Suresh Vaidhyanathan is one of the region’s accomplished C-suite leaders with an experience of 25+ years with multi-business organizations including large family groups and public private partnerships.

Suresh has an excellent professional standing in the region and was listed amongst Forbes 2024 and 2023 Top 100 CEOs in the Middle East. He was included in the Arabian Business Dubai 100 Power List, Entrepreneur Power 100, 2024 Indian Aces in the Middle East.

Earlier as CFO, he was amongst the Forbes List of Top 10 Indian CFOs in the Middle East in 2019 and the Top 20 CFOs in the GCC 2021 (Khaleej Times NAFA List).

He is an alumnus of the Leading Digital Business Transformation program at IMD Business School and is certified in Blockchain Technologies and Artificial Intelligence at MIT Sloan School of Management. He completed the M&A program at University of Chicago Booth School of Business and in addition to programs in governance and investing at Harvard, INSEAD and Wharton.

Suresh is also an alumnus of the Oxford Leading Sustainable Corporations Program.

On the governance front, Suresh is a Certified Board Director with IOD Hawkamah, UAE, Member of GCC Board Directors Institute, Fellow Member of IOD, India and was recognized as a 2012 Board Leadership Fellow NACD, USA. He is also a charter member of the Harvard Business Club of the GCC.

He has been a resident of the UAE for more than 25 years.