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NORTH AMERICAN Newsline MARCH 03, 2023 | The Indian Eye 20

Indo-American Arts Council

welcomes Mathew Veedon to

Leadership Board

Strategic corporate advisor to bring notability and leadership experience to collective

mission to celebrate Indian culture and arts in North America

OUR BUREAU major transformations for portfolio
companies of leading private equity
NEW YORK, NY
firms. He has worked with senior ex-
he Indo-American Arts Coun- ecutives on cost reduction, business
cil (IAAC), the organization reorganization, merger integration
Tdedicated to celebrating and and synergy estimation.
showcasing the arts in North Amer- Before joining Accordion,
ica, has announced the induction of Mathew was the CFO for Corsicana
strategic corporate leader, Mathew Mattress Company, where he was
Veedon to its prestigious advisory involved in acquiring a competitor,
board. “Many of our members have restructuring the balance sheet and
followed Veedon’s career to date and effecting a change of control. At
we are extremely grateful for this Keyrock Partners, he focused on
opportunity to welcome him to the early-stage growth companies to
IAAC board,” said Dr. Nirmal K. unlock value with IoT, Cloud and
Mattoo, Chairman, IAAC. “As a no- Blockchain technologies. Mathew
table leader, he brings a unique back- was also a Senior Advisor to Quest
ground and perspective. I personally Turnaround advisors and a part-
look forward to benefiting from his ner at Redding Consultants. Prior
expertise and guidance.” to joining Redding, Mathew was
a Principal of NGV Partners Fund
Mathew Veedon is a well-known LLC, a seed stage technology fund
and portfolio manager of Sachem
and respected leader with over Ventures. Mathew began his career
25 years of consulting, op- with positions at Arthur Andersen
and Accenture.
erating and investing experi- has to offer,” said Mathew Veedon. to enhance the performing, vi- Mathew graduated from Syden-

ence across a broad range of “This organization’s work is crucial sual, literary and folk arts in the ham College in Mumbai, India. He
for nurturing and preserving the greater North American region,” is a Chartered Accountant and holds
industries including consumer arts, fostering cross-cultural ties said Rakesh Kaul, Vice Chairman, an M.B.A. in Finance with a Strate-
goods, healthcare and technol- and growing the global economy. IAAC. “With his vast network and gy concentration from Yale Univer-
exceptional management expertise,
I’m privileged to join this esteemed
sity. He lives in New York and is an
ogy. He focuses on high inter- board and look forward to helping I am confident that Mathew will be avid runner, who has completed five
vention situations, turnarounds to expand the organization’s reach a champion for these artists. We are marathons.
The IAAC supports all the
and impact.”
especially delighted that IAAC will
and major transformations for Upon his induction onto the have an equal advisor in his spouse, artistic disciplines in classical, fu-
portfolio companies of leading board, Veedon will focus on raising Elizebeth, who is a noted author of sion, folk and innovative forms in-
fluenced by the arts of India. We
science and technology books and
notability and awareness of IAAC
private equity firms. within its core constituencies, name- was featured at the IAAC Literary work cooperatively with colleagues
ly its valued members and its sup- Festival 2022.” around the U.S. to broaden our
“Today’s business leaders have porters which includes both patrons Mathew Veedon is a Managing collective audiences and to create
to deal with cultural diversity, find and corporate sponsors throughout Director at Accordion with over 25 a network for shared information,
opportunities amongst chaos, and the business world. “Our board of years of consulting, operating, and resources and funding. The focus of
tell stories to communicate effec- directors is made up of a dedicated investing experience across a broad IAAC is to help artists and art orga-
tively. These attributes resonate team committed to raising aware- range of industries including con- nizations in North America as well
with the IAAC mission to expose ness of the artists, whose heritage sumer goods, healthcare, and tech- as to facilitate artists from India to
North America to the culturally-rich lies in the Indian subcontinent, and nology. He focuses on high inter- exhibit, perform and produce their
heritage and creativity that India those who are leading the charge vention situations, turnarounds and work here.

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