R. Lakshminarayanan

Mr. Lakshminarayanan is the Non-Executive Vice-Chairman of Wonderla Amusement Parks & Resort.

An alumnus of IIT (Delhi) & IIM (Bengaluru) Lakshminarayanan spent the initial years of his career in Retail Sales, New Product Development & Brand Management with Hindustan Unilever, International Best Foods & Smith Kline Pharma.

He then moved to Ogilvy & Mather Direct as the National Account Director with operations across Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai & Bengaluru. Soon he was promoted to head the Ogilvy office in Chennai. Then followed his stint at DDB Mudra Communications where he held several roles---Vice President South, Chief Operating Officer (New Initiatives) & finally CEO Mudra Marketing Services. He had been an Executive Director on the Mudra Board for over a decade by the time he moved out in 2008.

In October 2008, Lakshminarayanan set up his own Brand Consulting and Training outfit called Visalakshmi Consulting. In addition to his consultancy, till March 2020, he was with iNurture Education Solutions as their Chief Strategy Advisor and earlier as their Chief Learning Officer.

On September 28, 2013, he was conferred the Guru Vandana award by the Honorable Governor of Karnataka—as one of 100 senior professionals across multiple fields.

He is a Non-Executive Chairman of Jyothy Labs also.