To guide the governance ecosystem of Redington, the board comprises professionals of varied strengths and experience. Redington’s vibrant board appends with the company's strong corporate values to provide enduring value to all stakeholders.
Chairman and Independent Director
Professor Ramachandran is a qualified Chartered and Cost Accountant, and a Fellow of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. He is a Professor of Strategy at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. His research focuses on the growth and governance challenges of firms. His work has been published in leading international journals including the Harvard Business Review, Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Journal of International Business Studies and Global Strategy Journal.
Professor Ramachandran’s research has won the IMD FDC Award and several best paper proceedings from the Academy of Management, USA. His teaching cases have been recognized with multiple awards from The European Foundation for Management Development and The Association of Indian Management Schools; awards from The Association of Management Development Institutions in South Asia and The Central and East European Management Development Association as well as the Tata Steel-IIMB Best Case Award. Over the years, he has won multiple best teacher awards at IIM Bangalore. An engaged scholar, Professor Ramachandran advises both Indian and multinational firms.
Independent Director
Mr. Hariharan is a graduate of IIT-Madras and an MBA from Indian IIM-Bangalore. He has 25+ years of Sales, Marketing, and General Management experience across Global, Regional & Country level roles in the Information Technology Industry. Starting his career with Wipro in India, he relocated to Singapore and associated with Hewlett-Packard for more than 18 years. In HP, Mr. Hariharan held a number of positions as Vice President leading different businesses ranging from worldwide laser business, Asia Pac Sales and field operations, Asia Pac Graphic Solutions Business. He is the Co-founder and CEO of third Wave Power Pte Ltd – a Global business based on Solar Portable Solutions and is based out of Singapore.
Independent Director
Mr. Keith is a Chartered Accountant from the United Kingdom with Masters of Accounting from the Queen’s University of Belfast. He served as the Senior Executive Vice President and President of Ingram Micro North America and played a vital role in developing strategies for the region. Mr. Keith was responsible for overall performance of Ingram Micro’s US and Canadian operations. Under his leadership, Ingram Micro North America had introduced several new divisions and services. After Ingram Micro, Mr. Keith was an operating adviser to Clearlake Capital, a private equity company with $17 billion of assets under management.
Mr. Keith was a full-time CEO and a board member of several Clearlake portfolio companies advising on strategy, M&A and value creation for investors.
Mr. Keith started his career with Price water house Coopers, UK and moved to Walt Disney Consumer products before joining Ingram Micro.
Independent Director
Mr. Ramaratnam graduated from the University of Mumbai and after qualifying as a Chartered Accountant joined Price Water house Coopers at Chennai and later joined AF Ferguson & Co and Deloitte Haskins & Sells where he was an Audit Partner till March 2015. During the course of his long career, Mr. Ramaratnam has serviced national and multinational clients from diverse sectors such as manufacturing, trading, software, timeshare, real estate, financial services, pharma, engineering, construction, services etc. He is also an Independent Director at Cholamandalam Financial Holdings Limited.
Independent Director
Ms. Anita is an M.B.A. from XLRI, Jamshedpur and B.A. (Hons) in Economics from Miranda House, University of Delhi. Ms. Anita is a seasoned professional with 30 plus years of rich post MBA experience as a senior business & human capital leader. Till recently, she was the Operating Partner at Gaja Capital and is a director on the board of Eternis Fine Chemicals, Foeseco India Limited, IDFC asset management Company Limited, IDFC Financial Holding Company Limited. She has previously held director positions on the boards of Wanbury Ltd, Laxmi organic industries Ltd., SV Edusports, Eurokids International etc. Ms. Anita is an ICF Accredited Executive Coach and has 15 years of coaching experience under her belt having coached several C-suite level executives across various sectors. Prior to joining Gaja Capital, she was associated with Global corporates at senior positions, Russell Reynolds Associates as its Managing Director- India operations, Watson Wyatt India as its Country Head. She has worked in the US with Sun Microsystems as its global Senior HR Business Partner, KPMG USA as Director HR. She has also worked with American Express TRS in the early part of her career. Ms. Anita takes keen interest in mentoring startups and is a key member of the Lead angels network which focuses on investing in early stage companies.
Non-Executive Nominee Director
Mr. Tu is an engineering graduate from the National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, and has a Master’s degree in Computer Engineering from San Jose State University, USA. He is currently the VP of business development of Synnex. Prior to joining Synnex, he worked for various computer networking companies in the State and had focused expertise in planning and management. He has an overall 37 years of working experience in the global IT industry. He joined Synnex in 1994 and held a series of management positions.
Non-Executive Nominee Director
Ms. Chen is an Agri-Economics graduate from National Taiwan University, with major in International Finance. She joined Synnex in 2008 and now is in charge of overseas subsidiaries management and investment management. In Synnex, she participated in several JV projects, including the cases in Indonesia and Vietnam. Prior to joining Synnex, she worked with CMC Magnetics Corporation, Argus technology and Lite-on Group. She has over 20 years of working experience in Financial Investment and IT industry with solid experience in Corporate Finance.
