Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan is an Indian-born UK mining and restructuring executive. He is the chairman of
Endeavour Mining
Endeavour Mining plc is a multinational mining company that owns and operates gold mines in Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso and Senegal. The company is headquartered in London, England, and is listed on the London Stock Exchange. It is a constituen ...
. He joined
Weir Group
The Weir Group plc is a Scottish multinational engineering company headquartered in Glasgow, Scotland. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
History
The company was established in 1871 as an eng ...
in January 2021, and
BlackRock World Mining Trust in August 2021 both as a non-executive director.
He previously was CEO of
Vedanta Resources plc between 2018 and 2020 and was CEO of
AngloGold Ashanti Limited
AngloGold Ashanti Limited is a South African gold mining company, with global operations. With a diverse portfolio of cooperation, projects, and exploration activities, AngloGold Ashanti was formed in 2004 by the merger of AngloGold and the A ...
between 2013 and 2018,
having previously been chief financial officer of the business from 2005, and of
Ashanti Goldfields Corporation
The Ashanti Goldfields Corporation is a gold mining company based in Ghana that was founded by Joseph Ellis and Joseph Biney both from Cape Coast. The Ashanti Mine, located at Obuasi, 56 km south of Kumasi, has been producing since 1897. Du ...
from 2000.
He is a chartered accountant and commerce graduate from the University of Madras, India.
References
Businesspeople of Indian descent
Living people
University of Madras alumni
1966 births
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