Director, Global FMB, S.P. Jain School of Global Management, Mumbai, India

Prof. Parimal Merchant is the Director with S P Jain School of Global Management in-charge of the Global FMB – a distinctive 12-month management program for participants from business families. He has over 24 years of association with Management education with a specialized focus on the context of Family Managed Business.

Over the years by interaction with over 3,000 family businesses, he has developed matchless insights into the family business culture of Asia. He has given various conferences on issues of Family Managed Business.

He is an advisor to the Asian Institute of Family Managed Business. He has been involved in profit improvement consultancy projects for nearly 30 years and has been involved with nearly 100 + companies. He has coordinated projects for the Development of Corporate Citizenship (DOCC) guiding students to provide consultancy to over 300 + NGOs. He has been actively involved Humanist Movement for more than 35 years working in global co-operation for a better society and better personal life.

He graduated from Mumbai with Bachelor in Commerce and Law and completed his ICWA in 1982.