Mr. Visvanathan began his executive career at Ernst & Young before founding Optika Fibre Technologies, a polymer fibre and outdoor display technology company, based in Malaysia and Belgium as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Visvanathan holds a degree in Management Sciences from the University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology (UMIST) and is a qualified Chartered Accountant with the ICAEW.
Mr. Visvanathan represents 3i on the boards of Polatis Inc, The Cloud Networks Ltd, Ezurio Limited, Eleksen Limited and Argo Group plc. Mr. Visvanathan has been an investor with 3i's venture team since 1999, and specializes in communications and component technology investments across Europe.