Mr. Somasundaram Palamadairamaswamy is a Chartered and Cost Accountant with over 32 years’ experience across diverse industries including increasingly senior roles at Unilever Group companies in India and abroad and banking sectors. He was the Regional CEO - India of the World Gold Council till March 2024. Prior to joining the World Gold Council, he was the CEO of Lakshmi Vilas Bank, a private sector bank, before which, he was part of Standard Chartered Bank in India for over eight years in various senior roles including as a member of the India Management Committee, before taking on the role of Managing Director of Standard Chartered – STCI Capital Markets, the securities arm of Standard Chartered Bank. Mr. Somasundaram was a member of the policy committees of NITI Aayog, BIS, SEBI, and the Ministries of Finance & Commerce in driving major gold policy initiatives.
