Tata Communications, formerly called VSNL Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited, is an Indian telecommunications company.

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Aadesh Goyal is the current Chief Human Resources Officer at [Tata Communications](/org/tata-communications). Aadesh has previously served as Director on the Board for [Tata Communications](/org/tata-communications) Lanka Limited, Sri Sri Ayurveda Trust, and Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT). Aadesh has also been with HR People + Strategy and [Tata Communications](/org/tata-communications) Payment Solutions Ltd | Indicash ATM as Director on the Board. Aadesh's previous position was Global CHRO and Member of the Global Management Committee at [Tata Communications](/org/tata-communications). Prior to that, they were the Chairperson and CEO of PeopleStrong HR Services. Aadesh Goyal has also been a teacher and volunteer with The Art of Living.

Aadesh Goyal obtained their Master of Management Studies from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science.

They are on a team with Srinivasan CR - Chief Digital Officer, Sumeet Walia - Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, and Madhusudhan Mysore - EVP, Collaboration & Connected Solutions. Aadesh Goyal reports to Amur Swaminathan Lakshminarayanan, MD & CEO.

Aadesh Goyal

A leading authority in the global IT sector, Krishnakumar Natarajan co-founded Mindtree in 1999 and has played key roles in building the company’s innovative approach to delivering IT services and solutions to global 2000 enterprises. As Executive Chairman he built a $1B revenue company with Market Cap of over $2.5B. His key skill is to help Enterprises navigate the ‘Digital transformation’ agenda and help business transformations by which enterprises enhance customer experience and deliver Industry leading growth. Krishnakumar’s efforts as a business leader has been recognized worldwide, winning him several laurels. Businessworld & Forbes ranked him amongst the most valuable CEOs in India in 2016. He won Bloomberg UTV’s award as the CEO of the Year in 2010, Business Today CEO of the year award in 2014 and was recognized by Chief Executive Magazine’s as one of the twelve global leaders of tomorrow. EY honored him with Entrepreneur of the year 2015 in Services. His efforts resulted in Mindtree winning the “Most promising company of the Year” in 2013 by CNBC TV18. A 40-year IT industry veteran, Krishnakumar served as Chairman of the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), where he worked to strengthen the Indian IT industry to build a globally competitive ecosystem. He now serves as the Chairman of Nasscom Foundation. Social enterprises and Philanthropy are other Key interests of Krishnakumar. Along with his wife Akila he runs their Personal foundation “Mela” which is focused on helping high potential rural girls to attain professional qualifications and helping Senior Citizens age gracefully. He is also a regular speaker at international IT industry conferences and a faculty member at management schools around the world. He is also on the Boards of a few well-known Organizations. He has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the College of Engineering, Chennai, India, and a master’s degree in Business Administration from the Xavier Institute, Jamshedpur, India.

Krishnakumar Natarajan

Genius Wong is the Chief Product & Technology Officer at [Tata Communications](/org/tata-communications). Genius has over 25 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. 

Wong started their career in 1994 as the General Manager of Technology Development and Support at New T&T Hong Kong Ltd. Genius then moved to Asia Netcom in 2000, where they served as the VP of Product Management and Development. In 2007, they joined [Tata Communications](/org/tata-communications), where they have served in various leadership roles over the past 11 years. Genius was most recently the President of Global Network, Cloud and Data Center Services before being promoted to their current role. 

Under Wong’s leadership, [Tata Communications](/org/tata-communications) has become a leading provider of network, cloud, and data center services. Genius has been instrumental in [Tata Communications](/org/tata-communications)’ growth and expansion into new markets and geographies. Wong is a visionary leader who is always looking for new ways to innovate and improve the company’s products and services.

They work with Madhusudhan Mysore - EVP, Collaboration & Connected Solutions, Aadesh Goyal - Chief Human Resources Officer, and Troy Reynolds - Chief Legal & Compliance Officer. Their manager is Amur Swaminathan Lakshminarayanan, MD & CEO.

Genius Wong

Srinivasan CR is the Chief Digital Officer at Tata Communications. Srinivasan has over 25 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. 

Srinivasan CR started their career at Citibank NA in 1994 as a Manager of the Citicorp Global Technology Infrastructure. Srinivasan then moved to Sify Ltd in 1999, where they served as Vice President for seven years. In 2006, they joined VSNL International as Vice President of Technical Solutions and Delivery, before moving to TATA Group's VSNL India as Vice President of Networks in 2006. Srinivasan has been with Tata Communications since 2007, and was promoted to Chief Digital Officer in 2016.

Srinivasan CR completed their Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics & Communication from the University of Madras.

