Owner Ranjit Mathrani

Born 1944 - holds degrees from Cambridge, Manchester, London and Delhi universities; he spent 15 years in the highest echelons of the British Civil Service dealing with the privatisation of several state industries and then a similar period from 1984 as a merchant banker before running his own corporate finance boutique. Career : He was appointed a Director of Lazard Brothers and subsequently became Managing Director at the merchant banking businesses of Standard Chartered bank, and then of WestLB. He created his own international finacial advisory business, Vanguard Capital, in 1993 advising the government and major corporations. Ranjit Mathrani, his wife, Namita Punjabi, and sister-in-law, Camellia Punjabi, are responsible for some of London's best known authentically Indian restaurants, Chutney Mary and Veeraswamy, Amaya and the Masala Zone group. He is the financial mastermind behind the parent company Masala World. Appointed as High Sheriff of Greater London - the oldest civil office in Britain - in 2010. 2010 Ranjit Mathrani was appointed High Sheriff, the oldest civil office in Britain dating back before the Norman Conquest.