Mr G. Ravishankar, former managing director and CEO of Geometric Ltd, has joined TVS Capital Funds Ltd as Executive Director and CFO. The Chennai-based TVS Capital Funds Ltd is the asset manager of TVS Shriram Growth Fund, a Rs 600 crore mid-cap growth fund.
Mr Ravishankar, with more than 20 years of experience, at Geometric played a crucial role in turning around the company. Prior to joining Geometric, he has held various positions in General Electric India (GE) for about 14 years, where his last position was as the CFO of GE Healthcare, South Asia. He was with GE's Financial businesses earlier, where he culminated his tenure as the Vice-President and Head of Risk for their Consumer Finance wing, according to a press release issued by TVS Capital.
TVS Capital manages the TVS Shriram Growth Fund-I which is a Rs 600-crore domestic Rupee fund established with a vision to develop and nurture India's mid-cap businesses into world-class companies.
The Fund has made nine investments and the portfolio consists of Medfort Hospitals, Om Pizza & Eats, Medplus, Dusters Total Solutions Services, Landmark, 9.9 Mediaworx, TVS Logistics, Ratnakar Bank and Indian Cookery, the release says.