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Non Executive and Non Independent Director
Mr Sekhsaria is the Chairman of the Board of Directors and a Non Independent and Non Executive Director. Mr Sekhsaria is a doyen of the Indian Cement Industry and one of the most respected business personalities in India.
Non Executive and Non Independent Director
Jan Jenisch is Chief Executive Officer of Holcim. Since joining in 2017, Jan has led Holcim to a new level of financial performance and growth, with record profitability levels
Non Executive and Non Independent Director
Mr Martin Kriegner is an Austrian national born in 1961, Mr Kriegner was appointed as Head of Asia Pacific andmember of the Group Executive Committee of Holcim in August 2016.
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Sridhar Balakrishnan is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of ACC Limited. Mr Balakrishnan's extensive leadership experience and expertise across markets make
Non-Executive, Non-Independent Director
Mr Neeraj Akhoury is Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Ambuja Cements Limited and the India CEO of LafargeHolcim.
Non Executive and Independent Director
Falguni Nayar is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Nykaa. Within a span of 9 years, Falguni has built one of India’s leading lifestyle focused consumer technology platforms right from scratch.
Non Executive and Independent Director
Born in 1959, Vinayak Chatterjee graduated in Economics (Hons) from St. Stephen's College, Delhi University (1976-1979) and did his MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (1979 – 1981)
Non Executive and Independent Director
A man who has worn many hats in the corporate world & raised standards of various organizations so high, that people consider him as a serial Innovator, Pioneer, Teacher
Non Executive and Independent Director
Mr Roongta holds a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani and a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management - International Trade
Non Executive and Independent Director
Mr Sundaram's experience spans corporate finance, business performance, monitoring operations, governance, mergers & acquisitions, talent / people management and strategy.
Non Executive and Independent Director
Mr Sunil Mehta has over thirty-eight years of proven leadership experience in banking, financial services, insurance and investments with leading global and domestic financial institutions namely Citibank
Non Executive and Non Independent Director
Shri M.R.Kumar, took charge as Chairman, LIC of India on 14th March, 2019. He joined LIC of India in 1983 as a Direct Recruit Officer. In a career spanning more than three and a half decades
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
(DIN:0008699523)
Mr. Sridhar Balakrishnan is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of ACC Limited.
Mr Balakrishnan's extensive leadership experience and expertise across markets make him a strong asset to the future growth strategy of the Company. Mr Balakrishnan has spent the majority of his career in the FMCG industry handling roles in sales, business finance and supply chain for India to managing P&L’s across international geographies.
In his earlier role as ACC’s Chief Commercial Officer, his years of rich experience in consumer business helped transform the company from a cement and concrete manufacturing business to a total building materials company with innovative technology based products and solutions.
Mr Balakrishnan is an Engineering graduate with a B.Tech (Electronics) degree from the Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, and has a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management from XLRI, Jamshedpur.
Non Executive and Non Independent Director
(DIN: 00077715)
Mr Martin Kriegner is an Austrian national born in 1961, Mr Kriegner was appointed as Head of Asia Pacific andmember of the Group Executive Committee of Holcim in August 2016. Since 2019 he has also been responsible for theHolcim Group Cement Excellence team.
Mr Martin Kriegner joined the Group in 1990 and became the CEO of Lafarge Perlmooser AG, Austria in 1998. Hemoved to India as the CEO of Lafarge’s cement operations in 2002 and later served as Regional President Cement for Asia, based in Kuala Lumpur. In 2012, he was appointed CEO of Lafarge India for the Cement, RMX and Aggregates business. In July 2015, he became Area Manager Central Europe and was appointed Head of India effective March 1, 2016.
Non Executive and Non Independent Director
(DIN:01680305)
Mr Christof Hassig heads the Corporate Strategy and Mergers & Acquisitions function in LafargeHolcim, reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer. Before joining the former Holcim Limited in 1999, Mr Christof Hassig worked for twenty five years at UBS in many different functions, including as Global Relationship Manager and Investment Banker for multinational corporates in Switzerland and other countries.
