Mr. R. Sridhar is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He joined Shriram in 1985 and was later promoted as President of the company in 1994 and appointed as Managing Director in 2000. Mr. Sridhar has over two decades of experience in the financial service sector, especially in commercial vehicle financing. He is also a Director of Shriram Holdings (Madras) Private Limited, Ceylinco Shriram Capital Management Services Company Private Limited, Shriram Powergen Limited, Ashley Transport Services Limited and Shriram Chits (Maharashtra) Limited. He is also the General Secretary of the Western India Hire Purchase Association and Vice President of Federation of Indian Hire Purchase Association. He is a member of Finance Industry Development Council and is actively involved with social organizations such as Shri Shanmukhananda Fine Arts & Sangeetha Sabha, Mumbai (as a Treasurer) and Srikrishna Gana Sabha, Chennai (as a member).