Owner, Entrepreneur Kumar Muthalagappan

Born 1960 and studied accountancy at Warwick University. Family is from South India and Malaysia. Kumar is a chartered accountant and practised in the areas of audit, tax and corporate finance with KPMG from 1983 to 1996. Career : Managing Director of Pearl Hotels and Restaurants Group (PHRG) founded with his father Muthu and lawyer brother Selva in 1994 opening Raffles restaurant in Kenilworth. Owns the Georgetown and Coconut Lagoon restaurant brand as well as hotels making a total of 15 units in the group. He is a board member of Visit Britain (since 2002) and Chairman of its Audit Committee. He was also on the board of the Heart of England Tourist Board and Belgrade Theatre (2000 –2004). Kumar is a member of the Council of the University of Warwick and Deputy Chairman of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (the CBSO). Kumar Muthalagappan was appointed to the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) at its creation by Parliament in February 2006 and holds responsibility within the Audit, Finance, and Remuneration Committees. Kumar Muthalagappan Father Muthu Muthalagappan