Within the former Holcim Limited, he was reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer with many direct links to all other Executive Directors including Chief Executive Officer. For the past fifteen years, he has built and led the department of Corporate Financing & Treasury. This function spans across all the geographic regions and includes matrix organizations with the finance department of the operating companies in various countries.
In December 2012 he took over additional responsibilities as head of the newly created Mergers & Acquisitions function at Group level. In March 2013, the Group’s Insurance Department was moved and integrated into the Corporate Finance & Treasury Department. He started his career with a three year apprenticeship in Banking followed by a Masters in Banking and Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School in 2006.
Non Executive and Independent Director
(DIN:00003633)
Falguni Nayar is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Nykaa. Within a span of 9 years, Falguni has built one of India’s leading lifestyle focused consumer technology platforms right from scratch. As the leader of a rapidly expanding group of businesses, Falguni closely oversees each of them, while building synergies to best leverage the group’s strengths and interdependencies.
Before founding Nykaa, Falguni spent nearly two decades as one of India’s leading investment bankers with the Kotak Mahindra group. During that time, Falguni guided founders of several Indian companies through roadshows in Europe and the U.S. as they made their way to stock market debuts. Last year, she expertly led her own to a stellar debut on the stock exchanges after Nykaa’s IPO received an overwhelming response, having been oversubscribed 82 times. Today, Falguni is one of India’s richest self-made female billionaires.
Falguni is the recipient of prominent awards and accolades for the crucial role she plays in transforming India’s lifestyle, retail and consumer technology sectors. Forbes India featured Falguni in the World's 100 Most Powerful Women for the third year in a row in 2021 and she made her presence felt in the prestigious list of The Bloomberg 50 2021.
Non Executive and Independent Director
(DIN:00008933)
Born in 1959, Vinayak Chatterjee graduated in Economics (Hons) from St. Stephen's College, Delhi University (1976-1979) and did his MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (1979 – 1981). He co-founded Feedback Infra Pvt. Ltd. in 1990 and served as its Chairman from 1990 to 2021. Since stepping down from active management, he now devotes his time and energy to Infrastructure Policy and Advocacy; as well as to nurturing educational institutions.
He has often been called upon to play a strategic advisory role to leading domestic and international corporates, the Government of India, various Ministries dealing with infrastructure, as well as multilateral and bilateral institutions in the areas of infrastructure policy, planning and implementation. He is one of the leading proponents of the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model for developing India’s infrastructure. One of his more recent engagements with the Government of India related to being a Member of the Committee on Setting up a DFI (Development Finance Institution).
In 1998, the World Economic Forum at Davos recognized him as one of the 100 Global Leaders of Tomorrow. In 2011, the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad conferred on him the “Distinguished Alumnus Award”.
He is currently the Chairman of the Confederation of Indian Industry’s (CII) “Mission on Infrastructure, Investment and Trade”; and has chaired various Infrastructure and Economic Committees at the national level of CII since 2001.
He is on the Board of Directors of ACC Limited, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited and KEC International Limited; and is a member of the Advisory Board of JCB India.
He serves as the Chairman of the Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Technology, Dharwad, and on the Boards of Indian Institute of Management, Sirmaur and the National Rail and Transportation Institute, Vadodara.
He is a well-read columnist and writes a monthly column on infrastructure for Business Standard called ‘INFRATALK’. He has authored a book titled “Getting it Right – India’s Unfolding Infrastructure Agenda” published in 2011.
He lives in Gurugram, in the National Capital Region of India.
Non Executive and Non Independent Director
(DIN:02449088)
Mr Vijay Kumar Sharma was the Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation of India until he attained superannuation from the Corporation with effect from January 01 2019. LIC has confirmed that Mr Sharma will continue to be their representative on the Company’s Board after his superannuation. Prior to his taking over the position as Chairman of LIC in December 2016, he served as Chairman (in-charge) from September 16, 2016 and Managing Director, LIC from November 2013. From December 2010 to November 2013, he served as Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, LIC Housing Finance Limited (LICHFL), a premier housing finance company in the country.
