HARISH RAO, MBA, GAICD
Harish has been the face of the Sundaram Finance Group in Australia since 2004. Sundaram is a US$5billion financial services conglomerate, based in Chennai, India. In Australia, the group is involved with Financial and Business Process Outsourcing through its subsidiary, Sundaram Business Services Limited. He currently Chairs the Advisory Panel for Sundaram in Australia and also consults to a number of other companies in the Australia-India corridor on bi-lateral market entry opportunities.
Besides his Non-Executive role with the Australia India Institute, Harish is also a Non-Executive Director of Cricket Victoria, the Australia India Chamber of Commerce Limited, Australian Friends of ASHA & Director of his family’s foundation, Australia India Social & Charitable Ventures Limited.
Harish originally hailed from Chennai, India but migrated with his family to Melbourne in 1968. He attended Melbourne Grammar School before completing higher studies at the Australian National University and Monash University & has an MBA (Finance) & Graduate Certificate in Asian Business from Monash University and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.