Myuran Raventhiran on Performance Management for a NFPO: Metrolinx (PRESTO)
In October 2022, Myuran Raventhiran, Manager of Performance Management @ Metrolinx for PRESTO, joined co-hosts Adam Presslee and Nancy Vanden Bosch for a Performance Management in Practice event. In the interview highlights below, Myuran illustrates some key differences between for profit and not for profit organizations (NFPOs).
Interview highlights
It’s hard to start in performance management.
Follow Myuran’s career from a professional services firm to a medical device start-up, a 100+ year-old law firm, and a private-equity funded venture as he prepared for a role in performance management at Metrolinx.
It’s a very interesting, blended mission.
Metrolinx is much more than just GO trains and buses. It was born from a vision of a better-connected Ontario and facilitates that vision through public transit.
You need people and data to make your best educated guess.
Much of Myuran’s work is strategic decision support. Learn how he works with people and data to complete a deep dive and see more than just the financial implications.
We just deal with feelings most of the time.
Listen for Myuran’s short “rant” on what differentiates CPAs. Spoiler alert – it’s how we deal with people and feelings.
Great advice from Myuran.
“When you're genuinely curious about what people do outside of finance and in finance…”
Acknowledgements
The Performance Management in Practice series is sponsored by the CPA Ontario Centre for Sustainability Reporting and Performance Management. Thanks to CPA Ontario for its support and to the students who joined the event for their great questions.