Ravindran Mahalingam is Senior Vice President – International Business Division and a key member of HGC’s Management Committee. He leads the company’s International Business Division and is responsible for overall global business development and strategic planning in terms of both traditional and new-age digital business.                                  

In an HGC career that stretches back 22 years, Ravindran began work in the Southeast Asia region before being invited to take up a post at HQ in Hong Kong. He then took on a role to expand the company’s business in EMEA, which saw him establishing HGC’s first regional office in London, while extending operations to various parts of Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

After six years in London, Ravindran returned to Hong Kong to head up the International Business Division for the new HGC Global Communications Limited. Before joining HGC in 2002, he oversaw Teleglobe’s voice and data business.

He is taking the lead to diversify International business into in-country business in terms of fibre build, services in conjunction with the expansion of telco digital infra demands in South East Asia.