Ramamurthi Shankar Raman (R. Shankar Raman) is a qualified Chartered Accountant and a Cost Accountant. Over the past 35 years, Shankar Raman has worked for leading listed corporates in varied capacities in the field of finance.

Shankar Raman joined the L&T Group in November 1994 to set up L&T Finance Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary.

Over the years, Shankar Raman assumed responsibilities to oversee the entire finance function at the Group level including functions like Risk Management and Investor Relations. He was appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Larsen & Toubro Limited in September 2011 and subsequently elevated to the Board on October 1, 2011. He is also on the Board of Management of several companies within the L&T Group.

Shankar Raman has been a recipient of several awards such as the Best CFO of Asia in the Industrial Sector in a survey conducted by the prestigious New York-based Institutional Investor Magazine, winner of Best CFO Awards from CNBC TV18, Financial Express, Business Today and Yes Bank.

Shankar Raman was the Chairman of the CII’s National Committee of CFOs in 2017-18. He was also a member of Uday Kotak’s Committee on Corporate Governance constituted by SEBI.