Mahesh Tripathi is currently serving as Chief Operating Officer at Royal Enfield since June 2023, previously holding the position of COO- Designate. Prior to this role, Mahesh spent over seven years at Sany Heavy Industry India Pvt Ltd, where responsibilities included Director of Operations and R&D, and Senior Vice President overseeing Operations, Supply Chain Management, Quality Assurance, and R&D. Experience at Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery Company Ltd. included serving as General Manager for Quality Assurance, managing quality processes across three plants, and holding similar positions at Telcon. Mahesh's career began at Tata Motors, where notable achievements included winning the Best Sales Officer Award. Mahesh holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, and a General Management Program degree from XLRI Jamshedpur.