D. Sundaram has been a board member of TVS Capital Funds (P) Limited since June 2009. |
He grew up in a middle-class family in Chennai. |
In June 1975, D. Sundaram began his career at Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) as a management trainee. |
From 1990 to 1993, Sundaram worked as a Finance Officer overseeing Africa and the Middle East for Unilever in London. |
He later served as the commercial manager of the TOMCO integration team for about a year. |
From 1994 to 1996, he was the CFO and Board Member of Brooke Bond Lipton India in Bangalore. |
Between 1996 and 1999, D. Sundaram held the role of Senior VP (Finance, IT, and Strategy) at Unilever London. |
In 1999, he returned to Hindustan Unilever Limited as the Finance & IT Director. |
Sundaram became the vice chairman and managing director of TVS Capital Funds Ltd on June 13, 2009. |
He joined the Board of the State Bank of India as an independent director in January 2009. |
Since 2017, D. Sundaram has been a board member of Infosys and has served on various committees. |
On March 23, 2023, he was appointed the lead independent director at Infosys. |
Sundaram has rich experience in corporate finance, business performance, governance, and strategy. |
He has served on multiple boards including SBI General Insurance, GlaxoSmithKline, and 9.9 Group Private Limited. |
Sundaram lives with his family in Mumbai. |
In 2006, he received the “CFO of the Year for FMCG Sector” award from CNBC TV18. |
He has delivered guest lectures on finance and management at educational institutions like SP Jain Institute of Management & Research in Mumbai. |