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Board of Directors Chairman Non-Executive Directors Yogesh Chander Deveshwar Anil Baijal Hugo Geoffrey Powell Shilabhadra Banerjee Pillappakkam Bahukutumbi Ramanujam Executive Directors Angara Venkata Girija Kumar Anthony Ruys Serajul Haq Khan Basudeb Sen Nakul Anand Sunil Behari Mathur Krishnamoorthy Vaidyanath Pradeep Vasant Dhobale Dinesh Kumar Mehrotra Balakrishnan Vijayaraghavan Kurush Noshir Grant Board Committees Audit Committee Compensation Committee Nominations Committee S B Mathur Chairman S H Khan Chairman Y C Deveshwar Chairman A Baijal Member A Baijal Member A Baijal Member A V Girija Kumar Member S B Mathur Member S Banerjee Member P B Ramanujam Member H G Powell Member A V Girija Kumar Member K Vaidyanath Member B Sen Member S H Khan Member B Vijayaraghavan Member S B Mathur Member P V Dhobale Invitee D K Mehrotra Member R Tandon Invitee P B Ramanujam Member S Basu Invitee K Vaidyanath Member (Head of Internal Audit) Representative of the Invitee Statutory Auditors Investor Services Committee Sustainability Committee B B Chatterjee Secretary A V Girija Kumar Chairman Y C Deveshwar Chairman K N Grant Member S Banerjee Member P B Ramanujam Member H G Powell Member B Sen Member A Ruys Member B Vijayaraghavan Member B Sen Member B B Chatterjee Secretary B Vijayaraghavan Member B B Chatterjee Secretary Corporate Management Chief Financial Officer Rajiv Tandon Committee Executive Vice President & Company Secretary Executive Directors Biswa Behari Chatterjee Y C Deveshwar Chairman General Counsel N Anand Member Kannadiputhur Sundararaman Suresh P V Dhobale Member Investor Service Centre K N Grant Member 37 Jawaharlal Nehru Road, Kolkata 700 071, India Phone : 033-2288 6426/2288 0034 Executives Fax : 033-2288 2358 A Nayak Member e-mail : [email protected] T V Ramaswamy Member Auditors S Sivakumar Member Deloitte Haskins & Sells Chartered Accountants, Kolkata K S Suresh Member R Tandon Member Registered Office Virginia House B B Chatterjee Member & Secretary 37 Jawaharlal Nehru Road, Kolkata 700 071, India Phone : 033-2288 9371 ITC corporate website : www.itcportal.com ITC Report and Accounts 2011 1 Your Directors Y. C. Deveshwar International Sustainability Leadership Symposium, and the Business Person of the Year Award 2006 by the Y. C. Deveshwar (64), an engineering graduate from the UK Trade & Investment by His Royal Highness Prince Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi joined ITC Limited Andrew, the Duke of York. In January 2006, he was in 1968. He was appointed as a Director on the Board of inducted to the prestigious Hall of Pride at the Indian the Company in 1984 and became the Chief Executive Science Congress. He was also named the Manager and Chairman of the Board on January 1, 1996. Entrepreneur of the Year 2001 by Ernst & Young. Between 1991 and 1994, he led Air India as Chairman and Managing Director. Other Directorships Name of the Company Position Under his leadership, ITC’s Sustainability efforts were given shape through unique business models. ITC became ITC Infotech India Limited Chairman & the first Indian company to publish its Sustainability Report, Non-Executive Director 2004 in accordance with the guidelines of the Global ITC Infotech Limited, UK* Chairman & Reporting Initiative. For the efforts at creating sustainable Non-Executive Director livelihood opportunities, ITC also won the inaugural World ITC Infotech (USA), Inc.* Chairman & Business Award instituted jointly by the United Nations Non-Executive Director Development Programme, International Chamber of Surya Nepal Private Limited* Chairman & Commerce and the HRH Prince of Wales International Non-Executive Director Business Leaders Forum. ITC’s ‘e-Choupal’, a digital HT Media Limited Non-Executive Director infrastructure initiative to empower marginal farmers in India, is taught as a case study at the Harvard Business Committee Membership of other Companies: Nil School. This initiative won the Development Gateway Award at Beijing in September 2005 and the Stockholm Challenge Award in May 2006. Deveshwar is the past President of the Confederation of N. Anand Indian Industry. He is a member of the India-UK CEO’s Forum, nominated by the Government of India. He is also Nakul Anand (54) was appointed a Director on the Board a member of the Board of Governors of the Indian School of ITC effective January 3, 2011. He holds responsibility of Business and the former Chairman of the Society of the Hospitality, Travel & Tourism businesses of ITC. and Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of An Economics Honours graduate from Delhi University Management, Calcutta. He also serves on the National with an AMP degree from Bond University, Australia, he Executive Committees of some of India’s premier trade joined ITC Hotels' Management Training Programme in and industry bodies. 