They work with Sumeet Walia - Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, Genius Wong - Chief Product & Technology Officer, and Troy Reynolds - Chief Legal & Compliance Officer. Srinivasan CR reports to Amur Swaminathan Lakshminarayanan, MD & CEO.

Srinivasan CR

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Ms. Ramnath is the Founder, Managing Director and CEO of Multiples Alternate Asset Management, a private equity manager and advisor to funds of ~ USD 1.6 bn. She has over 30 years of experience in the Indian financial sector across private equity, investment banking and structured finance. Ms. Ramnath started her career with the ICICI Group and had leadership roles in investment banking, structured finance and e-commerce. She led ICICI Venture as the MD & CEO of ICICI Venture to become one of the largest private equity funds in India. One of the most experienced private equity fund managers in India, Ms. Ramnath has a full cycle track record of investing capital raised from global Institutions. She is a Board member of EMPEA, the global industry association for private capital in emerging markets. She is also the Chairperson of the Executive Committee of Indian Venture Capital Association. She is a recent winner of the IVCJ Special Achievement Award.   Ms. Ramnath has obtained a graduate degree in textile engineering from V.J. Technological Institute (VJTI), University of Mumbai and a post graduate degree in management studies from University of Mumbai. She has also completed the Advanced Management Program from the Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University.

Renuka Ramnath

As [Tata Communications](/org/tata-communications) Executive Vice President for Collaboration and Connected Solutions, Mysore Madhusudhan (Madhu) is responsible for enabling digital employee and customer experiences for enterprises globally by leveraging new and emerging technologies of Unified Communications & Collaboration, IoT, Mobility and 5G.   A digital strategist and transformation leader, Madhu has led the rollout and operations of GSM, CDMA, NGN & Complex MPLS networks for enterprises across the globe during his career spanning over 30 years. Having served in Telecom and IT industries, he has experience in several leadership positions in global organisations like [AT&T](/org/att), Lucent and BPL. Madhu is credited with driving growth and developing businesses globally across technology domains and building delivery centre capabilities. He has been instrumental in operational/technology re-engineering worldwide of various acquisitions and mergers for [Tata Communications](/org/tata-communications). He has played an intrinsic role in the Company and has managed leadership portfolios across engineering, network operations and customer service. Earlier, Madhu has been the CEO of [Tata Communications](/org/tata-communications) Transformation Services Ltd. (TCTS), a wholly owned subsidiary of [Tata Communications](/org/tata-communications) Limited. Before that he was the Chief Network Officer & led the Customer Services and Operations at [Tata Communications](/org/tata-communications). He was pivotal in managing cross functional collaboration across Service Delivery, Service Assurance, Service Management, Field Operations, Facility Support, Complex Solutions support, Technology Operations and Infrastructure Management. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the University of Vishweshwarayya College of Engineering (UVCE) Bangalore, India.

Madhusudhan Mysore

N. Ganapathy Subramaniam (NGS) is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of TCS since February 2017. He is also a Director and Chairman of Tata Elxsi Limited since November 2014.

He is a software engineer at heart, started his career at TCS as a programmer and has held many key leadership positions across Client Delivery, Business Development, integration of businesses, branch management, country head, business unit head and Product Development, before assuming the role of COO.

NGS has over 35 years of experience in TCS in strategic management of technology and operations, across large corporations in both established and new growth markets. He has been closely involved with the evolution of Indian IT industry, and the value creation process with a globally distributed talent. He has had the opportunity to work closely with several global corporations across Financial Services, Telecom, Pharmaceuticals, Retail, Public Services, Manufacturing and Technology companies besides. As TCS’s executive sponsor for some these corporations, he contributed to their overall technology strategy, growth, and transformation initiatives at large, which has given him an in-depth knowledge of IT trends and the systems policies of leading corporations.

He has steered several programmes which are considered ‘Important for the nation’ in many countries including India and successfully delivered large, complex, multi-country implementations across businesses.

NGS joined TCS in 1982 after completing his master’s in mathematics from the University of Madras. He has had the benefit of attending various continuous Education programs including Prof. Philip Kotler’s Services Marketing, Prof. Michael Porter’s Marketing Strategies for the 21st Century, Business Process Reengineering, Risk and Change Management by National University of Singapore, Tata Strategic Leadership Program and [Stanford University](/org/stanford)’s Executive Program for Growing Companies.

NGS lives with his wife Shobana and two sons in Bangalore. An avid reader and keen supporter of community initiatives, NGS enjoys classical music, long walks, and Nature.

