Mr Vinod Malhotra

Chief Executive Officer - Asia

Vinod’s strategic vision and leadership, honed through his roles at Thomas Cook, IDP India, and Kaplan Business School, have been pivotal in their growth. He joined VIEC in 2011 and is instrumental in building relationships with institutional partners and government organizations and sourcing new project work. He also manages HR, administration, business expansion, operations and business development. His leadership extends to financial management, operations, systems, and HR activities, demonstrating versatility and adaptability.

Biography

Vinod started his career with Thomas Cook where he worked for over 17 years managing their finance and administration. In year 1995 he was instrumental in starting IDP Education Australia limited Liaison office in India. He worked there for over 15 years as the Chief Financial Officer.

His key role was to look after the financial management of the organization and to work closely with the CEO in managing the operations, systems, HR activities as well as to capitalize on the opportunities available in the country for expansion, conducting marketing events like road shows, interview sessions etc. He played a key role in establishing IDP India as a subsidiary Company of IDP Australia in year 2006.

In year 2010 he joined Kaplan Business School, Australia as a senior business consultant. He was looking after developing and maintaining relationships with potential and existing institutional partners and government organizations in the country and sourcing new project work including short-course training opportunities, study tours, consulting projects for the institute. Vinod joined us in March 2011 as Country Director. His current role includes managing HR, administration, business expansion, operations and business development.

Mr Vinod Malhotra