Sethurathnam Ravi (S Ravi)
Former BSE Chairman, Chartered Accountant, and Managing partner in New Delhi
Sethurathnam Ravi (S Ravi) is a chartered accountant (CA) based in India, promoter and managing partner of Ravi Rajan & Co and the former Chairman of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). He also serves as an Independent Director of Tourism Finance Corporation of India. In 2019, Ravi also joined SBI Payments Services Pvt. Ltd as one of the Board Directors. Before joining BSE, Ravi served on boards of various companies such as, UTI Company Pvt Ltd., SMERA Ratings, SBI-SG Global Securities, STCI Finance, and BOI Merchant Bankers. He also serves as a member of SEBI’s takeover panel and Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI).
Sethurathnam Ravi, popularly known as S Ravi pursued his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Commerce from Madhya Pradesh’s Durgavati University. His academics and talents led him to various job roles in the corporate world where he proved his worth. He was able to secure a place as a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountancy of India. He was a chartered accountant who was based in India along with being the managing and promoter partner of the Ravi Rajan & Co. He was also the honorable BSE chairman.
S Ravi’s corporate journey
His corporate journey is also inclusive of associating with the SBI Payments Services Pvt. Ltd where he was a member of the Board of directors. Before being a member of BSE, S Ravialso actively served on several companies out of which are SMERA Ratings, UTI Company Pvt. Ltd., STCI Finance Ltd, SBI-SG Global Securities, and finally the BOI Merchant Bankers.
The former BSE chairman’s corporate journey also comprises holding respectable positions on the financial institutions, boards of banks, and a few of the companies that are associated with asset management in the field of finance.
S Ravi’s plan for BSE
When S Ravi was appointed as the BSE chairman, he decided that the core goal of his business will be centered on the commodities because according to him the when the exchange is initiated, it would somehow be centered on the diversification of the business which funds led to a smooth venture into the commodities derivatives. When S Ravi became the BSE chairman, he succeeded Dhirendra Swarup.