Mr Vijay Kumar Sharma, is a post-graduate from Patna University. He joined LIC as Direct Recruit Officer in 1981 and has grown with the Corporation since then. He has handled various challenging assignments pan India and in all operational streams including in-charge positions at different levels. Working across the length and breadth of the country, he has added immensely to his experience and honed his understanding of demographics of the country, socio-economic needs of different regions and multicultural challenges in implementation of Corporate objectives.
As MD & CEO of LICHFL, he stabilised the operations of the company under most challenging circumstances of negative media glare, intense scrutiny by Regulator & others and turned it around to be the best Housing Finance Company in 2011.
Mr Sharma has been an inspirational leader who utilises negotiation skills gained over thirty seven years of extensive experience in insurance and financial sectors and strongly connects to the grass-root levels, believes in bottom-up approach and has the ability to see the ‘Big Picture’ and translates it in to reality. Mr Sharma is known as a Growth Leader, leading the Organisation to surge ahead on a turnaround growth path in all the segments of performance.
Non Executive and Independent Director
(DIN:00065343)
Mr Sunil Mehta has over thirty-eight years of proven leadership experience in banking, financial services, insurance and investments with leading global and domestic financial institutions namely Citibank, AIG, SBI, PNB and YES Bank amongst others. In 2013, he left AIG where he was the Country Head & CEO for AIG India since 2000. Subsequently, he started SPM Capital Advisers Pvt. Ltd. Mr Mehta is the Chairman and Managing Director of SPM Capital Advisers Pvt. Ltd., a leading boutique business advisory and consulting firm in India.
As Country Head & CEO for AIG in India, Mr Mehta was responsible for all AIG businesses in India covering Insurance, Financial Services, Real Estate and Investments amongst other businesses. He set up AIG’s insurance JVs with Tatas and was also responsible for expanding AIG’s presence across ten businesses in India which included Life & Non-Life Insurance, Private Equity, Asset Management, Real Estate, Home Finance, Consumer Finance, Software Development, Mortgage Guaranty and Aircraft Leasing. He was on the Board of all AIG Companies in India and on the Board of IDFC Ltd. for several years.
Prior to joining AIG, Mr Mehta worked with Citibank for over 18 years where he held various senior positions covering operations, sales & risk process re-engineering, risk management, public sector business and corporate banking. His last assignment was Corporate Bank Head for Citibank India and Senior Credit Officer.
Mr Mehta has been appointed the Non-Executive Chairman of YES Bank Limited by a Government of India Notification dated March 13, 2020. Mr Mehta was Non-Executive Chairman of Punjab National Bank from March 2017 till February 2020. He was an Independent Director on the Board of State Bank of India from June 2014 to March 2017. He is presently a Board Member of ACC Ltd. (A subsidiary of LafargeHolcim Group), Sashakt India Asset Management Ltd., Welmo Fintech Pvt. Ltd. and Bodytronix Fitness Pvt. Ltd. Mr Mehta was on the Board of IL&FS group companies and a startup digital non-life insurance company - Acko General Insurance Ltd.
In addition, he is a Senior Advisor to notable international/domestic corporations amongst his other business responsibilities at SPM Capital Advisers Pvt. Ltd.
Mr Mehta was asked to Chair the Committee on Resolution of Stressed Assets by the Honorable Finance Minister of India. Other Members of the Committee included the Chairman of State Bank of India, Managing Director of Bank of Baroda and Deputy Managing Director of SBI. The Committee presented the Sashakt Report on Resolution of Stressed Assets to the Finance Minister on July 2, 2018. The report is under implementation and made significant progress with adoption of the Inter Creditor Agreement (ICA) by the Regulator and all major Banks/NBFCs in addition to other recommendations.
Mr Mehta is closely engaged with various Think Tanks and Chambers of Commerce. He is the founding Board Member of the Asia Society India Centre and a Past Chairman of American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM India). He is currently on the India Advisory Board of US India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF).
Mr Mehta has strong interests in building sustainable communities and is the immediate Past Chairman of Action for Ability Development and Inclusion (Formerly The Spastics Society of North India). He is actively engaged with The United Way and on the Boards of United Way India and Mumbai. He was the Chairman of both these organizations and also member of the Global Transition Board of United Way Worldwide.
