Mr. C.V. Raghu was the Group General Counsel (Global Role), Motherson Group. He drove the Legal, Secretarial, Regulatory, Compliance and Governance processes across the globe for the Group. During his tenure at Motherson he has extensively been associated in its growth, strategy and has led all its acquisitions ( which included acquiring listed entities, large operating entities spanning across multiple jurisdictions etc), fund raising (from ordinary debt to structured debts, issuance of commercial papers to issuance of global bonds listed in international stock exchanges), restructuring ( from listed entities to collapsing special purpose vehicles in India and abroad) and large transactions across the globe.
He has rich and varied experience for nearly over three decades in the legal domain that encompasses a diverse set of industries including large business conglomerates like the Max Group, American Express, Hindustan Unilever. He has served on several Boards & Committees since 1998 and also been on the Advisory Board of various Institutions. He was a member in the working committee of Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India for harmonizing Corporate Governance Guidelines for the Insurance sector and on CII task force on dispute resolution. Mr. Raghu is the President and Founding member of the General Counsel’s Association of India (“GCAI”). He holds bachelor’s degree in science from Utkal University, Cuttack, LLB from Delhi University and P.G. Diploma in industrial relation and personnel management from Sardar Patel College of communication & Management, New Delhi and a Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB). He is a trained Six-Sigma Black Belt and has also undertaken extensive classroom trainings on Negotiating skills and Techniques organized by George Washington University at Harvard Law School.