Mr. S. K. Poddar, Chairman, a gold medalist in B. Com (Hons) from Calcutta University, is the Chairman of Adventz group.Under Mr. Poddar, the group has promoted various projects including joint ventures with leading international corporations.The most notable of these ventures are Gillette India Ltd. (joint venture with the Gillette Company of U.S.A.) and Hettich India Private Limited (a joint venture with the Hettich Group of Germany). Mr. Poddar is the Chairman of these Joint Ventures.

Besides above, Mr. Poddar is the Chairman of Zuari Industries Ltd., Chambal Infrastructure Ventures Ltd., Simon India Ltd.,Texmaco Ltd., Texmaco Rail & Engineering Ltd., Zuari Cement Ltd. (a Unit of Ciments Francais), Adventz Investments and Holdings Ltd. and Lionel India Ltd. He is also on the Advisory Board of one of the most reputed investment brokers - M/s. N M Rothschild & Sons (India) Private Ltd.

A recipient of Rashtriya Samman from the Central Board of Direct Taxes, Mr. Poddar is involved with art, culture and sports. A keen collector of contemporary Indian Art, Mr. Poddar promotes young cricketers to go abroad for training and practice. He is currently involved in setting up of a museum in Delhi with the theme ‘India through the ages.’ The museum will be named as ‘K.K. Birla Academy’ after former Chairman of the Company - late Dr. K.K. Birla. The academy will be fully funded by the family and is to be commissioned in next three years.

Having served as President of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and International Chamber of Commerce in India, the Government of India has appointed Mr. Poddar on Board of Trade – the highest body on trade and also a member of the Court, on the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He is the Chairman of India-Saudi Arabia Joint Business Council and a member of the Indo- French CEO Forum. Mr. Poddar has also served for a decade as a member of the Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and local Board of the Reserve Bank of India.

Mr. S. S. Bhartia is the Chairman and Managing Director of M/s. Jubilant Life Sciences Ltd. After graduating in Commerce, he did his ICWA from the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India (ICWAI) and is a fellow member of the ICWAI. A leading industrialist of India, he has rich industrial experience in the Pharmaceuticals, Speciality Chemicals, Food, Oil and Gas (Exploration & Production), Aerospace and Information Technology sectors. He is a director on the boards of numerous companies both in India and overseas.

He is a Member of the Executive Committee of Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Task Force on Chemicals appointed by the Government of India.

His past association to institutional segment included - Member of Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai and Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad and Director on the Board of Air India.

Mr. Anil Kapoor is a B.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, one of the world’s premier technological institutes and holds M. S. in Chemical Engineering from State University of New York, USA. He has over 31 years of rich and varied experience in areas of production, logistics, purchase, administration, customer service and in general management with reputed Indian and Multinational groups.

Mr. R. N. Bansal is M. A. (Economics) and an eminent professional. He is Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India since 1954 and an Associate member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. Mr. Bansal is on the Boards of many renowned companies. He has also served the Department of Company Affairs in various capacities such as Registrar of Companies, Regional Director and retired as Member, Company Law Board. He was Director (Investment) and Additional Controller of Capital Issues in the Ministry of Finance. He was also a nominee of the Central Government on the Central Council of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Institute of Company Secretaries of India and the Governing Board of various Stock Exchanges.

Mr. Dipankar Basu is an M.A. (Economics). He is the Non-Executive Chairman of Securities Trading Corporation of India Ltd., STCI Primary Dealer Ltd., Peerless General Finance & Investment Co. Ltd. and Peerless Securities Ltd. He is currently a member of the Investment Advisory Committee of the Army Group Insurance Fund and Empowered Committee of Reserve Bank of India for External Commercial Borrowings.

Mr. Basu is a former Chairman of State Bank of India. Between 1996 and 1999, he served as a member of the Disinvestment Commission set up by the Government of India. During 1997-98, Mr. Basu was also a member of the Narasimham Committee on Banking Sector Reforms.

Mr. K. N. Memani is a Chartered Accountant. Mr. Memani specializes in Business and Corporate Advisory, Foreign Taxation,Financial Consultancy etc. and is consulted on the corporate matters by several domestic and foreign companies. He was Chairman and Country Managing Partner, Ernst & Young, India until 31st March 2004. Mr. Memani was also member of Ernst & Young Global Council for 10 years.

Post retirement, Mr. Memani has joined boards of various companies. He was also member of various Committees of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. For two consecutive years, Mr. Memani was on the External Audit Committee (EAC) of the International Monetary Fund and was appointed as the Chairman of EAC for the year 1999-2000. Mr. Memani is the past Chairman of American Chamber of Commerce in India, former President of Indo American Chamber of Commerce and PHD Chamber of Commerce. He is also member of managing committees of various Industry bodies. Mr. Memani is ex-chairman of New Company Law Drafting Committee and he was fi rst Chairman of Quality Review Board, both set up by Government of India.

Mr. C. S. Nopany is an industrialist having vast industrial experience in diverse fields like sugar, shipping, textiles and fertilisers. He is a Chartered Accountant and Master of Science in Industrial Administration from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, U.S.A. Mr. Nopany is the Chairman & Managing Director of The Oudh Sugar Mills Ltd. and the Chairman of Sutlej Textiles & Industries Ltd., New India Retailing & Investments Ltd. and SIL Investments Ltd. He is also on the Board of Directors of several other companies of the K. K. Birla group. Having contributed signifi cantly to organic and inorganic growth of the Group, he continues to lead as a new generation entrepreneur with dedication and concerted focus on the target to be achieved.

Ms. Radha Singh has retired from Indian Administrative Service. Prior to retirement, she was holding the position of the Agriculture and Cooperation Secretary, Government of India. She has a long experience of 40 years in public service in areas relating to rural and agricultural development, water resources, public fi nance and institution building. In her capacity as Agriculture and Cooperation Secretary, she also headed various national and international organizations as Board Member/ Chairperson.

In her long public career, she has held high level policy and managerial positions in the Government of India. These included Secretary, Department of Animal husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries; Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Water Resources and positions in the Economic Affairs Department. She was associated with the World Bank in Washington, U.S.A. as an Institutional Specialist and in other capacities for six years (1993-1998). Presently, Ms. Singh is Agriculture Advisor to FICCI, Chairperson of the Madhavpura Mercantile Co-operative Bank Limited , Ahmedabad and Trustee and Secretary of Rajendra Bhawan Trust, New Delhi, a charitable organization in memory the fi rst President of the Country. She is Independent director on the Board of YES Bank Ltd. and L.T. Foods Ltd. She is also a member of Shareholders Grievance Committee of L.T. Foods Limited.

Mr. Marco Wadia is B. A. (Hons.), LL.B. and is a practicing Advocate since 1986, specializing in corporate matters. Mr. Wadia is a partner in the firm of Crawford Bayley & Co., Solicitors and Advocates, Mumbai since 2001. He is on the Boards of various Companies.