N. Ganapathy Subramaniam

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Mr. N. Srinath is presently the Chief Executive Officer of the Tata Trusts. He joined [Tata Communications](/org/tata-communications) (then known as VSNL) in 2002 as Director (Operations) when the [Tata Group](/org/tata-group) was selected as the strategic partner at the company. Mr. Srinath was the Managing Director of [Tata Communications](/org/tata-communications) Limited from February 2007 till January 31, 2011. Under his leadership, [Tata Communications](/org/tata-communications) transformed from a monopoly, public sector undertaking into a global communications services provider offering advanced network, managed and cloud services to customers worldwide. Mr. Srinath joined Tata Teleservices Limited as non-executive director in January 2003. He took over as the Managing Director of Tata Teleservices Limited and Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited from February 1, 2011 till March 31, 2020. Effective April 1, 2020, Mr. Srinath continues as a non-executive director of Tata Teleservices Limited and Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited.   Since joining the Tata Administrative Services in 1986, Mr. Srinath has held positions in Project Management, Sales & Marketing, and Management in different Tata companies in the ICT sector over the last 33 years. Mr. Srinath has also served as the Chief Executive Officer of Tata Internet Services from late 2000 to February 2002 and Chief Operating Officer at Tata Teleservices Limited in 1999. In the early part of his career, he was Executive Assistant to the Chairman of Tata Industries Limited, a position he held until March 1992. He was part of the team that set up Tata Information Systems (later known as Tata IBM) and where, between 1992 and 1998, he worked on a number of assignments in sales and marketing.   Mr. Srinath has received several recognitions in the telecom industry. For a period of two consecutive years (2008 and 2009), he was named as the world’s eighth most influential telecom personality by the Global Telecoms Business magazine as well as the ‘Telecom Person of the Year’ by the India-based Voice and Data magazine in 2008. Mr. Srinath was also named the ‘Telecom CEO of the Year’ in Asia by the leading publishing group Telecom Asia in 2006, and in the same year he was conferred the Udyog Rattan Award by the Institute of Economic Studies (IES).   Mr. Srinath holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata, specializing in Marketing and Systems.

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Troy Reynolds is the Chief Legal and Compliance Officer of [Tata Communications](/org/tata-communications). In this role, he oversees the company’s global Legal and Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) departments, and advises the company, its board of directors, and management on all legal matters affecting the company. He has served and continues to serve on the company’s board of directors for many of its operating subsidiaries, and is also a member of the legal and compliance advisory committee of Hedera Hashgraph, as well as one of the company’s representatives on its governing council.

Since joining [Tata Communications](/org/tata-communications) in 2008, Troy has been responsible for a number of different functions within the Legal department.

Prior to joining [Tata Communications](/org/tata-communications), Troy was a Special Counsel at Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, an international law firm, where he provided legal counsel to a number of organisations in the technology, media and telecom sector. He has also worked with other U.S. based law firms – [Dinsmore & Shohl LLP](/org/dinsmore-shohl-llp), and Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs LLP – in an overall career spanning over 28 years in corporate and business law.

Troy obtained both his bachelor’s degree and law degree from the [University of Kentucky](/org/university-of-kentucky).

Troy Reynolds

Kabir Ahmed Shakir is the Chief Financial Officer at Tata Communications. In this role, Kabir is responsible for the strategic financial management of the company, including investor relations.

Kabir brings with him nearly 30 years of experience in strategic financial management with a sharp focus on growth, strong business processes, functional excellence and operational execution across diverse industries and geographies.

Kabir has extensive experience in global markets managing complex businesses and categories, international treasury, global supply chain and global finance.

Before Tata Communications, Kabir was the Chief Financial Officer at Microsoft India, responsible for Microsoft’s overall finance leadership across all entities in India. Preceding this, he spent over 23 years with Unilever in leadership roles across multiple geographies–International Funding Director in the Netherlands, Global Supply Chain Finance Director in the UK, CFO of the Home and Personal Care business in India and Global CFO for the Skin care category in the UK. In addition, he has served on the Boards of Lakme Lever Private Limited and Kimberley Clark Lever Limited.

Kabir is an angel investor, a board adviser and mentor to many startups and is passionate about technology and how it will shape the future of the finance function. Kabir is married and lives in Delhi with his wife and two sons.

Kabir Ahmed Shakir

Sumeet Walia

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Lakshmi has over 35 years of experience in a broad range of leadership roles across regions and industries. Through the course of his career, he has managed and developed scalable businesses, with deep understanding of the global technology market and enterprises’ growing digital needs.

Prior to joining [Tata Communications](/org/tata-communications), Lakshmi was President and CEO of Tata Consultancy Services Japan, Ltd. where he was in charge of accelerating the company’s market opportunity and developing the brand in the region.

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