Board of Directors

Mr. R.V. Kanoria (DIN: 00003792), aged about 65 years, MBA (Hons.) from IMD, Switzerland, and Advance Management Programme from Wharton, USA, has over four decades of experience in the chemicals, textiles and jute industries. He currently holds the following offices:

• Chairman & Managing Director, Kanoria Chemicals & Industries Limited
• Chairman, APAG Holding AG, Switzerland
• Chairman, APAG Elektronik AG, Switzerland
• Director, APAG Elektronik Corp., Canada
• Director, J K Paper Limited
• Director, Nestle India Limited
• Director, Ludlow Jute & Specialities Limited
• Director, R V Investment & Dealers Limited
• Director, Kirtivardhan Finvest Services Limited
• Director, Vardhan Limited
• Director, KPL International Limited

He has experience in industry associations as follows:

• Past President of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI)
• Past Chair of the Commission on International Trade and Investment Policy of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Paris
• Past President of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) (India)
• Past Chairman of Indian Jute Mills’ Association
• Past Chairman of Confederation of Indian Textile Industry
• Managing Committee Member, PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry
• Past Director, National Skill Development Corporation
• Has been a part of many leading international business delegations, including the official Government delegation for the WTO Inter-Ministerial meetings in Seattle and Hong Kong

His experience with social organizations are as follows:

• Vice Chairman, Population Foundation of India
• Trustee, Sambhava Foundation, an NGO working in the area of skill development among women
• Past Trustee, Operational Smile in India (NGO with headquarters in the State of Virginia, USA, rendering corrective surgeries for disfigured children with special focus on facial deformities)

Mr. H.K. Khaitan (DIN: 00220049), aged about 66 years, is a Commerce Graduate. He has vast experience and knowledge in the administration of industrial enterprises in India and abroad.

Mr. Sidharth Kumar Birla (DIN: 00004213), aged about 63 years completed his B.Sc. (Hons) degree in Physics from Calcutta University and holds an MBA from IMD, Switzerland. He is also an Alumnus of Harvard Business School. His areas of expertise and experience include Corporate Governance, Strategic Issues, Company Law matters, Corporate Financial Structuring, Operating Financial Management, etc.

He is Past President of FICCI, an erstwhile nominee (3 terms) of the Central Government on the central council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), and presently an independent director of the ICSI Institute of Insolvency Professionals (ICSI-IIP).

He is the Chairman of, Xpro India Limited and is also on the Boards of various reputed corporate, educational and charitable institutions.

Ms. Suhana Murshed (DIN: 08572394) is a corporate lawyer with over 14 (fourteen) years of experience. She specialises in transactional work with a primary focus on mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments and strategic alliances. She is advisors to several multinational clients on their India entry strategies, inbound investments and foreign exchange laws. Her work experience in M&A and private equity has spanned several sectors such as FMCG, retail, manufacturing, information technology (IT) and IT enabled services.

She is recognized as a Notable Practitioner in the IFLR 1000 Rankings (publication providing global rankings for corporate lawyers and law firms) for the years 2021 and 2020.

Smt. Meeta Makhan, aged about 49 years, holds a BA (Hons.) degree in Economics from Lady Shriram College, New Delhi. She has also done PGDM (MBA) from Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow. Her areas of expertise and experience include Corporate Governance, Strategic Issues, Corporate Financial Structuring, Banking matters etc. She has more than 20 (twenty) years of leadership experience in banking and corporate governance roles with publicly listed companies and foreign banks.

Shri Sumanta Chaudhuri, aged about 63 years, holds a BA (Hons.) degree in Economics from St. Stephen’s College, New Delhi and MA (Hons.) in Economics from Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University, holding second rank. He is a retired Indian Administrative Service Officer. His areas of expertise are Public Policy and International Trade. He has more than two decades of leadership experience in International Trade issues and negotiations representing India and has been in leadership positions in various government and semi-government organizations.

He has also been a Guest Faculty at IIM Kolkata, IIFT Delhi and Kolkata, Centre for WTO Studies, Delhi, NUJS Kolkata and NLU Jodhpur and has chaired the Committee for Advanced Trade Research established by Trade Promotion Council of India. He is a Life Member of Indian Council of Arbitration and empaneled as Arbitrator. Shri Sumanta Chaudhuri has been a resource person in many international organizations such as WTO, UNCTAD, ITC, World Bank, UN ESCAP, IOM, ADB, and has also authored several articles on International Trade.

Mrs. Madhuvanti Kanoria (DIN: 00142146) aged about 64 years, was born into a business family and graduated in Education (Hons.) from Loreto College, Calcutta. She is married to Mr. R. V. Kanoria, Managing Director of Kanoria Chemicals & Industries Limited

She is currently the Policy Advisor at KPL International Limited and contributes to strategic decision making of the company. KPL International Limited is engaged in international business, specializing in sourcing, marketing, supply chain facilitation and distribution of Chemicals, Polymers, Paper, and Equipment & Allied Products.

She is one of the Founder Trustees of Sambhava Foundation, which was established in the year 2008 with the objective of empowering girls and women through education and vocational skills. She is also a Trustee of Sheela Kanoria Foundation, established in 1977 and primarily engaged in offering need-based scholarships to underprivileged female students who have the ability and the zeal to pursue advance studies.

Mrs. Kanoria is a past President of the FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO), an arm of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industries. She is also a past Vice Chairperson of the SAARC Chamber Women Entrepreneurs Council (SCWEC).

Mr. S.V. Kanoria (DIN: 02097441) aged about 38 years, is currently Whole Time Director of the Company. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Cornell University (Magna cum Laude) and an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois – Urbana Champaign. He has a total of over 16 years of work experience, having previously worked in Morgan Stanley and Qualcomm in USA.