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词条 Ratheesan Yoganathan
释义

  1. Career

  2. Business

  3. Charity

  4. Other interests

  5. References

  6. External links

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}}Ratheesan Yoganathan (born 6 December 1975) is a British entrepreneur who, with Rasiah Ranjith Leon and Baskaran Kandiah, is best known as the co-founder of Lebara Group. On 10 August 2012 he took on the role of ex Chairman of Lebara Group[2] and returned as CEO in March 2014. He owns about one third of the company's stock.[3] He read aeronautical engineering at Kingston University.[4]{{TOC limit|3}}

Career

Ratheesan Yoganathan worked at an ICS outlet selling call-time cards. Later he managed the pricing department and worked in sales and marketing departement. At ICS, he made friends with two other Tamil colleagues, Rasiah Ranjith Leon and Baskaran Kandiah, who eventually became his business partners.[3]

Business

{{Main|Lebara Group}}

In 2001, Ratheesan Yoganathan, Rasiah Ranjith Leon and Baskaran Kandiah founded the Lebara Group. Yoganathan ran Lebara as the CEO till August 2012 when it hired David Moffatt who was appointed Chief Executive Officer, effective 10 August 2012. Thereafter Yoganathan became the Chairman of Lebara Group, before returning as CEO in early 2014.

Charity

Ratheesan Yoganathan along with co-founders Rasiah Ranjith Leon and Baskaran Kandiah started Lebara Foundation,[5] a charitable venture in 2005. His next big ambition is to expand Lebara Foundation, which is already building a community with homes, a school and a clinic for local and displaced children in Chennai, southern India. To fund it, he plans to donate half his wealth to the foundation.

Other interests

As a strong believer in supporting young entrepreneurial talent, Yoganathan officially launched "The Entrepreneurial Way" at Cass Business School, London, in December, 2012. The Entrepreneurial Way offers students and recent graduates since 2005, the opportunity to pitch their business ideas to a panel of judges - including Ratheesan Yoganathan - for investment, funding and additional support, such as mentoring. The scheme offers potential entrepreneurs practical advice on how to develop their business ideas and make them work in the real world.[6]

References

1. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.mobiletoday.co.uk/News/22132/lebara_appoints_new_CEO.aspx |title= Lebara appoints new CEO |publisher= Mobile Magazine}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.assets.lebara.com/medias/sys_master/8865570652190.pdf |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120823200523/http://www.assets.lebara.com/medias/sys_master/8865570652190.pdf |archivedate=2012-08-23 |title= Lebara names David Moffatt CEO and Yoganathan Ratheesan Chairman of Lebara Group |publisher = Lebara Media}}
3. ^{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/business/2011/nov/17/lebara-co-founder-yoganadhan-patheesan-interview |title= Series: The Friday interview |publisher= Guardian.co.uk | location=London }} {{Dead link|date=April 2014|bot=RjwilmsiBot}}
4. ^{{cite news|author=Juliette Garside|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2011/nov/17/lebara-co-founder-yoganathan-ratheesan-interview|title=Lebara co-founder made virtual phone network a real money-maker|publisher=The Guardian|date=18 November 2011|accessdate=13 March 2016}}
5. ^{{cite web |url= https://www.lebara.com/uk/en |title= Lebara Foundation Website}}
6. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.lebara.com/medias/sys_master/8870775980062.pdf |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20121207061115/http://www.lebara.com/medias/sys_master/8870775980062.pdf |archivedate= 2012-12-07 |title= Launch of The Entrepreneurial Way |publisher= Lebara Media}}

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20140813231323/http://tamilculture.ca/dreaming-with-his-eyes-wide-open-ratheesan-yoganathan/] at tamilculture.ca
  •   at growthbusiness.co.uk
  •   at Mobile Magazine
  • [https://www.lebara.com/uk/en] "Lebara Charity Foundation Website"
  •   at londonlovesbusiness.com
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9 : British businesspeople|Sri Lankan Tamil businesspeople|1975 births|Alumni of Kingston University|Living people|Sri Lankan chief executives|Sri Lankan chairmen of corporations|English people of Sri Lankan Tamil descent|People associated with Cass Business School

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