Team

Managing Director & CEO

Mahesh Ramachandran

Mahesh Ramachandran is a Serial Entrepreneur and Investor, who has successfully founded and exited multiple multi-million-dollar entrepreneurial ventures. 

Mahesh is the founder of Commonwealth Inclusive Growth Services Limited, which is a Fintech company that operates in more than 30,000 locations across 20+ states in India. It handles over $1.7B worth of transactions annually, servicing over 5M rural customers with a network of about 4500 agents.

Mahesh is a distinguished Sloan Fellow of London Business School and chairs the TiE Chennai FinTech Special Interest Group.

He is also a General Partner of SEBI registered AIF (Alternative Investment Fund) and is a Leadership Council member of FinBlue, a FinTech Centre of Excellence set up by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India at STPI, Chennai.

Mahesh is also a visiting faculty of Indian School of Business, National Police Academy, and Bennett University, where he teaches digital transformation and digital marketing.

He brings with him several decades of rich & varied experience in the field of Entrepreneurship, Investing, FinTech, Rural Marketing, Digital Transformation, Leadership, Mentoring & Governance.

Mahesh Ramachandran has formerly held leadership roles in Cognizant Technology Solutions, Tata Consultancy Services and Ford Motor Company in the UK.

He holds an MBA from University of Westminster, Sloan Masters in Leadership & Strategy (Distinguished Sloan Fellow of London Business School) from University of London.

Director & COO

P. Swaminathan

Swami heads the operations of the financial services business at Tech Innovations. He is a qualified banker (CAIIB), who brings with him over three decades of rich & varied experience in the field of core banking, banking technology, retail payment technology and management. 

Swami has been associated with Commonwealth Inclusive Growth Services since its inception and has been the key driver in scaling the business multi-fold and expanding its presence Pan India in partnership with multiple public and private financial institutions.

He was formerly with Financial Software & Systems Pvt. Ltd., and Andhra Bank, handling a wide variety of roles, including project management, pre-sales, corporate office, IT and general banking. 

He is a Mathematics graduate from the University of Madras.

Director & CFO

P. Ranganathan

Ranganathan heads compliance and secretarial practice at Tech Innovations. He brings with him over three-and-a-half decades of rich and varied experience, both in India and Nigeria, having led companies as their head of finance and operations. 

He was the head of finance of a leading group of industries in Nigeria for about six years. Prior to that, he was in-charge of operations of a leading trading company in Nigeria, for about two decades. Further to this, he has also handled the IPO of a Delhi-based manufacturing company, as its Company Secretary.

He has, previously, worked with Shipping Corporation of India, Tata Share Registry and a Mumbai based Industrial Valve Manufacturer, handling different roles in Accounts.

Ranganathan is a commerce graduate from the University of Madras, a qualified cost & management accountant (ACMA / AICWA) and company secretary (ACS).

Independent Director

Prof. Trichy Krishnan

Dr. Trichy Krishnan is a PhD-Marketing from The University of Texas at Dallas, USA (1994), M.A. International Management Studies (1992) from The University of Texas at Dallas, USA and B.E. Honours – Mechanical Engineering (1982) from The Madras University, India.

His teaching interests include Marketing Channel Strategies, Retailing Strategies, Healthcare Marketing, Pricing, Marketing Strategies, Marketing Decision Models and Analytics (including Applied Multivariate Models such as Factor Analysis, MDS, MANOVA, CONJOINT and MDA).

Dr. Krishnan’s current roles include – Professor at Great Lakes Institute of Management and Member of Editorial Review Board for ROMS (Review of Marketing Science).

He is a  constant reviewer for the Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Marketing, Management Science, Marketing Science, Journal of Business, International Journal of Research in Marketing, IEEE and International Journal of Forecasting. 

He was also engaged in consultation assignments in the oil & gas drilling rig industry from 1998 to 2006.

Independent Director

Mr. S.V. Krishnamurthy

Co-President (Advisor) of Keiretsu Forum one of the Largest Angel Funding Group in the World , Chennai & Singapore Chapters.

Senior Partner, G Natesan & Co., Chartered Accountants

Advisor, RediSolve Software Services P Ltd.
Swirepay Inc. ( US Board Member )
Proscaler.AI ( US )
Advisor – Vajro Inc & RAP Inc

Chairman of the Board for KRUU Inc.

In 1989, co-founded Professional Management Consultants (P) Ltd. (PMC), considered as one of the best Service Providers in the Banking & Financial Services Industry, acquired by the Sundaram Finance group in 2009.

Had two other successful exits, one each in India and in the Silicon Valley, respectively in the MFI and Indoor GPS space.

Vast experience, encompassing operations of the entire gamut of Retail Consumer Banking, Process Management, Credit Consultancy, Audits and Management Consulting.

B.Com., FCA & FCS

Qualified to be an Independent Director on the Boards of Listed and specified big Companies.

