Mr. Tom Antony, is a Fellow Member of the institute of the Company Secretaries of India
(FCS) and holds Master’s Degree in Business Laws (M.L) and Management (MBA) with
specialization in Finance and HR from University of Madras.
He has a career spanning over more than two decades in the corporate sector in senior
management roles. He had exposure to both public sector and private sector companies
which are publicly listed in Indian stock exchanges.
Biography
He started his career as a Management Trainee in Secretarial and Legal Department of
Chennai Petroleum Corporation (CPCL), a listed public sector entity. He handled legal and
secretarial functions in Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd and its group companies dealing
with Companies Act, SEBI Regulations, Stock Exchange Listing Agreement besides
overseeing compliance of Non-profit organizations run by the Hospital Group.
He joined Panasonic Appliances India Co. Ltd, a listed Indian subsidiary of Japanese MNC
Panasonic Corporation during July 2006 as Company Secretary and headed its legal and
secretarial functions in the initial phase and later entrusted with additional
responsibilities which include head of the Corporate Affairs and HR Department of the
Company. The responsibilities were further enlarged with addition of the role of Chief
Financial Officer (CFO). At the time of leaving Panasonic, he was holding the position of
Chief Financial Officer and Head-Operations acting as deputy to the Managing Director
overseeing entire organizational functions. He played key role in turning around the loss-
making company with astute financial planning and tight budgetary controls coupled
with balance sheet restructuring. He was also instrumental in successfully completing the
voluntary delisting of Panasonic Appliances from the stock exchange during 2015.
He moved to Oriental Hotels Ltd, a listed company from Tata Group as Associate Vice
President – Legal & Company Secretary in November 2015. He was entrusted with the
responsibility to oversee the legal and secretarial functions of Oriental Hotels Ltd and
other group companies including joint ventures with State Governments operating in the
southern part of India. He was instrumental in strategic sale of certain key properties and
also in recovering debts which were significant and long overdue due to disputes and
litigation.
He has cross functional experience in the areas of Legal, Secretarial, Human Resources,
Finance & Accounts, Taxation, Administration, Corporate Governance, Compliance & Risk
Management Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR), CSR and ESG compliance, business
restructuring and stakeholder/investor relations.
Presently he is acting as a Management and Corporate Law Consultant advising
corporates and other business enterprises in various areas of business which includes
strategy, compliance, risk management, CSR / ESG compliance, capital raising, banking
and transaction advisory. He also acts as an Independent Director on the Board of
Phantom Digital Effects Limited and Krishca Strapping Solutions Limited.