Dato Thanarajasingam Subramaniam ("Dato Thanarajasingam") graduated from University of Malaya with a Bachelor of Arts in 1973 and also holds a Master of Arts from New York University in 1985.

Dato Thanarajasingam has extensive experience in both the public and private sectors. He has served as a Malaysian diplomat for more than 36 years including as Malaysian Ambassador to Brazil, Venezuela, Suriname and Guyana from 1998 to 2001 and Ambassador to France and Portugal from 2006 to 2010. He was previously the Chief of Staff to the President of the United Nations General Assembly in 1997. After being the Director-General of ASEAN Malaysia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2003 to 2004, he rose to become the Deputy Secretary-General for Multilateral Affairs from 2004 to 2006.

Upon his retirement from the Malaysian Foreign Service in 2010, he became a Director of OSK Investment Bank Berhad from 2010 to 2011. He was also the Malaysian Eminent Person to the ASEAN-India Eminent Persons Group from 2010 to 2012 and also served as Commissioner at the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission from 2010 to 2013. 

Currently, he is a Member of Ambassadorial Advisory Panel, InvestKL and MRCB Quill Management Sdn Bhd. Dato Thanarajasingam is also an Independent Non-Executive Director of OSK Ventures International Berhad.

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