Krishna Ramachandran Joins TVS Capital Funds As Managing Partner and COO

Updated on: 9 February 2023 6:56 pm

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In an attempt to strengthen its core team, TVS Capital Funds (TCF), a private equity fund, has announced the appointment of Krishna Ramachandran as managing partner (MP) and COO (chief operating officer).

In a statement, the company revealed that Krishna has more than 27 years of experience across client engagement, business transformation, data analytics, digital transformation, and finance. He was the managing director (MD) at Accenture and was responsible for Accenture’s Chennai operations. Prior to that, he was associated with Royal Philips, Allianz, KPMG, and Vodafone in multiple roles.

Commenting on Krishna’s joining, Gopal Srinivasan, CMD of TVS Capital Funds, said, “Krishna comes with a wide spectrum of operating experience and significant exposure to digital transformation initiatives. This is of deep value for us at TVS Capital, where we partner with next-gen entrepreneurs in business building, especially those in the venture growth stage. Krishna’s multidisciplinary experience across businesses will help drive value to our portfolio companies. It also significantly strengthens our internal initiatives in building a “neo-TCF”, which will help scale the fund to the next level.

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Krishna Ramachandran, the managing partner (MP) and COO of TVS Capital Funds, said, “We have great opportunities in making India a leader in digital platforms of scale in areas of finance and banking. I am delighted to be part of this journey with TVS Capital Funds in empowering next-gen entrepreneurs and, thereby, supporting the larger cause of nation-building.”

TVS Capital Funds has cumulatively raised around Rs 3,500 crore to date across three funds and backs technology-driven businesses in financial services and B2B (business-to-business) services.