Devandran Karunakaran

Lawyer - Ship Finance

Devandran Karunakaran was born in Singapore and raised in a tight-knit family that valued the importance of togetherness. After completing his early education in Singapore, he pursued his undergraduate studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. There, he majored in Electrical Engineering and minored in Business Administration. Returning to Singapore in 2015, Devandran met his future wife, Cornelia. Cornelia is German, from Halle (Saale), and was working for a German company on secondment to Singapore at the time. Her family is originally from Halle, now Devandran's second city. In addition to being close to and caring for his parents, Mr. Karunakaran enjoys cooking - a passion he inherited from his mother, aunts, and grandmother, who are all excellent cooks. He wants to prepare the dishes that he grew up enjoying and prepare them in a healthy and balanced way. Karunakaran and his wife Cornelia are very concerned about the world's environment. They practice sustainable living whenever possible to be mindful of the world they will leave for their daughter. And with that personal desire, Mr. Karunakaran has set a personal goal to do more environment-based volunteer work in the coming years. He is currently active in food security-related volunteering as, in his view; no one should go hungry today.