Dev Mahendran
Chief Financial Officer
LexisNexis Pacific
Dev Mahendran is responsible for operating efficiencies, analysis and forecasting, budget development and implementation for LexisNexis Pacific in Australia and New Zealand. He has a detailed knowledge of the financial and operational workings of LexisNexis which underpins the achievement of the company’s objectives.
Dev served at LexisNexis Canada as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, based in Markham, Ontario. In his role, Dev was responsible for overseeing operations in financial analysis, accounting, business planning, fulfilment, manufacturing and distribution, and customer care. During his tenure at LexisNexis Dev also held responsibility as Commercial Finance Director in London, England, for the LexisNexis Europe, Canada, Latin America and Africa (ECLA) Group.
Prior to LexisNexis, Dev worked for the Thomson Reuters group of companies and with Cengage Learning (formerly Thomson Learning), serving in senior financial planning, financial analysis and business analysis positions before stepping into the role of Finance Director for Cengage Learning’s Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Group. Dev also served as Group Commercial Analyst for Vizzavi Ltd., and earlier in his career as Management Accountant for Omron Electronics Ltd. and as Executive Officer in the Economist division of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission, U.K. competition authority.
Dev holds a B.A. (Honours) and a post-graduate certificate in Economics from Middlesex University in London and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. Dev has also obtained an Executive Certificate in Leadership & Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management.
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