1978 and also served as the Managing Director of erstwhile ITC Hotels Limited during the period 2003-05. In a career In 2011, Deveshwar was conferred the Padma Bhushan, that spans over three decades, he has been acknowledged one of the highest civilian awards in the country, by the for his vision and commitment. Government of India in recognition of his distinguished service of a high order to the Nation. Amongst several Anand is widely recognised for excellent people other awards and recognitions during his distinguished management and team building abilities besides infusing career, Deveshwar has been honoured with the Global the spirit of action and a result oriented work culture. Leadership Award 2010 by the U.S.- India Business He is a firm believer in value based strategies and has Council of the US Chamber of Commerce, the SAM/SPG created a unique quality control model of Operational Sustainability Leadership Award 2007 conferred at the Excellence and also introduced Six Sigma quality standards. 2 ITC Report and Accounts 2011 Your Directors Anand has initiated some very innovative concepts in Managing Director in 2000. Following the amalgamation hoteliering making ITC's hotel business synonymous with of ITC Bhadrachalam with ITC in March 2002, and the best in the world. subsequent merger of Bhadrachalam Paperboards Division with Tribeni Tissues Division, Dhobale took charge of the Anand is the Chairman of the National Council of Tourism Paperboards & Specialty Papers Business as its Divisional of the Confederation of Indian Industry. Chief Executive. Other Directorships Dhobale is credited with the successful turnaround of ITC Name of the Company Position Bhadrachalam in 2001, and exponential growth thereafter. International Travel Chairman & He spearheaded the growth involving capital infusion of House Limited Non-Executive Director over US$ 500 million through brownfield organic growth Gujarat Hotels Limited Chairman & as well as acquisitions. Under his leadership, ITC’s Non-Executive Director Bhadrachalam Mill has emerged as the largest Landbase India Limited Chairman & single-location paper mill in the country producing more Non-Executive Director than 400,000 tonnes of papers & boards. Under his Fortune Park Hotels Limited Chairman & stewardship, and in line with ITC’s sustainability strategy, Non-Executive Director 110,000 hectares of plantations were developed, the pioneering ECF and Ozone Bleaching Technology were Srinivasa Resorts Limited Vice-Chairman & Non-Executive Director introduced, ITC became a member of the Global Forest and Trade Network and successfully implemented a Adayar Gate Hotel Limited Non-Executive Director number of ‘Clean Development Mechanism’ Projects. Bay Islands Hotels Limited Non-Executive Director Maharaja Heritage Resorts Non-Executive Director Dhobale is an active member of several industry bodies. Limited He is the past President of Indian Paper Manufacturers Association, past Chairman of the Andhra Pradesh State Committee Membership of other Companies Council of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), and Name of the Company Committee Position Chairman, Energy Efficiency Council of CII - Sohrabji Gujarat Hotels Limited Investor Member Godrej Green Business Centre, Hyderabad. Dhobale is Services also the Founder President of Indian School of Business- Committee Centre for Executive Education Alumni Association, Landbase India Limited Audit Committee Member Hyderabad Chapter. Amongst others, he is a Member of the Development Council for Pulp, Paper & Allied Industries, the Council of Association of Central Pulp & Paper Research Institute, and the World Wide Fund for Nature (India) - A.P. State Committee. P. V. Dhobale Other Directorships P. V. Dhobale (55) was appointed a Director on the Board of ITC effective January 3, 2011. He holds Name of the Company Position responsibility for Paperboards & Specialty Papers and BFIL Finance Limited Non-Executive Director Packaging businesses of ITC and also represents the Finance and IT functions on the Board. A Chemical Committee Membership of other Companies Engineer from IIT, Mumbai, he joined the erstwhile ITC Name of the Company Committee Position Bhadrachalam Paperboards Limited (ITC Bhadrachalam) BFIL Finance Limited Audit Committee Chairman as a Management Trainee in 1977 and became its ITC Report and Accounts 2011 3 Your Directors K. N. Grant he represented the Specified Undertaking of the Unit Trust of India on the ITC Board from July 2007 to August 2009. Kurush N. Grant (53) was appointed a Director on the Board of ITC effective March 20, 2010. He oversees Baijal joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1969 ITC's FMCG businesses - Cigarettes, Foods, Personal from the Union Territories