Managing Director
Mr Rajiv Srivastava has been in leadership roles in the Technology industry in India and overseas for 30+ years. His most recent assignment was as the MD & CEO of Indian Energy Exchange Limited (IEX). Prior to IEX, he was the Chief Operating Officer for Asia Pacific & Japan at Hewlett-Packard (HP), based out of Singapore. He was also a member of the HP’s global strategy board. Before taking up the assignment at Singapore, Mr Rajiv Srivastava served as the Managing Director - HP India, for 6 years.
Mr Rajiv Srivastava holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani and a Diploma in International Business from Helsinki School of Economics.
Whole Time Director and Global Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Krishnan is a Chartered Accountant, Cost Accountant and a Company Secretary. Presently, he is the Whole Time Director and Chief Financial officer of Redington (India) Limited. He is also a Director on the Board of ProConnect Supply Chain Solutions Limited. He joined Redington in 1998 and has been part of the Company’s growth since then. As head of finance at Redington, he was involved in the Company’s equity raising including the listing in India during the year 2007 and his responsibility also includes investor relations with public/institutional shareholders & analysts. Prior to joining Redington, he was employed with Ashok Leyland Limited.
Chairman and Independent Director
Professor Ramachandran is a qualified Chartered and Cost Accountant, and a Fellow of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. He is a Professor of Strategy at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. His research focuses on the growth and governance challenges of firms. His work has been published in leading international journals including the Harvard Business Review, Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Journal of International Business Studies and Global Strategy Journal.
Professor Ramachandran’s research has won the IMD FDC Award and several best paper proceedings from the Academy of Management, USA. His teaching cases have been recognized with multiple awards from The European Foundation for Management Development and The Association of Indian Management Schools; awards from The Association of Management Development Institutions in South Asia and The Central and East European Management Development Association as well as the Tata Steel-IIMB Best Case Award. Over the years, he has won multiple best teacher awards at IIM Bangalore. An engaged scholar, Professor Ramachandran advises both Indian and multinational firms.
Independent Director
Mr. Hariharan is a graduate of IIT-Madras and an MBA from Indian IIM-Bangalore. He has 25+ years of Sales, Marketing, and General Management experience across Global, Regional & Country level roles in the Information Technology Industry. Starting his career with Wipro in India, he relocated to Singapore and associated with Hewlett-Packard for more than 18 years. In HP, Mr. Hariharan held a number of positions as Vice President leading different businesses ranging from worldwide laser business, Asia Pac Sales and field operations, Asia Pac Graphic Solutions Business. He is the Co-founder and CEO of third Wave Power Pte Ltd – a Global business based on Solar Portable Solutions and is based out of Singapore.
Independent Director
Mr. Keith is a Chartered Accountant from the United Kingdom with Masters of Accounting from the Queen’s University of Belfast. He served as the Senior Executive Vice President and President of Ingram Micro North America and played a vital role in developing strategies for the region. Mr. Keith was responsible for overall performance of Ingram Micro’s US and Canadian operations. Under his leadership, Ingram Micro North America had introduced several new divisions and services. After Ingram Micro, Mr. Keith was an operating adviser to Clearlake Capital, a private equity company with $17 billion of assets under management.
Mr. Keith was a full-time CEO and a board member of several Clearlake portfolio companies advising on strategy, M&A and value creation for investors.
Mr. Keith started his career with Price water house Coopers, UK and moved to Walt Disney Consumer products before joining Ingram Micro.
Director and Chief Commercial Officer
Mr. Sriram Ganeshan is a Director on the board of Redington Gulf since January 2017 and the Chief Financial Officer for Redington Gulf since 2006. He is responsible for financial management of the company and also spearheads the IT function and Shared Services Center for Redington Gulf. Mr. Ganeshan has been with Redington since 2000 and has played a significant role in acquisitions made by Redington Gulf. Prior to joining Redington Gulf in 2000, he worked with KPMG in India where he worked clients in multiple sectors. He has also been a panelist on various Industry forums on Trade Finance. Mr. Ganeshan is a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and has completed the Executive Development Program at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Chairman and Independent Director
Professor Ramachandran is a qualified Chartered and Cost Accountant, and a Fellow of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. He is a Professor of Strategy at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. His research focuses on the growth and governance challenges of firms. His work has been published in leading international journals including the Harvard Business Review, Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Journal of International Business Studies and Global Strategy Journal.
