Harry Krishnan Tirvengadum
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2 September 1933
Sir Harry Tirvengadum Kt | |
|---|---|
| Managing Director Air Mauritius | |
| In office 1978–1997 | |
| Chairman Air Afrique | |
| In office 1997–1999 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Harry Krishnan Tirvengadum 2 September 1933 Stanley, Rose Hill, British Mauritius |
| Spouse | Elahe Amin Amin (m. 1970) |
| Children | 3 |
Sir Harry Krishnan Tirvengadum, more commonly known as Harry Tirvengadum or HK Tirvengadum (born 2 September 1933) is a Mauritian who was the Chairman and Managing Director of Air Mauritius.[1]
Harry Krishnan Tirvengadum was born in Stanley, Beau Bassin-Rose Hill in 1933, one of seven children born to Govinden Tirvengadum, a court interpreter and Meenatchee Sangeelee, a housewife.[2] He completed his secondary education at Royal College Curepipe before travelling to the United Kingdom to study business administration at Oxford University.[3]
Family
Business career
After returning to Mauritius Harry Krishnan Tirvengadum worked at the Ministry of Information and Rogers Group before being employed at Air Mauritius in 1972. He became Managing Director (MD) of Air Mauritius in 1978, a position which had been held by Sir Amédée Maingard since 1967.[6]
Tirvengadum remained MD of the national airline corporation until February 1997 when he was succeeded by Nash Mallam Hassam.[7]
After leaving Air Mauritius, Tirvengadum became Chairman of airline company Air Afrique which is based in Ivory Coast.[8] He led that organisation until 30 January 1999 where he was succeeded by Tijane Sylla.[9]