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Leadership
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Leadership Team
The leadership team of Sundaram Business Services brings significant leadership and experience to the Company. The leadership team consists of experienced professionals with various industry-culture background and having exposure to various domains such as Banking, Finance, Manufacturing, IT services and BPO.
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Raman V K
Chief Financial Officer
V. K. Raman is the Chief Financial Officer of SBS. He heads the finance & accounts team of SBS. Raman has more than 3 decades of experience in the field of Finance. After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant, he started his career with Sundaram Finance Limited in 1978. He worked with Lakshmi General Finance Limited, an Associate concern of Sundaram Finance, from 1981 to 2004, in various capacities. When he moved from Lakshmi General Finance in 2004, he was holding the position of Executive Director (Finance). Prior to joining SBS in February 2009, he was the CFO of Royal Sundaram Alliance Insurance Company from March 2004 to February 2009. Raman is a Rank holder in both the Intermediate and Final examinations of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
Rajesh Venkat
Chief Executive Officer
Rajesh Venkat has over 15 years experience mostly in the area of retail finance. Prior to taking on the role of CEO of Sundaram Business Services, he worked on strategic initiatives for the Sundaram Finance Group. In the past, he has worked with GE’s consumer finance business in India, in areas such as risk management, underwriting, sales and operations. Rajesh is a certified 6 Sigma Black Belt. He holds a bachelors degree in economics and a masters in management.
Harish Rao
Business Development - Australia & New Zealand
Harish Rao has lived in Australia for 37 years having completed his schooling at Melbourne Grammar School, and undergraduate studies with a BCommerce and BScience at the Australian National University. After graduating, Harish worked at Boyd Partners Limited, a leading chartered accounting practice in Melbourne for 4 years, before joining PF Securities (the investment banking arm of a national legal firm, Phillips Fox. Here he was involved with capital raisings and IPOs. During this time, Harish completed his Graduate Certificate in International Business and an MBA from Monash University majoring in Finance. He subsequently established his own Business Process Outsourcing unit in Chennai, India, where he undertook accounting & superannuation work for Australian accountants, which then led him to join Sundaram Business Services in December 2004 as the Head of Asia Pacific operations.
Mukundan U
Business Head - Domestic BPO
Mukundan is a Chartered and Cost Accountant with over 18 years of industry experience in Accounting, Finance, BPO, Software, Equity and Forex markets. He had a stint as a Financial Controller for a reputed Company in London. Later, he worked with a London-based captive BPO to transition their back office processes to India. Mukundan joined Sundaram Business Services in 2003 and is now in charge of domestic BPO business.
Raghavan P S
Chief Executive Officer
Raghavan has been heading SBS since its inception. He was also involved in setting up the Central Processing Unit and Shared Services Center for Sundaram Finance Ltd before his shift to SBS. Earlier, Raghavan was engaged in the auto finance operations of Sundaram Finance for over 15 years and was part of the SF team entrusted with the task of expanding the Company’s operations in some of the northern and western parts of India.
Prior to joining Sundaram Finance, Raghavan was attached to the banking industry serving one of the government-owned banks in the country for over 14 years. He was involved in retail banking and supervision of credit operations in certain regions.
While graduating in Commerce from the University of Kerala, India, he secured the First rank in the University.
Kumar S
Head – Human Resources & Administration
Kumar heads our HR & Admin Team. Kumar has more than 10 years of experience in the Human Resources domain.
He started his HR career in 1998 at Sundaram-Clayton Limited. Prior to joining SBS in 2005, Kumar was with Shasun Chemicals & Drugs as Manager – Corporate HR.
Kumar holds Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration from M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Management, Bangalore, and is a Philosophy Graduate from University College, Trivandrum.
Renganathan S
Business Head – Asia Pacific & CIO
Renga is a mathematics graduate with more than 12 years of industry experience in the fields of BPO, Information Technology solutions and Business Analytics.
He started his career with GENPACT where he worked on Transaction Processing businesses and moved to GE Money to manage IT projects as well as IT-enabled operations. Later, he had a stint with HDFC Bank, during which he was instrumental in implementation of a Lending System for HDB Financial Services Limited.
Prior to joining SBS in 2011, Renga was with Aegis BPO in Australia as Associate Vice President – Business Analytics Australia.
Renga holds Diploma in Management from ICFAI University and is a COPC Certified Registered Coordinator.