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Mr. Soundarajan holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Madras, is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and is a Qualified Chartered Financial Analyst and Member of the CFA Institute in the United States.
Mr. Soundarajan is the Managing Director at Hamblin Watsa Investment Counsel Ltd. Prior to this, Mr. Soundarajan was the Chief Investment Officer of ICICI Lombard, the largest private sector property and casualty insurance company in India.
He held the position of Head of Investments at ICICI Lombard from 2001 to 2018 and was a member of the Investment Committee. Mr. Soundarajan serves on the Board of FIH Mauritius Investments Ltd, FIH Private Investments Ltd and Primary Real Estate Investment Fund.
Mrs. Karve is a Chartered Accountant with extensive experience in finance, accounts and audit. She began her career with Lovelock & Lewes and grew to the position of Diversity & Inclusion Leader for PWC Global network, where she retired. Mrs. Karve is currently serving on the Boards of Syngene International Limited, EPL Limited, CSB Bank, Aadhar Housing Finance Limited etc.
Mr. Madhavan Menon – Executive Chairman, Thomas Cook (India) Limited
Mr. Madhavan Menon joined Thomas Cook India in 2000 as the Executive Director responsible for the Foreign Exchange business and stepped up to the position of Managing Director in January 2006; Chairman & Managing Director in January 2016; and Executive Chairman effective July 2023.
Madhavan completed his MBA from George Washington University and undergraduate degree from American University of Beirut.
Madhavan has a varied background, having commenced his career in banking at Grindlays Bank, Citibank and Emirates Bank and in Birla Sun Life Asset Management Company.
Madhavan is a member on the Board of Thomas Cook (India) Ltd. and holds directorship in various subsidiaries of the company and Catholic Syrian Bank (member of Fairfax India Ltd.) He is also the Chairman of the Fairfax India Charitable Foundation that focuses on bringing down the cost of treating kidney related ailments in India.
During his tenure, Thomas Cook India has made several acquisitions, noteworthy being Kuoni’s Destination Management Specialists across 17 countries and acquisition of DEI (one of the world’s leading imaging solutions and services providers).
Thomas Cook (India) Limited (TCIL) is the leading omnichannel travel company in the country offering a broad spectrum of services including Foreign Exchange, Corporate Travel, MICE, Leisure Travel, Value Added Services and Visa Services. It operates leading B2C and B2B brands including Thomas Cook, SOTC, TCI, SITA, Asian Trails, Allied TPro, Australian Tours Management, Desert Adventures, Travel Circle International Limited (TCI 勝景), Sterling Holiday Resorts Limited, Distant Frontiers, TC Tours, Digiphoto Entertainment Imaging (DEI), Go Vacation, Private Safaris East & South Africa. As one of the largest travel service provider networks headquartered in the Asia-Pacific region, The Thomas Cook India Group spans 28 countries across 5 continents.
Mr. Mahesh Iyer, is the Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of Thomas Cook (India) Limited and been with the company for 29 years. Prior to his appointment as Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, he has held multiple roles in the Company including that of Head of Foreign Exchange, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer.
Mr. Iyer holds direct responsibility for the company’s P&L, strategic planning, operations, nurturing and building key relationships as well as building a sustainable growth oriented organization that maximizes value for all its stakeholders.
He holds a Master’s degree in Marketing Management from JBIMS (Mumbai) and has successfully completed a Business Management degree from IIM-Calcutta.
Mr. Mahesh Iyer joined the Board of Thomas Cook (India) Limited with effect from May 29, 2018.
Mr. Chandran Ratnaswami is a Managing Director of Hamblin Watsa Investment Counsel Limited, a wholly-owned investment management company of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited. Hamblin Watsa provides discretionary investment management to all of the insurance and reinsurance subsidiaries of Fairfax and currently manages approximately $ 50 Billion of assets.
At Hamblin Watsa, he is responsible for all Fairfax and subsidiary investments in Asia. He is also the Chief Executive Officer and Director of Fairfax India Holdings Corporation, a company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
Mr. Ratnaswami serves on the Boards of ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Limited, Fairbridge Capital Private Limited, and IIFL Holdings Limited (formerly India Infoline Limited), Quess Corp Limited (Formerly known as IKYA Human Capital Solutions Limited), First Capital Insurance Limited in Singapore, Thai Reinsurance Public Company Limited in Thailand, Union Assurance General Limited in Sri Lanka and Zoomer Media Limited in Canada.
Mr. Ratnaswami joined the Board of Thomas Cook (India) Limited with effect from 22nd August, 2012.
Mrs. Kishori Udeshi has an M.A. Degree in Economics from Bombay University. She moved on to a professional career in central banking and became the first woman to be appointed as Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India.
She was the first Executive Director of the RBI to be nominated on the Board of State Bank of India. As Deputy Governor, one of her portfolios was the regulation and supervision of the banking and non-banking sector. She represented the RBI on the Core Principles Liaison Group and the Core Principles Working Group on Capital, of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, set up by the Bank for International Settlements, Switzerland. As Deputy Governor she was on the Board of SEBI, NABARD, Exim Bank and was the Chairman of Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran (Pvt.) Ltd., Bangalore as also Chairman of the Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation.
In 2006 the Reserve Bank of India appointed her as Chairman of The Banking Codes and Standards Board of India. She demitted this office in December 2011. She was a Member of the Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission chaired by Justice SriKrishna, set up by the Government of India.