Mr Mehta is a graduate from Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University. He is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and an Alumni of the Wharton School of Management, University of Pennsylvania, USA.
Non Executive and Independent Director
(DIN:00016304)
Mr Sundaram's experience spans corporate finance, business performance, monitoring operations, governance, mergers & acquisitions, talent / people management and strategy.
Mr Sundaram joined Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL), the Indian listed subsidiary of Unilever Plc, as a management trainee in June 1975 and served in various capacities including six years in Unilever, London as Commercial officer: Africa and Middle East (90-93) and as Sr. V.P for South Asia and Middle East (96-99). He was the Chief Finance Officer of HUL from April 99 to March 08 and as the Vice Chairman and CFO from April 08 to July 09. He is a two-time winner of the prestigious “CFO of the Year for FMCG Sector” award by CNBC TV18 (2006 and 2008). He was awarded as the 'Best Independent Director in 2019' by Asian Centre for Corporate Governance and Sustainability in December 2020.
Mr Sundaram is currently the Vice Chairman (Non-executive, Non-independent) of TVS Capital Funds in managing a growth capital Private Equity Fund (TVS Shriram Growth Fund.) Sundaram is a post-graduate in Management Studies (MMS), Fellow of the Institute of Cost Accountants, and has done Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program (AMP). He currently serves as an independent director on the boards of listed companies Infosys Limited, GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Limited, Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Limited and ACC Limited.
He is also on the Executive Council of KREA University.
Non Executive and Independent Director
(DIN:00309302)
Mr Roongta holds a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani and a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management - International Trade, from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi. He is a Fellow of All India Management Association (AIMA) and Indian National Academy of Engineers (INAE). Mr Roongta has a wide and varied experience in public sector undertakings. He is presently Non Executive Chairman of Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (BALCO) and Talwandi Sabo Power Limited (TSPL). Earlier, during his tenure as Chairman of SAIL from August 2006 to May 2010, the ranking of SAIL among World Class Steel Makers moved up to the second position from the seventeenth position, as per World Steel Dynamics, USA.
Mr Roongta headed a Panel of Experts on the Reforms in the Central PSEs, constituted by the Planning Commission. He has also been a Member of the Committee formed by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, to formulate Policy Document on Corporate Governance.
He is associated with several academic institutions, and was the Chairman, Board of Governors, IIT Bhubaneswar (2012-2015) and is presently on the Board of Management of J. K. Lakshmipat University. He is also a member of National Executive Committee of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), Chairman of the National Expert Committee on Minerals & Metals of Indian Chambers of Commerce (ICC) and co-chairs Industry Committee of PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Mr Roongta is a recipient of several awards and accolades including SCOPE Award for excellence and outstanding contribution to the Public Sector Management - Individual Category and IIM – JRD Tata award for Excellence in Corporate Leadership in Metallurgical Industries - 2016.
Non Executive and Independent Director
(DIN:00007347)
A man who has worn many hats in the corporate world & raised standards of various organizations so high, that people consider him as a serial Innovator, Pioneer, Teacher, Speaker, Author, Analyst, Entrepreneur & Citizen of the World (Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam). He is not only a Chartered & Cost Accountant, Certified Internal Auditor, a Certified Financial Planner, Fraud Examiner, but also a Board Chairman, Audit Committee Chairperson, and an Independent Director at some of the country's most pre-eminent organizations. He is a global thought leader in the area of Environment, Social & Governance, and has helped pioneer Impactful concepts like IR & Innovating path to Net Zero. He has been conferred with the Global Competent Boards Designation (GCB.D) by Competent Boards Inc.
He is also a well-known thought leader on the Indian Economy & Public Policies. He is an ExTech (Exponential Technologies), ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) & IR (Integrated Reporting) evangelist. He is also an author of 2 books namely "The Digital Professional" & "Audit Renaissance". Mr Haribhakti’s passion for learning, love for auditing & ability to think ahead of his time takes him to speak at various global forums. He truly believes in a bright & abundant future for all of humanity, driven by innovation and large-scale digital adoption. His chosen path is to lead the way in enmeshing the troika of ESG, Integrated Reporting and the UN SDG’s into all spheres of business and public policy, in an objective and measurable way, thus leading to better economic outcomes for all.
