R. VENKATAKRISHNAN

Trustee & Hony. Treasurer

Over 30 years of post-qualification professional experience in industry and consulting with substantial experience working with growth stage and SME in consulting and funding Hands on approach with solution orientation. Specialties: Finance, Business and Strategic Management consulting, Debt Funding, Venture Capital & Private Equity, Mergers & Acquisitions, Quality & Information Security Management, Risk Management, Audits, Tax Advisory, Strategic Management Advisory, Start-Up Advisory Rich hands on experience in corporate advisory, including structuring transactions, audits and taxation across industries and organizations of different sizes in the SME sector in areas of fund raising, debt & equity, acquisitions, merger and exits. Hands on experience in management of Family Offices including strategic investments, Family Trusts, Succession Planning.

As a qualified assessor in quality and information security management systems facilitated a number of organizations in their pursuit to certifications in conformance to International Standards. This has been across industries with a majority of them in the Indian Healthcare space with specific reference to Medical Diagnostics Services and Hospitals. On the panel of some of International Certification Bodies as Subject Matter Expert. A regular contributor to articles on finance, quality and banking in business newspapers and magazines. Charter Member and Member - Governing Council TiE Chennai and Member - Management Committee, Madras Management Association