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Selva Selvaratnam

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Selva Selvaratnam is a British businessman born in India.

Selvaratnam was born in India, but moved to the UK in the early 1980s.[1] After receiving a PhD in electronics from Cardiff University he set up his own firm, Panjia Technologies, in 1984/1985, which was subsequently acquired by HID Global Corporation/Assa Abloy.[2]

After the acquisition, Selvaratnam was an executive vice president of engineering at HID Global Corporation. He later became the chief technology officer and senior vice president at the company.[3] In this role, he received the prestigious Gold Shield Award[4] which is awarded by the Global Security Industry Alliance to professionals who have made "outstanding contributions in the global security industry".[5]

Since April 2015, Selvaratnam has been the chief technology officer at De La Rue.[6] From 2015 until 2019 he was appointed with De La Rue to form the organisation and strategy for products, technology and services to transition the group into a technology-led entity. He is currently working as CEO of OpSec Security.[citation needed]

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