Mr Haribhakti, hospitable by nature, has been involved with various philanthropic initiatives as well. He is an advisory member of the steering committee on India Covid Response Fund (Give India). Also part of the advisory board of Global Parli, WOTR. Some of his current innovations are Digital Board Governance through the GOvEVA platform, Social Impact Investing, Data-led Lending, Diligence, Scoring and Rating, Digital Treasury and FEx management.
Chief Executive Officer & MD
Mr Badami is the Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director (CEO&MD) of the Company. Mr Badami is a B.Tech from IIT Bombay and an MBA from IIM Calcutta. He has over twenty-five years experience in the Chemical Industry with leading multinational companies viz. ICI, Rohm and Haas India, Dow Chemical India and Celanese Chemicals India Private Limited.
Mr Badami was the President and Managing Director of Dow Chemical India during the period 2009-2011 and was the Managing Director of Celanese Chemicals India Private Limited prior to his joining ACC. In these roles, Mr Badami was responsible for developing integrated strategies for the local subsidiaries including implementation of robust business plans, building organizational capability and manufacturing footprint.
Mr Badami has been conferred with the Distinguished Alumnus Award by IIT Bombay, his alma mater.
Mr Badami is a Member of the Stakeholders’ Relationship Committee, CSR Committee, Risk Management Committee, Capex Committee and Compliance Committee of the Board. As CEO&MD of ACC, Mr Badami is in overall control and responsible for the day-to-day working of the Company.
Non Executive and Non Independent Director
(DIN:00276351)
Mr Sekhsaria is the Chairman of the Board of Directors and a Non Independent and Non Executive Director. Mr Sekhsaria is a doyen of the Indian Cement Industry and one of the most respected business personalities in India. He has introduced new standards in management, marketing, efficiency and corporate social responsibility to an industry which he has helped transform.
A first generation industrialist, Mr Sekhsaria obtained his Bachelors Degree in Chemical Engineering with honours and distinction from the University of Bombay. He is the Principal Founder-Promoter and current Chairman of Ambuja Cements Limited. Mr Sekhsaria was invited to join the ACC Board in 1999 and was appointed Deputy Chairman in January, 2000. He is the Chairman of the Company since the year 2006.
Mr Sekhsaria built Ambuja Cements Limited, setting up benchmarks for the Indian Cement Industry which had not been attained before. His acumen as an entrepreneur and technocrat transformed the company into the most efficient and profitable cement company in the country and redefined industry practices by changing the perception of cement from a commodity to a branded product. Mr Sekhsaria has championed the cause of community development by establishing the Ambuja Cement Foundation and transformed it into a model of excellence in social responsibility.
With his considerable wealth of experience, Mr Sekhsaria brings immense value to the ACC Board. Under his leadership, ACC has achieved significant improvements in the areas of project management, logistics and in overall cost-competitiveness. The impact of this guidance is tangible from the high growth trajectory ACC has experienced since 1999. Mr Sekhsaria is a Member on the Nomination & Remuneration Committee.
Deputy Chairman
Mr Eric Olsen is Deputy Chairman of the Company since February 11, 2016.
Mr Olsen was appointed to the Board of Directors w.e.f. July 17, 2015 as a Non-Executive and Non- Independent Director. He is a business graduate from the University of Colorado, Certified Public Accountant (Chicago, USA), and holds a Master of Business Administration from HEC International Business School in Paris.
Since July 2015, Mr Olsen is the Chief Executive Officer of LafargeHolcim Ltd. He was formerly Executive Vice President Operations of Lafarge and a member of its Executive Committee.
Prior to joining Lafarge Limited, Mr Olsen started his career in the field of M&A at Deloitte & Touche,Banque Paribas and was a partner of Trinity Associates.
He is also a Board Member of Cimpress N.V.
Mr Olsen is a Member on the Nomination & Remuneration Committee.
Non-Executive, Non-Independent Director
(DIN: 07419090)
Mr Neeraj Akhoury is Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Ambuja Cements Limited and the India CEO of LafargeHolcim. Since February 2020, he serves on the Board of ACC Limited as an Additional Director, Non-Executive, Non- Independent Director.