Professor Ramachandran’s research has won the IMD FDC Award and several best paper proceedings from the Academy of Management, USA. His teaching cases have been recognized with multiple awards from The European Foundation for Management Development and The Association of Indian Management Schools; awards from The Association of Management Development Institutions in South Asia and The Central and East European Management Development Association as well as the Tata Steel-IIMB Best Case Award. Over the years, he has won multiple best teacher awards at IIM Bangalore. An engaged scholar, Professor Ramachandran advises both Indian and multinational firms.
Independent Director
Mr. Hariharan is a graduate of IIT-Madras and an MBA from Indian IIM-Bangalore. He has 25+ years of Sales, Marketing, and General Management experience across Global, Regional & Country level roles in the Information Technology Industry. Starting his career with Wipro in India, he relocated to Singapore and associated with Hewlett-Packard for more than 18 years. In HP, Mr. Hariharan held a number of positions as Vice President leading different businesses ranging from worldwide laser business, Asia Pac Sales and field operations, Asia Pac Graphic Solutions Business. He is the Co-founder and CEO of third Wave Power Pte Ltd – a Global business based on Solar Portable Solutions and is based out of Singapore.
Independent Director
Hakan Akbas is a Senior Advisor of Albright Stonebridge Group in Turkey and Founding Partner of Global Dealings Group in the US. He also operates his own mentoring and advisory business. He has more than 20 years of progressively responsible, international experience directing as many as 5,000 employees with revenues in excess of $2.5 billion in Turkey, the US, Europe, and China.
Independent Director
Ahmet Levent Serttaş holds his undergraduate degree in business administration graduate from Bogazici University and master's degree in finance from London Business School. Levent is a chartered public accountant. He started his business career with Arthur Andersen in 1996 and worked as financial auditor and financial reporting expert in Istanbul, Johannesburg, London, and Abu Dhabi offices of Arthur Andersen and Ernst & Young for 12 years. He acted as the advisor to MD or IPIC in Abu Dhabi, the founding CFO of International Islamic Liquidity Corp in Kuala Lumpur and Tosyali Toyo Celik A.S. in Istanbul. He currently provides financial advisory services under Altis Consultancy about financial reporting, organization and re-organization of the accounting and finance functions and M&As to companies operating in fintech, engineering, broadcasting, insurance, and entertainment areas.
Director
Mr. Sriram Ganeshan is a Director on the board of Redington Gulf since January 2017 and the Chief Financial Officer for Redington Gulf since 2006. He is responsible for financial management of the company and also spearheads the IT function and Shared Services Center for Redington Gulf. Mr. Ganeshan has been with Redington since 2000 and has played a significant role in acquisitions made by Redington Gulf. Prior to joining Redington Gulf in 2000, he worked with KPMG in India where he worked clients in multiple sectors. He has also been a panelist on various Industry forums on Trade Finance. Mr. Ganeshan is a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and has completed the Executive Development Program at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Director
Mr. Ashok Veeraragavan is the Senior Vice-President, Credit and Collections for Redington Gulf since 2017. He is credited with building the Credit and Collections function for Redington Gulf since he took over the responsibility in 2008. Prior to that he also led sales for channel, corporate and retail segments for Redington Gulf. Before joining Redington Gulf in 2002, Mr. Veeraragavan worked with leading companies across India and U.A.E. in building automation and power sectors for over 14 years. He is an Electrical Engineer from BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore, India and currently based in Dubai, U.A.E.
Managing Director
Mr Rajiv Srivastava has been in leadership roles in the Technology industry in India and overseas for 30+ years. His most recent assignment was as the MD & CEO of Indian Energy Exchange Limited (IEX). Prior to IEX, he was the Chief Operating Officer for Asia Pacific & Japan at Hewlett-Packard (HP), based out of Singapore. He was also a member of the HP’s global strategy board. Before taking up the assignment at Singapore, Mr Rajiv Srivastava served as the Managing Director - HP India, for 6 years.
Mr Rajiv Srivastava holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani and a Diploma in International Business from Helsinki School of Economics.
Independent Director
Cüneyt Genç is a mechanical engineering graduate from Bosphorus University, Istanbul. He also has MBA degree from Istanbul Bilgi University. He served as chairman of board of directors for Millennium Bank A.S. between 2002-2007 and served as board of directors member in companies in finance sector between 2007-2010. Cüneyt Genç, who was leader of consultancy services of Ernst & Young between 2010-2012, is managing operations of his own consutancy business now.
Director
Mr. Sriram Ganeshan is a Director on the board of Redington Gulf since January 2017 and the Chief Financial Officer for Redington Gulf since 2006. He is responsible for financial management of the company and also spearheads the IT function and Shared Services Center for Redington Gulf. Mr. Ganeshan has been with Redington since 2000 and has played a significant role in acquisitions made by Redington Gulf. Prior to joining Redington Gulf in 2000, he worked with KPMG in India where he worked clients in multiple sectors. He has also been a panelist on various Industry forums on Trade Finance. Mr. Ganeshan is a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and has completed the Executive Development Program at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.