T.S. Anantharaman has played a pioneering role in the Indian stock markets at regional and national levels. He was instrumental in developing the Cochin Stock Exchange, serving as its Vice-President from 1992 to 1994. He then founded the Peninsular Capital Market Group of Companies (PCML) and served as its Chairman and Managing Director between 1995 and 2008. At its height, PCML was one of the leading stock market intermediaries in the country, with over 250 locations nationwide, leading to its successful acquisition by Motilal Oswal Financial Services. He also served on the Executive Committee of the National Stock Exchange of India from 2002 to 2004. For a fifteen year stretch from 1991 to 2006, he wrote a popular weekly column on stock investing for the Malayala Manorama, one of the most widely-circulated newspapers in India. Mr. Anantharaman regularly speaks on the economy and capital markets to diverse audiences of investors, entrepreneurs, finance and management professionals, and students.

In last decade, Mr. Anantharaman played a key role in growing the CSB Bank from a small regional bank to a recognized financial institution in the national arena, first as a director and then as Chairman of the Board of Directors. He has also served on the Boards of several listed companies including Manappuram Finance, Eastern Threads, and Motilal Oswal Financial Services. He continues to serve on many Boards including that of Kalyan Jewellers. 

In earlier career innings, Mr. Anantharaman was an accountancy expert for the United Nations, working for its International Labour Office from 1978 to 1985. In this capacity, he advised the governments of Botswana, Lesotho, and Gambia on subjects of accountancy, finance, and management training. He served as Head of the Department of Accountancy and Management Studies, University of Botswana, from 1976 to 1978, and wrote four books on accountancy and taxation that were used for accountancy training in Botswana. He co-founded with his brother T.S. Pattabhiram the Leo Pharma Group, one of the largest pharmaceutical logistics companies in the country and is presently Chairman of the Group. 

Mr. Anantharaman lives in his hometown of Thrissur, Kerala with his wife. He is a proud father of two daughters living in America, the first of whom runs a busy accounting practice and the second of whom is a professor of accounting. He is an avid traveller, having visited over 50 countries worldwide. He is an advanced practitioner of Yoga and a keen student of the Bhagavad Gita and Indian spirituality.