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Indian-born entrepreneur Ranjit Mathrani, who operates Masala World,
a group of leading Indian restaurants in the UK, has been appointed
the High Sheriff of Greater London -- the oldest civil office in
Britain.
The High Sheriff remains the Sovereign's representative in the county
for all matters relating to the judiciary and the maintenance of law
and order.
Mathrani, studied in Delhi, Cambridge, Manchester and London
Universities.
He joined the British Civil Service in 1967 and after a very
successful career, left it in 1984 to become a senior merchant
banker.
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.
Subsequently he created his own international financial advisory
business, Vanguard Capital in 1993, advising governments and major
corporations.
In 1996, he and his wife Namita Panjabi took over full ownership of
Chutney Mary, the much-praised Chelsea restaurant which Namita had
created in collaboration with sister Camellia and he had financed in
1990.
Side by side with running his financial advisory business, he and
Namita developed the restaurant business starting with the purchase
and reincarnation of Veeraswamy in the West End, the oldest Indian
restaurant in Britain. Then in 2000, they, along with Namita's sister
Camellia Panjabi, launched Masala Zone in Soho - the first of their 7
highly successful casual dining restaurants.
In 2004, they were joined by Amaya, the Michelin-starred restaurant
in Belgravia. |