Chief Executive Officer

Mahesh Ramachandran

Mahesh Ramachandran is a Serial Entrepreneur and Investor, who has successfully founded and exited multiple multi-million-dollar entrepreneurial ventures. 

Mahesh is the founder of Commonwealth Inclusive Growth Services Limited, which is a Fintech company that operates in more than 30,000 locations across 20+ states in India. It handles over $1.7B worth of transactions annually, servicing over 5M rural customers with a network of about 4500 agents.

Mahesh is a distinguished Sloan Fellow of London Business School and chairs the TiE Chennai FinTech Special Interest Group.

He is also a General Partner of SEBI registered AIF (Alternative Investment Fund) and is a Leadership Council member of FinBlue, a FinTech Centre of Excellence set up by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India at STPI, Chennai.

Mahesh is also a visiting faculty of Indian School of Business, National Police Academy, and Bennett University, where he teaches digital transformation and digital marketing.

He brings with him several decades of rich & varied experience in the field of Entrepreneurship, Investing, FinTech, Rural Marketing, Digital Transformation, Leadership, Mentoring & Governance.

Mahesh Ramachandran has formerly held leadership roles in Cognizant Technology Solutions, Tata Consultancy Services and Ford Motor Company in the UK.

He holds an MBA from University of Westminster, Sloan Masters in Leadership & Strategy (Distinguished Sloan Fellow of London Business School) from University of London.

Manager – Investments and Investor Relations

Hitik P Jain

Hitik manages the investments arm of Tech Innovations. He has worked with multiple startups that have brought about some of the most inspiring and disruptive emerging technologies to the market.

He is often the first point of contact for startups at Tech Innovations and is razor sharp when it comes to investment evaluation and agreements.

In his previous avatar, he was a Property and Energy Underwriter, working with various stakeholders from Channel Partners to SME Clients, and providing support on the Underwriting and Product front.

He holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA), specializing in Finance from IBS, Hyderabad and a B.Com, specializing in Accounting and Finance, from Loyol College, Chennai.

Director & COO

P. Swaminathan

Swami heads the operations of the financial services business at Tech Innovations. He is a qualified banker (CAIIB), who brings with him over three decades of rich & varied experience in the field of core banking, banking technology, retail payment technology and management. 

Swami has been associated with Commonwealth Inclusive Growth Services since its inception and has been the key driver in scaling the business multi-fold and expanding its presence Pan India in partnership with multiple public and private financial institutions.

He was formerly with Financial Software & Systems Pvt. Ltd., and Andhra Bank, handling a wide variety of roles, including project management, pre-sales, corporate office, IT and general banking. 

He is a Mathematics graduate from the University of Madras.

General Manager

K. Sasikumar

Sasi heads finance at Tech Innovation. He brings with him over three decades of experience in the field of accounts, audit and general administration.

He was formerly with Star Health and Allied Insurance, Hi Tours, Mamallapuram, Century Consultants (India) Galadari Sons and West Asia Commercial House-Dubai. 

K. Sasikumar has been associated with Commonwealth Inclusive Growth Services Ltd., since its inception and has been instrumental in creating a sustainable and profitable venture at scale.

He holds his masters in Economics & Commerce from the University of Calicut.

Director & CFO

P. Ranganathan

Ranganathan heads compliance and secretarial practice at Tech Innovations. He brings with him over three-and-a-half decades of rich and varied experience, both in India and Nigeria, having led companies as their head of finance and operations. 

He was the head of finance of a leading group of industries in Nigeria for about six years. Prior to that, he was in-charge of operations of a leading trading company in Nigeria, for about two decades. Further to this, he has also handled the IPO of a Delhi-based manufacturing company, as its Company Secretary.

He has, previously, worked with Shipping Corporation of India, Tata Share Registry and a Mumbai based Industrial Valve Manufacturer, handling different roles in Accounts.

Ranganathan is a commerce graduate from the University of Madras, a qualified cost & management accountant (ACMA / AICWA) and company secretary (ACS).

P.N. Vijay

Mr.Vijay is an Investment Banker with 48 years of experience in investment banking, lending, corporate governance banking and public affairs. 

During this period he has worked on countless fund raising, M&A and corporate restructuring transactions both in India and Overseas. He has also been on several boards and board committees and with regulators on corporate governance.

Mr. Vijay started his career with State Bank and then moved on to ANZ Grindlays and then on to Citibank where he was the country head (Merchant Banking) India. 

He then started his own company PN Vijay Financial Services P Ltd. PNVF provides investment banking and wealth management services. These include helping clients raise equity/debt, M&A and also portfolio management.

He does TV shows on investments in business channels and contributes columns to newspapers and periodicals.

Mr. Vijay has also been active in Public Affairs for the last 30+ years sharing his views on the Political Economy. During this period he was actively associated with the Bharatiya Janata Party as Convenor of its National Economic Cell and later as a National Spokesperson.