Mr. Akhoury brings with him over 25 years of rich experience in the steel and cement industries. He has worked in leadership roles in India and other emerging markets. He began his career with Tata Steel in 1993 and joined the LafargeHolcim Group in 1999. He was a member of the Executive Committee of Lafarge India, heading Corporate Affairs followed by Sales. In 2011, he moved to Nigeria as CEO & Managing Director of Lafarge AshakaCem PLC. Thereafter, he was appointed as Strategy & Business Development Director for Middle East &Africa at the Lafarge headquarters in Paris. He was also CEO of Lafarge Surma Cement Limited and Country representative of LafargeHolcim Bangladesh.
Mr Akhoury served as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of ACC Limited, India, from February 2017 to February 2020. During his tenure, the Company delivered strong business performance buoyed by new product development and premium products, as well as big strides in sustainable development.
Mr. Akhoury has a degree in Economics and an MBA from the University of Liverpool. He has also studied 1-year General Management at XLRI, Jamshedpur. He is an alumnus of Harvard Business School (GMP).
Non Executive and Non Independent Director
(DIN:07957196)
Jan Jenisch is Chief Executive Officer of Holcim. Since joining in 2017, Jan has led Holcim to a new level of financial performance and growth, with record profitability levels, revenues of over CHF 23 billion in 2020, 70,000 people worldwide and industry-leading ESG ratings.
Building on his track record of superior financial performance, Jan is now leading Holcim’s next era of transformational growth to become the global leader in innovative and sustainable building solutions. Diversifying Holcim’s portfolio, he is expanding the Company’s Solutions & Products Business, with transformational acquisitions like Firestone Building Products and Malarkey Roofing Products, becoming a global leader in roofing systems. Putting sustainability at the core of Holcim’s strategy, Jan oversaw the launch of the industry’s first global ranges of green concrete, ECOPact and green cement ECOPlanet, making low carbon construction possible worldwide. Taking a science-driven approach to climate action, Holcim set the industry’s first 2050 net-zero targets, validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).
Prior to Holcim, Jan served as Chief Executive Officer of Sika AG, a global leader in innovative systems and products for the building and automotive sectors. Under his leadership, Sika expanded its reach in high value markets, setting new standards of performance in sales and profitability.
In 2021, Jan was elected to the Board of Directors of Holcim, in addition to his role as CEO and membership of the Board of the Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction. Jan Jenisch is the President of the Global Cement and Concrete Association as well as a Member of the Executive Committee of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), the European Round Table for Industry (ERT) and the board of the Swiss-Japanese Chamber of Commerce (SJCC). In addition, he serves as a Member of the Board of Directors at Glas Troesch SA.
Born in Germany in 1966, Jan Jenisch studied in Switzerland and the US, and graduated from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, with a Master of Business Administration. In 2021 he received a Dr. h.c. from the University of Fribourg for his accomplishments as CEO of two large listed companies and for his transformation of Holcim into a sustainable company.
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Non Executive and Non Independent Director
(DIN:03628755)
Shri M.R.Kumar, took charge as Chairman, LIC of India on 14th March, 2019. He joined LIC of India in 1983 as a Direct Recruit Officer. In a career spanning more than three and a half decades, he has had the unique privilege of heading three Zones of LIC of India , viz, Southern Zone, North Central Zone and Northern Zone, head quartered at Chennai, Kanpur and Delhi, respectively. His rich experience working pan India, in different Zones and in different streams of insurance management has given him a deep insight into the demographics and insurance potential of the country.
He also Chairs the Boards of domestic and international subsidiaries of LIC of India viz. LIC Housing Finance Ltd, LIC Mutual Fund AMC, LIC Pension Fund Ltd , LIC Card Services Ltd, IDBI Bank Ltd as well as the Joint ventures on foreign soil viz. LIC (International) B.S.C.(c), Bahrain, LIC Lanka Ltd, LIC Nepal Ltd and LIC Singapore Pte. Ltd.
He is also Director on the Board of the Kenindia Assurance Ltd, which is Life and Non life Insurance Company, based at Kenya.
