{"id":169906,"date":"2024-11-07T10:20:13","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T10:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/07\/kochi-biennale-foundation-names-thomas-varghese-new-ceo\/"},"modified":"2024-11-07T10:20:14","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T10:20:14","slug":"kochi-biennale-foundation-names-thomas-varghese-new-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/07\/kochi-biennale-foundation-names-thomas-varghese-new-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Kochi Biennale Foundation names Thomas Varghese new CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"215\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/img.etimg.com\/photo\/msid-115050907,imgsize-15996.cms?fit=400,215&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Kochi Biennale Foundation names Thomas Varghese new CEO\" title=\"Kochi Biennale Foundation names Thomas Varghese new CEO\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-brcount=\"10\">The <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/kochi-biennale-foundation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kochi Biennale Foundation<\/a> has appointed <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/thomas-varghese\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thomas Varghese<\/a> as its new CEO. <\/p>\n<p><style><![CDATA[\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand p, #stock_pro.onDemand p{font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.28;}\n    \t    .onDemand .live_stock{left:17px;padding:1px 3px 1px 5px;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;line-height:18px;top:9px}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc{margin:0 auto 0;}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc{color: #024d99;margin-top:10px;}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .crypto .live_stock .lb-icon{8px 6px 5px 3px !important}\n    \t    #sr_widget.crypto.onDemand a.text{border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;padding-bottom:5px;display:block;width:100%}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc .text p, #stock_pro.onDemand .sr_desc .text p{font-size:12px;font-weight:400;}\n    \t]]><\/style>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=105115637&pos=toppotime:2-->Varghese previously worked with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia-Pacific in Bangkok, focusing on <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/sustainable-urban-development\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sustainable urban development<\/a> and project management. A graduate of St. Stephen\u2019s College in Delhi and Harvard University in the USA, he brings together local knowledge as a resident of Kochi and extensive international experience, the Foundation said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The Foundation also appointed senior lawyer <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/fereshte-sethna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fereshte Sethna<\/a> as the <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/legal-advisor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">legal advisor<\/a> to the <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/kochi-biennale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kochi Biennale<\/a> Foundation for a five-year term. With extensive advisory experience with philanthropic trusts, she facilitated the restructure of the Kochi Biennale Foundation. The foundation has also appointed the Kochi-based audit firm Kuruvilla &amp; Jose, Chartered Accountants, as its auditor.<\/p>\n<p>Former Kerala chief secretary and Foundation chaiman Dr. Venu V, said, &#8220;The key structural changes and the appointment of professionals will enable us to maintain high standards in line with our international peers.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Bose Krishnamachari, President of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, added, &#8220;With our restructuring process now complete, I look forward to an exciting new chapter in our journey.&#8221; Thomas Varghese, the new CEO, said it was an honour to be part of the next chapter at the foundation whilst building on its rich legacy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--\/include_growfast.cms?pagename=article&skipcss=1potime:2--><\/p>\n<style><![CDATA[\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand p, #stock_pro.onDemand p{font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.28;}\n    \t    .onDemand .live_stock{left:17px;padding:1px 3px 1px 5px;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;line-height:18px;top:9px}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc{margin:0 auto 0;}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc{color: #024d99;margin-top:10px;}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .crypto .live_stock .lb-icon{8px 6px 5px 3px !important}\n    \t    #sr_widget.crypto.onDemand a.text{border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;padding-bottom:5px;display:block;width:100%}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc .text p, #stock_pro.onDemand .sr_desc .text p{font-size:12px;font-weight:400;}\n    \t]]><\/style>\n<p><!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=105115637&pos=botpotime:2--><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/india\/kochi-biennale-foundation-names-thomas-varghese-new-ceo\/articleshow\/115050907.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kochi Biennale Foundation has appointed Thomas Varghese as its new CEO. Varghese previously worked with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia-Pacific in Bangkok, focusing on sustainable urban development and project management. A graduate of St. Stephen\u2019s College in Delhi and Harvard University in the USA, he brings together local knowledge as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/img.etimg.com\/photo\/msid-115050907,imgsize-15996.cms","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[602],"tags":[40148,355,131839,8499,23698,131837,131834,131840,723,131836,131838,19033,131835,131841],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169906"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169906"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":169908,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169906\/revisions\/169908"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}