Speaker Bio:  

R. Rajendran
Director - Finance, Lakshmi Machine Works (LMW)
R. Rajendran is the Director – Finance at Lakshmi Machine Works (LMW). He joined Lakshmi Machine Works Ltd, Coimbatore in the year 1971 as an Internal Auditor and has held various positions. In February 2011 he has been inducted into the Board of Directors of the company and is serving the organisation in the capacity of Director - Finance. He also serves as a trustee of gratuity fund of the company and executive council member of Textile Machinery Manufacturers Association, Mumbai. In the present capacity, he is involved in Strategic Managerial decision making for the growth of the organization including mergers and acquisitions. He is the recipient of the "Business Today – Yes Bank Best CFO Award" for Consistent Liquidity Management in the category of Medium sized companies on 5th July, 2011 in New Delhi.
K.Ravi
CFO, Roots Group of Companies
K.Ravi is the CFO at Roots Group of Companies. He has an overall industry experience of 26 yrs and for the last 10 years he is serving as a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and looks after Accounting, Finance, Taxation (Both direct & Indirect) and secretarial activities. He is the Director for one of the Group Companies of M/s. Roots Multiclean Ltd. He has specialized in the following fields: Forex Management, Tax planning with respect to Direct & Indirect taxation, Export /Import – Financing, Implementation of Cost control / Cost reduction techniques and Establishment of overseas subsidiaries (JV) and monitoring of performance. He has served as an International Service Director in Rotaract Club & Community Service Director in Jaycees.He has received the Best Branch award for Coimbatore branch while acting as Secretary of Coimbatore branch of SIRC of ICAI.
Hari G
CIO & AVP IT Infrastructure Management, PGC Industries Pvt Limited
Hari currently holds the position of CIO & AVP –IT at PGC textile corporation.He is associated with pgc industries for past 7 years. Hari has an overall experience of 24 years, which includes a 14 years of Textile industry experience. Hari had worked across various industries like Electronics, Thermo plastic molding, Retailing & Distribution.
Subramani
AGM of Systems, Revathi Equipment Limited
Subramani is the Assistant General Manager (Systems) at Revathi Equipment Limited and CIO of the Company for 18 years since 1993. He has overall 25 years of experience with discrete manufacturing companies in the development of complete ERP software, implementation of SAP ERP application and establishment & administration of ITC systems. He is a life member of Computer Society of India.
Prashanth PK
VP & Zonal Business head, Tamilnadu and Kerala, Religare
Prashanth is the VP & Zonal Business Head at Religare Finvest Limited. He has an overall 15+ years banking industry experience. Currently based out of Coimbatore and taking care of Business in Rest of Tamilnadu and Kerala belt. Prashanth had worked with organizations like Cholamandalam, Amex and ABN. Prior to joining Religare he was the AVP of Head Assets and the AVP- Consumer loans at ABN AMRO Bank.
K. Ramasubbu
GM - Finance, Elgi Rubber Company Limited
Mr. K. Ramasubbu is currently the General Manager of Finance at Elgi Rubber Company Limited, Coimbatore. He started his career as Finance Manager & Company Secretary at Alagendran Finance Limited, Madurai during 1995 to 2003. Later he joined Anugraha Valve Castings Limited, Coimbatore during 2003 to 2007 as Deputy General Manager of Finance & Company Secretary. He is also associated member with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.
Sankar B
Senior General Manager, Lakshmi Mills
Sankar is currently working as a Senior General Manager in The Lakshmi Mills Company Limited, Coimbatore. He has overall 16 years of Operations and Project Management experience in various textiles companies. He was a panel speaker on Lean Six Sigma Applications in Textile Mills in the International Textile Conference held at New Delhi in September 2011.
Vijayakumar Govindan
Head - Finance & Accounts, G.D.Naidu Group of Companies, Coimbatore
Vijayakumar was the Head - Finance & Accounts at G.D.Naidu Group of Companies, Coimbatore. He has an overall experience of 15 years in Finance, Accounts, Internal Audit & Costing, Budgeting & Project finance in a reputed Group of Companies based in Coimbatore engaged in Manufacturing and Trading activity.