Mr. BVR Subbu is an Independent Director of the Company. Mr. Subbu completed a Masters in Economics from New Delhi’s prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University, and a Post Graduate Diploma in International Trade from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade. In 1977, he joined the Tata Administrative Service.

He was seconded to TELCO (now TATA Motors Ltd) and held a variety of line and staff responsibilities in marketing, sales, after-sales-service, spare parts and retail finance. (1978 -1996).

In 1997 he was part of the team that established Hyundai Motor India, joining initially as Director (Marketing & Sales), and later taking on the role of President of the company. (1997 – 2006). BVR Subbu is globally recognized as the strategist responsible for building Hyundai Motor from an unknown name to India’s second largest car company in 6 months.

He manages a boutique strategy consulting firm ‘Beyond Visual Range’, which is specialized in ‘actionable strategy’ focused primarily on the automotive, aerospace, defense and engineering industries and advises some of the world’s best known PE funds on these areas.

Mr. BVR Subbu also serves as Chairman of the Board of MTAR Technologies Ltd. and sits on the Board of Directors of Gabriel India Ltd. In the past he has served on the Boards of KPIT Technologies, OLA Electric, Sona Comstar, Greaves Cotton, International Tractors and Proton Ltd., Malaysia.