Kiran Bhandari

Leveraging on his wealth of experience in the education and tourism sectors, Kiran founded Catalyse in early 2011 with the vision to become a leading education experiences provider in the region.

Earlier to this, Kiran was with the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) for 6 years. He joined STB in Singapore in 2004, and held positions in product development and planning roles. He assumed the position of Area Director (Southern India, Sri Lanka & Maldives) at the STB in March 2007. In his role as Area Director, he was responsible for undertaking and spearheading STB's tourism marketing, promotional and developmental efforts.

Concurrently, Kiran was also charged with leading Singapore Education's efforts in India, with a focus on brand development and channel development for Singapore's forays into Education.

Prior to STB, Kiran was part of the start-up team, and held managerial responsibilities in an e-Learning solutions provider (Brainvisa Technologies Pvt Ltd.) in Pune, and had a short stint with a software solutions provider in Mumbai.

Kiran is a Mechanical Engineering graduate from the University of Pune, and holds a Master in Business Administration degree from the National University of Singapore Business School, where he was awarded the Reginald Quahe Memorial Gold Medal for top graduating student 2003-04.