Ajit Isaac, the founder of Quess Corp, is an entrepreneur who over a period of 20 years, has been involved in creating market-leading enterprises in the business services sector in India. At Quess, and under his leadership, the Company is now a 5,11,000+ strong family, with ~US$ 2 Billion in revenues, and has accelerated the transition of informal jobs to formal platforms, helping bring financial and social security to many not-so-privileged sections of Indian society.
His initiatives in transformative deals, with a focus on operational efficiency and business development, have helped Quess scale rapidly. All these attributes culminated in Fairfax investing in Quess in 2013, and it continues to be the single largest shareholder of Quess. Socially committed, he set up Care Works Foundation, which today supports over 13,500 students across 75 schools. His strong social commitment to the larger cause is demonstrated in the partnership with the Indian Institute of Science (IISC), Bangalore to set up The Isaac Centre of Public Health (ICPH).
Along with Fairfax and Quess, he has also anchored the establishment of a pediatric specialty center in CMC Vellore. A gold medalist in PG-HR and a British Chevening Scholar from Leeds University, he has worked for 10 years in leadership roles in the private sector including companies like Adecco, IDFC, Godrej and Boyce, before becoming an entrepreneur in the year 2000. He serves on the Board of Allsec Technologies, Net Resources Investments and Isaac Enterprises LLP. In addition, he serves on the Board of Governors of the St. Joseph’s University in Bangalore.