Our Team
Management Team
Venkat Chidambaram
Director
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.
Mr. D Bharathidhasan
AGM –Operations
Over 19 years of experience in Design and Development and SQA including of CNC programming (CNC Turning). He holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical from Sathyabama University. Previously worked at Valeo and RaneTRW
S.Siva Krishnan
Senior Manager –Operations
Over 13 years of experience in tooling, Manufacturing, SPM Machines and Precision Machining including Turning and VMC Programming. He was previously with Southern Auto Casting as Manager New Product development and prior to that Carborundum Universal as Production engineer. He holds a Bachelor of technology –Mechanical Engineering in SRM University
G. Murugan
Senior - Commercial Officer
G.Murugan joined as customer support executive in our group in 2010 and was promoted as Senior Commercial Officer in 2020 with a focus on Precision machining parts. He holds a B.Sc degree from the Madras University. He is responsible for managing individual projects and co-ordinating between customers and PPI development team. In addition he is involved in managing the domestic aftermarket business of our group.
Greg Tuck
Operations Manager
Consultant engineer based in our UK Sales and Engineering office. Has over 25 years experience in Precision machining ( Milling and Turning), having worked in South Africa, Holland and the UK. Responsible for Process design and product development.