Thanjavur Kanakaraj Arun

A graduate in Commerce and qualified Company Secretary, he retired as the Senior General Manager and Secretary of Tamilnadu Industrial Development Corporation Limited (TIDCO), after illustrious service of over 3 decades. Mr. Arun has over 35 years of experience in investment promotion and project development. He has worked in multiple state and central government organizations in sectors including, equity investments, investment promotion, ports, water supply and infrastructure. He has wide experience in commercial negotiations, contracting and contract management, structuring of PPP infrastructure projects in Ports, roads and IT sectors, procurement of developers for PPP projects, Management of PPP contracts, management of project contracts including financing, concession documents, arbitration and conciliation proceedings and asset re-structuring. Having served on the Boards and committees of several companies for over ten years, he has a good exposure to Corporate Governance. He had served as Director of many companies assisted by TIDCO including MPL from October 2009 till November 2017.