Management Team
Venkat Chidambaram
Director on the Board
Venkat Chidambaram is a director on the board of Western Thomson (India) Ltd. Previously he has held senior Investment management positions in Towry Investment Management, UK and TFO Management LLP, UK & middle east. He spent over ten years as an Investment Director with GAM based in London, UK. He received a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the American Intercontinental University (AIU) in London, a MBA from Bayes Business School (City Univ.), London and served in the British Army Reserves.
B.Vijayakumar
Director of the Board & Group CEO
Mr Vijyakumar is the Group Chief Executive Officer and Director on the board of Western Thomson India. He has experience of over 28 years in Business Development, Industrial Finance, Corporate Strategy and Risk Management. Previously he was Business Head, SME with Cholamandalam and Chief Risk Officer in the Finance Arm of Adithya Birla Group. He also served as Country Risk Head, Euler Hermes India (Allianz Group) and spent 13 years with SIDBI. He is an MBA from IIM, Bangalore and BE (Mech) from College of Engineering, Osmania University, Hyderabad.
T. Govindarajan
Executive Director
Joined the Group in 1974 as a trainee. He is General Manager of Nippon Thermostat (India) Limited. Previously he was responsible for the management of the Oil Cooler unit of India Radiators in Pondicherry and was head of R & D with India Radiators. He has spent most of his career in R&D activities relating to the area of Cooling Systems and has extensive experience in this field. He holds a M.Sc Degree in Chemistry from the American College in Madurai, Tamil Nadu.
Kevin Jackson
Senior Consultant –Design & Development
Kevin Jackson is a senior design consultant and part of WTI's design & development team. He has extensive experience in Engine Cooling applications having worked on global projects with several leading OEMs.
P.Arun
Group Commercial & Business Development Manager
Having joined our Group in 2008, is responsible for New Business Development for Domestic and Export Markets and handles the commercial process of product pricing, RFQ’s and managing projects. He is responsible for the domestic Aftermarket business operations of our group. He is an MBA graduate from the University of Madras and has been a part of WTI for more than a decade now.
N. Ravi
General Manager - Plant Head
Mr N.Ravi joined Western Thomson India in 2010 as part of the Purchasing team and subsequently headed the Purchasing department for several years. In 2021 he assumed the role of Plant Head and is responsible for the overall day to day operations of WTI. Prior to joining WTI, he worked in the Financial services sector with HDFC Bank and Citi Financial and then with SPL Infrastructure in their Purchasing department. He holds a Bsc from Madurai Kamaraj University and a Msc and M.Phil from Annamalai University.