Kumaran Nadesan

Kumaran is the co-founder and deputy chairman of 369 Global, a Canada-based group of companies with business interests in skills training and workforce development, media and communications, and global market facilitation. 369 Global’s portfolio includes Computek College, one of Canada’s longstanding career colleges. 

Kumaran worked for the Government of Ontario for 15 years before joining 369 Global. As a public servant, he held progressively senior roles in several ministries including intergovernmental affairs, business development, stakeholder management, communications, policy and program advisory. His focus on innovation, program design, and values-based leadership earned him numerous awards and he was most recently honoured with the Inspirational Leader of the Year Award at the 2024 National Business Awards by Canadian SME Magazine.

He was named a 2018 DiverseCity Fellow by the CivicAction Leadership Foundation and the 2020 Established Professional of the Year by the Canadian Tamil Professionals Association for his community contributions. 

Kumaran currently resides in Ontario with his partner and two children.