BOARD OF DIRECTORS The team that governs us

N. CHANDRASEKARAN DEEPAK PAREKH NADIR GODREJ Chairman Non-Executive Independent Director Non-Executive Independent Director N. Chandrasekaran is the Chairman of Tata Deepak Parekh’s astute business acumen and Nadir Godrej is the Managing Director of Godrej Sons. He is also the Chairman of several group farsightedness has not only made HDFC the Industries and Chairman of Godrej Agrovet. companies, including IHCL, , Tata leader in mortgages but has also transformed He has contributed to the development of Steel, , Tata Global Beverages and Tata it into India’s leading financial services a variety of industries by participating in Consultancy Services (TCS) – of which he was conglomerate. The Government of India industry bodies such as CII, the Compound the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) from 2009-17. honoured him with one of the highest civilian Livestock Feed Manufacturers Association He joined TCS from university and rose through awards, the ‘’ in 2006. He is of India, Indian Chemical Council, and Oil the ranks to become its CEO and Managing on the board of several leading corporations Technologists' Association of India. Currently, he Director. He was appointed as a Director on the across diverse sectors. He is the non-executive is the President of Alliance Française de Bombay. board of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in 2016. chairman in India of Siemens Limited and BAE For his contribution to Indo-French relations, He is also the Chairman of IIM Lucknow as well Systems India (Services) Pvt. Limited. The Mayor the French Government has honoured him with as the President of the Court at IISc Bengaluru. of London in 2017 named him as the first of the awards of ‘Chevalier de l'Ordre National du He is a member of the International Advisory a network of international ambassadors for Mérite’ and ‘Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur’. Council of Singapore’s Economic Development championing London across the globe. He is a A Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from the Board, MIT's Presidential CEO Advisory Board and Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a of Bocconi University's International Advisory in England & Wales. Master of Chemical Engineering from Stanford Council. He is also the Co-Chair of the India US University, he completed his MBA from the CEO Forum. His business leadership has been Harvard Business School. recognised by several corporate and community C NR R A organisations and he has received numerous awards. He has also been awarded several C S honorary doctorates by leading Universities in India and across the world. He is an avid photographer and a passionate long-distance M NR R A CSR marathon runner.

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IREENA VITTAL VIBHA PAUL RISHI GAUTAM BANERJEE Non-Executive Independent Director Non-Executive Independent Director Non-Executive Independent Director Vibha Paul Rishi is an experienced marketing Gautam Banerjee serves as the Senior Managing Ireena Vittal is among India’s most respected professional with stints in Indian and Director of The Blackstone Group, Private consultants and advisors. She was a partner international markets. Her last role was as the Equity Group. He has experience leading with McKinsey & Co. for 16 years where she Executive Director, brand and human capital of various business units in PWC. He serves as an served global companies on issues of growth and Max India, prior to which she was the Director, Independent Director of Singapore Airlines, sustainable scale up. She has co-authored several marketing and customer strategy at the Future Singapore Telecommunications Limited, GIC studies relating to agriculture and urbanisation group. She has been with PepsiCo for 17 years (Singapore’s Sovereign Wealth Fund) and Piramal and served government and public institutions to in leadership roles in the areas of marketing Enterprises. He was the Vice Chairman of the design and implement solutions core to India's and innovation in India, the US and the UK. Singapore Business Federation and served on development in the same areas of inclusive She was also one of the founding team members the board of APEC Business Advisory Council. urban development and sustainable rural growth. of PepsiCo and Titan in India. She holds a BA He was a Nominated Member of Parliament Earlier, she worked with Nestle and MaxTouch. degree in economics from Delhi University and a in Singapore from 2007 to 2009. He qualified She serves on various boards, including IHCL, Master of Business Administration degree with as a Chartered Accountant in London and Titan, Godrej Consumer, HDFC and Wipro and a specialisation in marketing from the Faculty of was awarded the Public Service Medal by the non-profits such as VIdhi Legal, Wateraid and Management Studies, New Delhi. Singapore Government in 2014. He is a fellow of Educate Girls, among others. She holds a B.Sc. the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England in Electronics and a PGDM from IIM, Calcutta. and Wales (ICAEW) and the Institute of Singapore M NR Chartered Accountants (ISCA). He was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) from the M R A CSR , UK.

VENU SRINIVASAN MEHERNOSH S. KAPADIA PUNEET CHHATWAL Non-Executive Non Independent Non-Executive Managing Director and Director Non Independent Director Chief Executive Officer Venu Srinivasan is the Chairman and Managing Director of Sundaram-Clayton Limited and TVS Mehernosh S. Kapadia has been associated Mr. Chhatwal brings over three decades of Motor Company Limited, one of the largest with IHCL and various other Tata companies leadership experience at highly acclaimed hotel two-wheeler manufacturers in India. He also for over four decades. His ability to anticipate groups in Europe and North America. He joined serves on the board of Ltd., TVS & and navigate future challenges has helped the IHCL in 2017 and spearheads the Company’s Sons and Cummins India. He has an engineering Company create long-term success. During his operations as its MD and CEO. He has won degree from the College of Engineering, tenure at the house of Tata, he has undertaken numerous awards, including the prestigious and a Master’s Degree in Management from multiple leadership roles liaising with Central Carlson Fellowship, and was rated as one of the Purdue University, USA. In recognition of his and State Governments as well as Statutory Europe’s 20 extraordinary minds in Sales, contribution to management, he was conferred Authorities. He is the Chairman of Taj Air Limited Marketing and Technology – HSMAI European with ‘Doctor of Management’ by his alma-mater, – a leading charter aviation brand and Vice Awards 2014. He was also the first alumni to be Purdue University in 2014. He has held various Chairman of TajSATS Air Catering Limited – India’s included in the ESSEC-IMHI Hall of Honour 2014. important positions in the Indian Industry, top volume caterer. Being a board member on such as: Chairman of National Safety Council, several other companies of the he C CSR Government of India; President, Confederation continues to work closely with senior leadership. of Indian Industries (CII) for the year 2009-10 and President, Society of Indian Automobile M S Manufacturers for the period 1999-2001. He is M S also Vice Chairman/trustee in various Tata trusts.

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