Meleveetil Damodaran is a thought leader, business executive and former government official. He is presently Advisor and Chief Representative in India for the ING Group of Netherlands. He served as the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), India’s financial markets regulator, from February, 2005 to February,... Read more
Meleveetil Damodaran is a thought leader, business executive and former government official. He is presently Advisor and Chief Representative in India for the ING Group of Netherlands. He served as the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), India’s financial markets regulator, from February, 2005 to February, 2008. Prior to this, he served Head of IDBI, a development finance institution which he converted to a bank. He was also Chairman of Unit Trust of India, then India’s largest mutual fund from July, 2001 to December, 2004. He belongs to the Indian Administrative Service, Manipur-Tripura cadre, which is the administrative civil service of the Government of India. Damodaran also served as Joint Secretary of the Banking Division of the Indian Ministry of Finance for five years.
He began his career in the Indian state of Tripura, where he served in different developmental and regulatory positions. He was appointed Tripura’s Chief Secretary in 1992, when he became the youngest person ever in India to hold such a position in a State Government.
In 2001, Meleveetil Damodaran was appointed the Chairman of Unit Trust of India (UTI) to rescue India’s largest and oldest investment institution, which had collapsed. He restored UTI to health in arguably the most successful turnaround stories in Indian financial sector history. He was simultaneously given charge of Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI), another of India’s major financial institutions. Here, he created the unique Stressed Assets Stabilisation Fund, which helped clean IDBI’s books, facilitating its conversion to a commercial bank and its merger with another bank.
As Chairman of SEBI, Damodaran brought improved corporate governance practices to India’s securities market. He was the Chairman of the Taskforce on Corporate Governance constituted by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). While at SEBI, he was elected Chairman of the Emerging Markets Committee of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), a position he held till he demitted office as Chairman, SEBI. Among his many contributions was the introduction of QIP, an instrument for follow on offerings which until then was going to other markets. He was succeeded as chairman of SEBI by C.B.Bhave.
He speaks regularly at forums and high-level panels around the world and his areas of expertise include Financial Management, Securities Markets, Corporate Governance, Public Administration and Leadership.
He has been awarded the Public Service Excellence Award (2009) by All India Management Association, the Economic Times Award for Change Agent of the Year (2006–07), and Finance Man of the year (2004), among other distinctions.
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Meleveetil Damodaran speaks on Asia, Economics & Finance, Global Trends. Talks can be shaped around your audience, industry and strategic objectives - share your event brief with London Speaker Bureau and we will work with Meleveetil to align the content with your delegates and goals.
London Speaker Bureau can book Meleveetil Damodaran for events worldwide, subject to Meleveetil's schedule. Please send us your event date, location and format and we will confirm availability and handle travel and logistics on your behalf.
Virtual and hybrid keynotes are now a standard part of the speaking industry. Please contact London Speaker Bureau to confirm whether Meleveetil Damodaran is available to deliver a virtual session for your event and on which platform (Zoom, Microsoft Teams, a bespoke studio or your own).
Most keynote speeches run between 45 and 60 minutes, often followed by a 15-30 minute Q&A. Other formats - shorter conference slots, panel appearances or longer workshop sessions - may also be possible. Share your agenda with London Speaker Bureau and we will confirm what Meleveetil can accommodate.
London Speaker Bureau will brief Meleveetil Damodaran on your audience profile, sector and objectives so the keynote can be shaped around your event. The level of customisation possible depends on the speaker and the lead time - contact us with your brief and we will confirm what Meleveetil can offer.
Meleveetil Damodaran delivers keynotes in English. This profile may not list every language available; ask London Speaker Bureau to confirm. If you require simultaneous interpretation or a multilingual format, please mention this in your enquiry and London Speaker Bureau will arrange it for you.
Meleveetil Damodaran's areas of expertise include Asia, Economics & Finance, Global Trends. To get a clear sense of Meleveetil's style, credentials and how they engage an audience, please review the biography, popular talks and any videos or testimonials shown on this page, or request a detailed speaker brief from London Speaker Bureau.
Meleveetil Damodaran can be booked through London Speaker Bureau for corporate conferences, leadership events, internal team meetings, association gatherings and private client engagements where expertise in Asia, Economics & Finance, Global Trends is relevant. Details of Meleveetil's background and previous engagements are included in the biography above; contact us if you would like a more detailed list of past clients or case studies.
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