Nuts-and-bolts of turnaround

• IN FEBRUARY, MAHINDRA BECAME INDIA'S SECOND-LARGEST CARMAKER

- SHOBHANA SUBRAMANIAN

HE IS NOT THE loudest man in the room. Nor is he given to grandstanding. But when the dust settles, the job is done—and done well. That, in many ways, captures Anish Shah, managing director and Group CEO of Mahindra & Mahindra: a leader who was handed a rare carte blanche to transform a storied conglomerate, and who has done so without diluting its core character.