Tarun Anand is a visionary leader in India’s management education diaspora. He runs the top-ranked Universal Business School (https://universalbusinessschool.com/), which he set up in 2009 as India’s first ‘Green Business School.’
He chose to develop award-winning BBA and MBA programs in India post his learnings from a highly distinguished corporate career. At 35, Tarun Anand was elevated to the youngest Chairman & Managing Director of Thomson Reuters, South Asia. He served as Director on the Board of ANI achieving the highest growth rate across BRIC nations. Anand also co-founded and served as Global Head of Strategy and Head of Asia-Pacific at FXMarketSpace (A Reuters & CME Group JV). His invention, “FXSettle” a revolutionary FX settlement solution, won several international innovation awards in 2008. In 2005, he was Global Head of Treasury, running a $2 billion dollar business across 136 countries and was invited by the Reuters Group CEO to join the Reuters Innovation and Venture Board. His high profile career with Thomson Reuters spanned London, New York, Hong Kong & Mumbai.
