Professionally qualified as a Chartered Accountant, Zhooben joined the Mahindra Group in 1985, and is currently the Executive Director & CEO of Mahindra Holdings Limited. His 38-year career has seen him acquiring a wide spectrum of experience across diverse roles. Zhooben has been extensively involved in international operations, investing in new businesses, start-ups, joint ventures and mergers & acquisitions. He was also an active participant in several Group corporate initiatives and was the Chairman of the HR Academy at the Mahindra Learning University.

As President of the Mahindra Partners Division, Zhooben was the chief architect of the Mahindra Partners division - the $1 Bn Private Equity and Venture Capital division of the Mahindra Group which was the single window channel for all the Group’s diversified new investments. This Division leveraged the Mahindra Group’s unique strengths of constant innovation, financial prudence and creative business models to incubate new ventures and accelerate value creation through a diversified global portfolio of emergent businesses spanning various industry sectors like Cleantech (Solar), Steel, Retail, Consulting, Healthcare, Boat Manufacturing, Conveyor Systems, AI & Analytics. Zhooben also held the position of President Mahindra Group Legal during this tenure.