Rane Brake Lining Limited

Mr Harish Lakshman holds Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from BITS, Pilani, and Master’s degree in Business from Krannert School of Management at Purdue University, USA.

With 30 years of Industry experience, he has successfully been leading portfolios like marketing, operations, export business development besides guiding the corporate functions. He is driving the Rane Group’s mission to achieve accelerated profitable growth.

He is an active member of several industrial associations and government panels and has played a key role as President of Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India (ACMA) for the period 2013-14. He has also served as Chairman of CII – Young Indians (Chennai Chapter). He has been identified and recognized as one among the top 40 India’s Business Leaders by Economic Times (2014).

He is currently the Vice Chairman & Joint Managing Director of Rane Holdings Limited. He is also the Chairman of Rane Group of Companies and Managing Director of ZF Rane Automotive India Private Limited. He also serves on the Board of all the other Rane Group of companies including Rane Steering Systems Private Limited. He is also an Independent Director on the board of Oriental Hotels Limited, a Tata group company, the KCP Limited and Lumax Industries Limited.

Mr L Ganesh (LG) is the Chairman and Managing Director of Rane Holdings Limited. LG is a Chartered Accountant and holds an MBA from the Pennsylvania State University, USA.

He has over 48 years of Industry experience and has played a key role in establishing strong footprint in global markets and winning the coveted Deming award. At the national level, LG has been an articulate spokesman for the automotive industry through his involvement with various bodies.

He was the President of Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India and also the President of Madras Management Association. He was the Chairman of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Southern Region. Presently, he is an Honorary Consul for New Zealand in South India.

In addition to being a Director in Rane group of Companies, LG serves as an Independent Director in Sundaram Finance Limited. LG is also the Chairman of Chennai Willingdon Corporate Foundation and Chennai Heritage.

Mr. Ramesh Rajan is a Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. 

He was the Chairman and Senior Partner, PwC India responsible for overall strategy and operations of all PwC entities in India. As the Chairman & Senior Partner had represented India on the Global Strategy Council of PwC International and served as a member on PwC’s Central Cluster led by PwC, UK. He is the founder and senior partner of Leap Ridge Advisors LLP.

He has a professional experience of over 42 years of experience fields of audit, finance, strategy and operations.

He currently serves as Director on the Board of Rane (Madras) Limited, Rane Engine Valve Limited, Rane Brake Lining Limited, TTK Healthcare Limited, Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company Limited, Lotte India Corporation Limited and ESAB India Limited.

Mr. C N Srivatsan is a Chartered Accountant and a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) with over 42 years of diverse experience in handling Indian and overseas assignments. 

He has accumulated experience in the fields of Information Technology, Strategy Development, Business Process Re-engineering, Systems Operations Audits, and Cost-control strategies.

He was a member of Information Technology Control Practices Committee of ISACA. He has addressed innumerable seminars and is a regular faculty for training corporate heads in internal auditing, risk assessment and risk management. 

He currently serves as an Independent Director in the Board of Rane Brake Lining Limited.

Mr. Yasuji Ishii holds Bachelor of Engineering from Saitama University, Japan. He has over 37 years of rich Industrial experience and has expertise in industrial, technical and operational in the field of automotive sector and driving business across geographies, governance practices and expertize in allied disciplines. He currently serves as Director on the Board of Nisshinbo Holdings Inc., Japan.

Dr Brinda Jagirdar has a brilliant academic record with a Ph.D. in Economics from University of Mumbai, M.S in Economics from University of California at Davis, USA, M.A. in Economics from Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune and B.A in Economics from Fergusson College, Pune. She has attended an Executive Programme at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA and a leadership programme at IIM, Lucknow.

She is a senior economist with specialisation in areas relating to Indian economy and banking. She is a member of the Research Advisory Committee of Indian Institute of Banking and Finance and also nominated by RBI as a member of the Depositor Education and Awareness (DEA) Fund Committee. She is on the Governing Council of Treasury Elite, a knowledge sharing platform for finance professionals and a member, Managing Committee of the All India Bank Depositors Association of the Forum of Free Enterprise, Banking and Finance Committee of the Indian Merchants Chamber. She retired as General Manager & Chief Economist from SBI, Corporate Centre Mumbai.

Dr Brinda Jagirdar was recognised as among India’s Top 100 Women in Finance by the Association of International Wealth Management of India in 2019. She was associated with the Raguram Rajan Committee on Financial Sector Reforms in India, was a member of the Planning Commission’s sub group on Household Sector Savings for the 12th Five Year Plan and a member of the Ministry of Finance Group on Deepening India’s Household Financial Savings.