaipur, GIFT City (Ahmedabad), Bangalore and Dubai. In one of his recent growth acquisitions, he acquired a 30- member team of cyber security, fraud and forensics professionals out of one of the largest company in India. He continues to grow and diversify his firm in various service lines and locations in India.
Education: Jeenendra qualified as a Chartered Accountant at 21 years. He completed his Bachelor’s degree from Narsee Monjee College and his Master’s degree from Sydenham College. He is also a Certified Public Accountant from Delaware, United States. He is a certified Insolvency Professional by the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Board of India. Prior to joining MGB as a partner, Jeenendra was with Arthur Andersen at Mumbai, which was once the world’s largest professional services firm. He is the founding member of Arthur Andersen Alumni in India.
Professional Profile: Besides academic accomplishments & achievements, he has several publications to his credit in reputed Journals and has been a speaker in several Conferences, Seminars, Panel Discussions and Faculty Development Programmes on regular basis. He was a Member of their International Taxation, International Affairs Committee and Auditing and Assurance Standards Board of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI).
Leadership: Apart from professional work, Jeenendra also has led various forums too. He wasthe Chairman of the Mumbai chapter of Young Indians, the youth arm of Confederation of Indian Industries (CII). He was the Chairman of the ‘Young Leaders Forum’ the youth wing of Indian Merchants Chamber (IMC). He was the Chairman of Board of Advisors of AIESEC, a students’ body, present in over 2,400 universities in 125 member countries across the world.
Startups and Entrepreneurship: He was a visiting faculty at Sydenham College for ‘Entrepreneurship’ and also coached aspiring students to prepare for CPA in USA. He is also a Charter member of TiE Mumbai which is the world’s largest network of successful entrepreneurs, corporate executives and senior professionals established with an aim to foster entrepreneurship. He was also the Chief Secretary at JITO Incubation and Innovation Foundation which has invested in more than 150+ Crores in 50+ Startups in India. Jeenendra loves mentoring new business ideas and has invested in a number of technology and healthcare startups and exited a few of them successfully. He sits on the Board of companies as an Independent Director/Advisor advising promoters and founders on their companies and strategy.
Social Work: With a family culture of giving back, Jeenendra promoted ‘ChandraMohan Foundation’, a family charity for public welfare activities that is named after his parents. Specializing in Corporate CSR, ChandraMohan Foundation enables him to achieve that ‘small’ change in this world. Jeenendra leads various social projects of the Foundation especially in education and entrepreneurship. He initiated setting up the ‘MGB Computer Lab’ for CA students at the new ICAI building at BKC, Mumbai. He has been awarded “Best work in other Social Services“ for Chartered Accountants by ICAI.
