Team Profile

Praf Vagh

Praf founded Eden Rose Associates and specialises in serving technology clients, with a particular focus on information technology, telecommunications and hardware assignments. He is based in London. Praf has worked on senior-level assignments up to CEO level for established and start-up businesses in the UK, Europe and the US. He has spent a significant amount of time working for service providers (fixed and mobile), as well as core technology infrastructure companies hiring senior individuals into these organisations.

Praf has thirteen years of executive recruiting and business experience and worked at Russell Reynolds Associates, joining them in 2000. Prior to this, he established the IT/Telecommunications practice of Nicholson International, a global executive search company. He started his career in executive search working for Millar Associates. Before starting his search career, Praf was a Senior Manager for Unilever plc, working in information technology, R&D and operations.

Praf received his BSc Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Salford.

Praf is a member of the UK Board of the TIE Group, which is a global not-for-profit organisation aimed at promoting and fostering entrepreneurial efforts.

Kevin Gooding

Kevin Gooding focuses on digital media and convergence assignments.

Prior to his career in executive search, Kevin was the Director of Product Development at ITV where he was responsible for developing a range of propositions around broadband as well as doing M&A work which included working on the Friends Re-united transaction. He previously worked as Head of Product Development at Bulldog prior to which he was CEO and founder of Next Gem, a start up wireless content business which was backed by angel investment.

He previously spent a number of years in the cable, telecoms and digital TV industry working for BT, Nynex, Cable and Wireless and Eircom in senior product marketing positions. At Eircom, he was on the management board of Eircom Ireland and a key member of the executive management team. He started his career with ICL and subsequently moved to Thorn EMI where he worked in engineering.

Kevin has a BA honors degree in Engineering Science from Oxford University and a MBA from the City University Business School.

Dr. Vivek Tandon

Vivek is Co-Founder and Non Executive Chairman at Eden Rose Associates

Vivek is also Co-Founder of Aloe Private Equity, is an experienced international executive and proven entrepreneur with an in-depth background in building technology start-up companies.

Prior to Aloe, Vivek co-founded a number of high technology companies including VICOM Group International. He has held several senior executive management positions including Viventures (a USD$700m Venture Capital Fund as UK Managing Director), CIENA, Kymata, British Telecommunications PLC and Motorola.

Vivek is vice-chairman of Allied Technology Group, a 140 person environmental engineering company, focussed on waste water treatment, air pollution treatment for power plants and coal gasification with revenues of US$120m in 2006. He also sits on the boards of Maxsys, Recupyl and Greenko Group.

He has a BSc in Physics from Imperial College and a PhD from University of London (UCL). He holds several patents and has published many papers.

Ram Vagh

Ram Vagh focuses on the senior level functional roles which include Programme Directors, Senior IT roles, CIO and CTO positions. Ram works across industry segments in this capacity.

Prior to his career at Eden Rose Associates, Ram worked in the Investment Banking industry where he held IT Project Management and Business Analyst roles within the front office with a particular focus on the Securities Lending, Derivatives, Energy Trading, Treasury , Fixed Income and Credit Trading. His career has spanned working across blue chip firms including Natwest Markets, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, Standard Bank and most latterly State Street Global advisors.

Ram received a BEng Hons degree in Engineering from University of Nottingham and an MSc in Computer Science from City University.