Gopal Srinivasan is the Chairman and Managing Director of TVS Capital Funds (TCF). TCF — a growth private equity platform set up in 2007, is the largest Indian rupee capital Fund in India, with a corpus of ~₹2,000 Crores. Under the leadership of Gopal, the platform has invested in more than 30 businesses that include companies like Nykaa, RBL, National Stock Exchange (NSE), Indian Energy Exchange (IEX), GoDigit, Yubi and Five Star Business Finance.

Gopal is a third-generation member of the illustrious TVS Family; his entrepreneurial career spanning well over three decades, in which he has founded, steered and scaled up over 10 new ventures across diverse verticals.

Gopal also believes that the key for building the new India is to energize educational institutions. He has contributed significantly to his alma mater. And he continues to do so as a member of Ross School of Business India Advisory Board. Gopal is also associated as a Governing Board member of Great Lakes Institute of Management-Chennai and IFMR-Chennai. He is also a member of the Governing Council at Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA), Chennai.

Gopal has played an extensive role in VC/PE industry’s public and regulatory policy landscape and continues to be a board member of the Indian Venture Capital Association (IVCA).

Gopal is a member of SEBI’s Alternative Investment Policy Advisory Committee, since 2016 and he is also a Governing Council member of the Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH), since its inception in Dec’20.

Gopal’s pursuit of excellence in creating an environment of intellectual and creative engagement in his hometown of Chennai led him to yet another initiative to bring together diverse groups of people under the auspices of the Chennai International Center (CIC). As its chairman, he has sought to develop CIC into a think tank that brings together a cornucopia of thought leaders from business, economy, policy, science, art, culture, and governing bodies.

Gopal is the Honorary Consul General for the Kingdom of Netherlands in Tamil Nadu, in recognition of his standing in the Community.