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      Venkat Padmanabhan

      Venkat Padmanabhan

      Treasurer & Chairman of Membership & Community Engagement

      Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SICCI)

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      Srinivasan Venkita Padmanabhan (known as Venkat), an entrepreneur, co- founder,
      Board member, Advisor of many businesses in Singapore & India & also Senior
      Accredited Board Director in Singapore.

      He also actively mentors many Entrepreneurs & invested in many startups.
      Previously, he was the President & Global Head of Finance of Olam International
      Limited (Group) Fortune 500 company with an SGD 50 billion turnover with 87,000
      employees. Being with the group from the near inception as a second employee of their
      operation in India & served about 28 great years & took voluntary retirement in Jan 2022.

      He decided to take about 3 years of Sabbatical to pursue his passion and work on his
      bucket list, one of which is to do this prestigious HBS AMP, learning music, Vipasana,
      & Travel around Himalayas etc., seeking an inward journey & reflection.

      Venkita completed his Harvard Advanced Management Program (AMP 207), Fellow
      member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), an Associate member
      of The Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India (ICMAI), a Master of Commerce
      from Kerala University, India, a competent Toast Master & certified NLP coach.

      He has won Asia’s Greatest CFO award twice, awarded by Asia One Magazine and the
      Excellence in Crisis Management Award from CFO Innovation Asia 2015.

      Currently, on contributing to the society, he is also a Director of Singapore Indian
      Chamber of Commerce, Vice Chairman of Singapore Indian Fine Arts Society, Member
      of Chapters Coordinating committee of Singapore Institute of Directors, Council
      member of the Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS) Governing
      Council,), Mentor in Singapore Business Federation (SBF), Mentor in Singapore Indian
      Development association, Vice Chairman of the Indian Activity Executive Committee
      (IAEC) & Grassroots leader for about 20+ years.

      He is a regular speaker and contributor to professional/industry forums in Singapore
      and the world.

      His interviews and articles have been published in renowned international and local
      magazines and newspapers. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/venkitap).

      He also held various positions such as Treasurer of the Securities Investors Association
      of Singapore, Chairman of the External Relations Committee of Singapore Indian Fine
      Arts Society (SIFAS) & Member of Audit, Risk & Compliance Committee of Singapore
      Institute of Directors (SID Chairman of Meyer Neighbourhood Committee, Asst.
      Treasurer of Citizens Consultative Committee (at Mountbatten constituency),
      Chairman of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) – Singapore Chapter,
      Director of Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SICCI) (For 4 years).

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