Mr. T K Arun is a graduate in Commerce from University of Madras and is an Associate Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India, New Delhi. He has served in some leading industrial promotion and infrastructure development organisations, including, Tamilnadu Industrial Development Corporation Limited (TIDCO), Kamarajar Port Ltd., Guidance Bureau,  New Tirupur Area Development Corporation and after an illustrious career of over 3 decades, retired as Senior General Manager and Secretary, TIDCO.

Mr. Arun has over 35 years of experience in investment promotion and project development. He worked in multiple state and central government organizations in various specialised sectors including equity investments, industrial promotion, ports, roads and water supply. He has wide experience in commercial negotiations, contracting and contract management, structuring of PPP infrastructure projects in Ports, roads and IT sectors, procurement of developers for PPP projects, Management of PPP contracts, management of project contracts including financing, concession documents, arbitration and conciliation proceedings and asset re-structuring. Post his retirement from TIDCO, he is advising established corporates on legal, administrative and governance processes.

He had served as Director of many companies assisted by TIDCO including MPL from October 2009 till November 2017. Having served on the Boards and committees of several companies for over ten years, he has a good exposure to company management and corporate governance.

Mr. Arun joined MPL’s Board in February 2018 as a Non-Independent, Non-Executive Director. He is also a director of SPIC Limited.