Biography
Zubin Randeria is Chair of activpayroll, with a clear ambition to help build one of the world’s leading multi-country payroll businesses, recognised for both service quality and commercial performance. He brings deep experience in scaling complex organisations, driving sustainable growth, and strengthening long-term enterprise value.
Professional Experience and Achievements
Strategic Leadership
Zubin brings extensive experience in scaling businesses through disciplined growth, with a focus on building organisations that deliver lasting value for customers, employees, and stakeholders.
High-Stakes Restructuring
As Chief Restructuring Officer of Thomas Cook Group PLC, he led the turnaround of a £10 billion business, stabilising its capital structure and supporting the creation of a clear strategic future.
PwC Career
With more than 20 years as a senior partner at PwC, Zubin advised on some of the UK’s most complex restructurings, financing events, and growth programmes across sectors including banking, travel and leisure, manufacturing, healthcare, and transport. He also built PwC’s Risk, ESG, and Cyber practices to market-leading positions, each recognised as top-ranked by independent analysts.
Board Leadership
Alongside activpayroll, Zubin is Chair of MPLC, a global leader in non-theatrical content licensing, representing over 1,000 movie studios and television producers across 27 countries.
Education and Professional Qualifications
Zubin holds a first-class honours degree in Computer Systems Engineering from the University of Bristol and is a Fellow Chartered Accountant of the ICAEW.
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