Mrs. Udeshi is currently a Director of Haldyn Glass Limited, ION Exchange (India) Limited, Cartrade Tech Limited and Kalyan Jewellers Limited.
Mrs. Kishori Udeshi joined the Board of Thomas Cook (India) Limited with effect from 25th January 2013.
Mr. Pravir Vohra is a postgraduate in Economics from St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi and a Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers. He was associated with the State Bank of India for over 23 years where he held various senior positions - both in India and overseas. His last assignment, before he opted for voluntary retirement in 1999 was as head of the Bank’s Forex Division. Post a brief stint with the Corporate Banking group of Times Bank Ltd., he moved to the ICICI Bank Group where he headed the Technology function for many years. At ICICI, he was also responsible for facilities management, infrastructure and administration, including the roll out of new branches and ATMs.
Mr. Vohra has served on numerous technology and functional committees set up by organizations such as the CBDT, UIDAI, IBA and the RBI. In the past, he was a nominee director on the Boards of Loyalty Solutions & Research Pvt Ltd, ICICI Securities Ltd, Firstsource Solutions Ltd and an independent director on MCX India Ltd., Quess Corporation, Goldman Sachs AMC Services & 3i Infotech etc.
Post his retirement as President & Group CTO of ICICI Bank in 2012, Mr. Vohra helped set up the Technology function at the New Development Bank in Shanghai. He now serves on the Technology Advisory Committees of organizations like the Bombay Stock Exchange, Indian Clearing Corporation Ltd , NPCI & Power Exchange of India Ltd.
Accolades won by Mr. Vohra include The Asian Banker Achievement Award for Technology & Operations in 2006 and the Symantec Asia South Visionary 2008. He was also one of the three CIOs of international banks to have featured on the Information Week's Global CIO 50 List for 2009.
Mr. Vohra joined the Board of Thomas Cook (India) Limited with effect from April 10, 2015.
Mr. Nilesh Vikamsey is a senior partner at KKC & Associates LLP (Formerly - Khimji Kunverji & Co LLP) – an 86-year-old Chartered Accountants firm. He is an Independent Director in many other Listed and Unlisted Companies. He is a Past President of ICAI. He was a Director & the past Chairman of Federal Bank Limited and member of IRDA.
Mr. Vikamsey is presently a member of the Advisory Committee on Mutual Funds of SEBI, Chairman of National BFSI Committee and Vice President of West India Council of Indo American Chamber of Commerce & Core Group Member of Bombay Chartered Accountants’ Society (BCAS). He is Member of Advisory Boards of Blacksoil Group, IC3 Institute, MentorMyBoard & Mahatma Phule Renewable Energy and Infrastructure Technology Ltd (MAHAPREIT) Alternate Investment Fund (AIF). He is a trustee in ‘Sayagyi U Ba Khin’ Memorial Trust (Vipassana International Academy, Igatpuri) & few educational trusts in Mumbai.
He was an observer on the Board of International Federation of Accountants and Member of IFAC’s Technology Advisory Group, was Chairman of SEBI’s Qualified Audit Report Committee and was member of Corporate Governance Committee chaired by Uday Kotak, Primary Market Advisory Committee and Committee on Disclosures and Accounting Standards (SCODA). He is member of International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) Reference Group for Audits of Less Complex Entities. He is a Speaker/Chairman, at various seminars, meetings, lectures held by various Committees, Regional Councils, Branches & Study Circles of ICAI and various other organizations.
Mr. Sunil Mathur is a Chartered Accountant by profession, he served as the Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) - the largest life insurance company in India from August 2002 to October 2004. Post retirement from LIC, the Government of India appointed Mr. Mathur as administrator of the Specified Undertaking of the Unit trust of India (SUUTI), successor to the erstwhile Unit Trust of India, in December 2004 to manage the high return and guaranteed assured return schemes for which Government had provided financial support. Mr. Mathur relinquished charge as administrator in December 2007. Economic Times ranked Mr. Mathur at No. 33 in the list of Indian CEO’s (second amongst PSU’s) and marked a record jump of 41 places by any CEO in a single year(from 74 in the year 2004 to 33 in the year 2005).
Mr. Mathur was nominated as a part-time member of Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority and was Non-Executive Chairman of the National Stock Exchange of India Limited. He is on the Board of leading corporates including Ultra Tech Cement Ltd, DCM Shriram industries, Travel Corporation (India) and QRG Enterprises.
Mr. Mathur was appointed as Secretary General of Life Insurance Council in May, 2012. He relinquished charge of the Life Council in August, 2012. He was also a member of Committee appointed by the Government to look into the issue of misselling and intermediary commission in the financial sector in 2014.
Mr. Mathur joined the Board of Thomas Cook (India) Limited. with effect from December 23, 2015.
Mr. Maheshwari joined Fairbridge Capital in 2011 and has been the Managing Director of Fairbridge Capital since May 2018. His key responsibilities include sourcing, evaluating, negotiating, executing and exiting investment opportunities. He also monitors portfolio companies.
Mr. Maheshwari has been closely involved in the investments of Bangalore Airport, Sanmar Group, CSB Bank, Fairchem Organics, Seven Islands Shipping, Thomas Cook, Quess Corp, Sterling Holidays amongst others. He also serves on the Board of Directors of many of Fairfax’s portfolio companies.
Prior to joining Fairbridge Capital, Mr. Maheshwari worked with KPMG in India and UK in their audit and accounting advisory functions. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant, completed a Post Graduate Programme in Management from the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, and holds a degree in Masters of Commerce from the University of Mumbai.
