Mr. T K Arun (DIN: 02163427), holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from Loyola College, University of Madras and is an Associate Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India, New Delhi. He retired on 31st October 2017, as the Senior General Manager and Secretary of TIDCO, wholly owned by the Government of Tamil Nadu after illustrious service of over 3 decades.
During his tenure with TIDCO he had served as Nominee Director of many companies assisted by TIDCO such as Titan Company Limited (TCL), Southern Petrochemical Industries Corporation Limited (SPIC), Tamilnadu Petroproducts Limited (TPL), Ascendas IT Park Chennai Limited (Ascendas), Tanflora Infrastructure Park, Limited (Tanflora), TIDEL Park Limited (TIDEL), Titan Time Products Ltd. (TTPL), TRIL Info Park Limited (TRIL), Tamil Nadu Road Development Company Limited (TNRDCL) and Manali Petrochemicals Limited etc. He was Member of Audit Committees and various other committees of such companies.
Mr. Arun has 35 years of experience in investment promotion and project development. He has worked in multiple state and central government organizations in sectors including, equity investments, investment promotion, ports, water supply and infrastructure. He has wide experience in commercial negotiations, contracting and contract management, structuring of PPP infrastructure projects in Ports, Roads and IT sectors, procurement of developers for PPP projects, Management of PPP contracts, management of project contracts including financing, concession documents, arbitration and conciliation proceedings and asset re-structuring. Having served on the Boards and committees of several companies for over ten years, he has a good exposure to Corporate Governance.
Post his retirement he is advising established corporates on legal, administrative and governance processes.