Mr. S.K. Poddar – Chairman

Mr. S.K. Poddar, aged about 62 years, is a Gold medalist in B.Com Honors from Calcutta University. He is the Chairman of Poddar Heritage Enterprises. Under Mr. Poddar, the group has promoted various new projects including several joint ventures with leading international corporations. The most notable of these ventures are Gillette India Ltd., a joint venture with the Gillette Company of USA and the Hettich India Pvt. Ltd., a joint venture with the Hettich Group of Germany.

Mr. Poddar is Chairman of Areva T & D India Limited, Gillette India Ltd., Simon India Ltd., Texmaco Ltd., Indian Furniture Product Ltd., Zuari Cement Ltd., and Zuari Industries Ltd. He is also on the Board of Lionel India Ltd., Bengal Foodpark Ltd., and Poddar Heritage Investments Ltd. Internationally Mr. Poddar is on the Board of Gillette Management Inc, Boston. He is also on the advisory Board of N.M. Rothschild & Sons (India) Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Poddar is past president of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), Indian Council of Arbitration, All India Organisation of Employers and Council of Indian Employers.

Mr. S.S. Bhartia, aged about 55 years, is an eminent industrialist. He is Chairman and Managing Director of Jubilant Organosys Ltd. He is fellow member of the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India. He has substantial experience in the Indian chemicals, foods, infrastructure, oil and gas and information technology sectors. He is a director on the boards of numerous companies both in India and overseas. Mr. Bhartia has also served as director on the board of Air India, as member of the Boards of Governors of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai. Currently, he is Member of the Executive Committee of Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Mr. H.S. Bawa – Vice Chairman

Mr. H. S. Bawa, aged about 77 years, is Managing Director of Zuari Industries Limited. After getting his Masters Degree in Petroleum Engineering from University of Tulsa, USA, Mr. Bawa had a long stint of 23 years with ESSO India where he held some key assignments both in India and ESSO affiliates abroad. Before joining Zuari Industries Limited in 1979, Mr. Bawa was General Manager of the two Refineries of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (formerly ESSO).

Mr. R. N. Bansal, aged about 78 years, is M.A. (Economics) and a member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and Institute of Company Secretaries of India. He is an eminent professional and is on the Boards of many companies. He has also served the Department of Company Affairs in various capacities viz., Registrar of Companies, Regional Director and was a member of Company Law Board. He was Director (Investment) in the Ministry of Finance. He has also been 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, etc.

Mr. Dipankar Basu

Mr. Dipankar Basu aged about 72 years, is M.A. (Economics). Mr. D. Basu is the non-executive Chairman of Securities Trading Corporation of India Limited. He is also on the Board of several other companies in India. Mr. Basu is former Chairman of State Bank of India. Between 1996 and 1999, Mr. Basu served as a member of the Disinvestment Commission set up by the Government of India. During 1997-98, Mr. Basu was a member of the Narasimham Committee on Banking Sector Reforms.

Mr. Chandra Shekhar Nopany, aged about 42 years is a Chartered Accountant and Master of Science in Industrial Administration from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, U.S.A. He is an eminent industrialist having vast industrial experience in diverse fields like sugar, shipping, textiles, etc. He is the former President of Indian Chamber of Commerce, Kolkata and also of Indian Sugar Mills Association.

Apart from being the Chairman & Managing Director of The Oudh Sugar Mills Limited, Chairman of Sutlej Industries Limited and Vice Chairman of Sutlej Textiles and Industries Limited, he is also on the Board of several other companies.

Mr. Kashi Nath Memani, a Chartered Accountant is former Chairman and Country Managing Partner of Ernst & Young, India. He specializes in Business and Corporate Advisory, Financial Consultancy, etc. and is consulted on the corporate matters by several domestic and foreign companies. He has helped several multi-national companies in setting up businesses in India.

Mr. Memani is on the boards of several listed Companies like DLF Limited, ICICI Venture Funds Management Company Limited, HT Media Limited, Aegon Religare Insurance Company Limited, etc. He is also a member of governing bodies of some business schools and social, educational and charitable organizations & Foundations

Mr. Memani is associated with various Chambers of Commerce. He is a member of the Managing Committees of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), Indo American Chamber of Commerce, American Chamber of Commerce, Associated Chamber of Commerce and PHD Chamber of Commerce.

Mr. Memani was member of External Audit Committee of IMF, Washington in the year 1999 and its Chairman in the year 2000, the only Indian so far to sit on this committee.

Mr. Marco P.A. Wadia

Mr. Marco P. A. Wadia, aged about 52 years, is a partner in Crawford Bayley & Co., Advocates and Solicitors and has about 26 years of experience in the legal profession specialising in corporate matters and mergers and acquisitions. He joined the Board of Company as an Alternate Director in 1994 and was subsequently appointed as a Director w.e.f. April 11, 2000.

Mr. Anil Kapoor, Managing Director, aged about 54 years, is B. Tech in Chemical Engineering from IIT Delhi and M. S. in Chemical Engineering from USA with 28 years of experience in areas of production, logistics, purchase, finance, legal, administration, customer service and in general management with Indian and Multinational groups. He joined Chambal in 2000 as Vice President - Strategic Planning and was elevated as President - Strategic Planning. He was appointed as Managing Director of Chambal in February, 2007. Before his appointment as Managing Director, he was deputed to Zuari Industries Limited as Executive President for a period of 2 years.

Ms. Radha Singh

Ms. Radha Singh has retired from Indian Administrative Service. Before retirement, she was holding the position of Agriculture Secretary, Government of India. She has a long experience of 39 years in public service in areas of rural and agriculture development, water resources, public finance and institution building. In her capacity as Agriculture and Cooperation Secretary, she also headed various organizations as Board Member/ Chairperson.

She also held high level policy and managerial positions in the Government of India. These Included as Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries; Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Water Resources, etc. 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, non executive director on the Board of Yes Bank Limited, Chairperson of Madhavpura Mercantile Bank, Ahmedabad and Trustee and Secretary of Rajendra Bhawan Trust, New Delhi.