Mr. Rajeev Anand

Mr. Rajeev Anand is a strategic minded business veteran with almost four decades of industry experience. He has a strong commercial acumen coupled with manufacturing and operational experiences. He is a well-rounded P&L leader and has spent the last decade (11+ years) as Chairman and Managing Director of Goodyear India Limited and Goodyear South Asia Tyres Pvt Ltd. Mr. Anand holds a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from Haryana Polytecnic, Nilokheri and a Post Diploma in Industrial Safety and Health from Central Labour Institute, Sion Mumbai.

Mr. Anand was inducted on the Board with effect from November 06, 2020 as an Independent Director. He is the Chairman of Stakeholder’s Relationship Committee, Risk Management Committee and also the Member of Audit Committee, Corporate Social Responsibility Committee of the Company. He is not related to any of the Director and does not hold any shares in the Company.

Ms. Pritha Dutt

Ms. Pritha Dutt is a HR & Development Sector Professional with over three decades of experience with both Corporate and Government organizations and Social Enterprises. She is a Board Member of ASTP (Alliance of Skill Training Providers) a registered body having consultative status with the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship since 2016 and a Co-Founder and Director of Empower Pragati & Empower Foundation. She is an Honors Diploma in IR & Personnel Management, XLRI, Jamshedpur (85-87), MA (Development Studies) 2013, IGNOU, Certificate Summer School, Cambridge University (2015). Ms. Dutt is Visiting Faculty since 1992 with MBA Institutes of repute, which includes IMT Ghaziabad; Oberoi Centre of Learning & Development; MDI (Gurgaon); IIM Bangalore and IIM Visakhapatnam.

Ms. Dutt was inducted on the Board with effect from November 06, 2020 as an Independent Director. She is the Chairperson of Nomination & Remuneration Committee and Corporate Social Responsibility Committee of the Company. She is not related to any of the Director and does not hold any shares in the Company.

Mr. Prabal Kumar Sarkar

Mr. Prabal Kumar Sarkar is a Chartered Accountant and a retired partner of the firms Price Waterhouse and Lovelock & Lewes. He graduated from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata, in 1977 and completed Chartered Accountancy from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, New Delhi, in 1984. In 1984, he joined the Assurance practice of Lovelock & Lewes, a member firm of Coopers & Lybrand and was made a partner in 1995. Post-merger of Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand, Prabal was made an Assurance partner and headed the GRMS (Global Risk Management Solutions). He has a vast experience in various industries which includes consumer products like cement, paints, tyres, tea, utilities including electricity generation, power supply, solar power generation and industrial products.

Mr. Sarkar was inducted on the Board with effect from November 06, 2020 as an Independent Director. He is the Chairman of Audit Committee and also a Member of Nomination & Remuneration Committee, Risk Management Committee of the Company. He is not related to any of the Director and does not hold any shares in the Company.

Mr. Adnan Wajhat Ahmad

Mr. Adnan Wajhat Ahmad, is a Chemical Engineer with 4 decades of  industry experience in leading companies such as BP and ICI, and Clariant.  Mr. Ahmad started his career at ICI India, after completing his Masters in  Chemical Engineering from Queens University, Canada. In a career  spanning 19 years with ICI he worked in their explosives, specialty  chemicals and paints businesses in a variety of manufacturing, supply  chain and business roles across India. In 2004 he moved to BP Plc as  Executive Director on the Board of Castrol India Limited. In 2008 he  moved to Singapore as Regional Supply Chain Director Asia Pacific and in  2010 he relocated to the UK as Regional Supply Chain Director for Europe  & Africa. Mr. Ahmad joined Clariant Chemicals (India) Limited in 2017.  

Mr. Ahmad was a Member of the Confederation of Indian Industry’s (CII)  National Committee on Chemicals & Petrochemicals as well as the  Committee on Multi- National Corporations. He was also the Chairman of  the Sub-Committee on Biocides for CII’s C&PC committee. Mr. Ahmad was  also a Member of the Executive Committee at the Indian Chemical Council  (ICC) from 2017 till 2021.

Mr. Ji Xiang Jason Lee

Mr. Ji Xiang Jason Lee is a qualified Chartered Accountant and is registered with Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants. Mr. Jason brings with him a wealth of more than fourteen years in the field of all Income Tax, financial, operational and compliance audits, and facilitate risk management and mitigation process. Mr. Jason is presently the Regional Finance Director of DIC Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., Singapore.

Mr. Jason was inducted on the Board with effect from February 22, 2024 as a nominee of the Holding Company M/s. DIC Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., Singapore. He is not related to any of the directors and does not hold any shares in the Company.

Mr. Hayato Kashiwagi

Mr. Kashiwagi is Managing Director India. With his previous role as regional Business Product Director of DIC Asia Pacific Pte Ltd (“DICAP”), with overall responsibility for product growth across all operating entities of the Packaging and Graphic Division in the DICAP region. His 25-year career at DIC Corporation, the parent company of DICAP, covered multiple areas in sales and marketing, corporate management and international business. He brings with him a wealth of experience of working with Group companies in Japan, Asia Pacific and China region on various projects. He is also a Director of DIC Malaysia Sdn Bhd, PT DIC Graphics, DIC Philippines Inc, DIC Vietnam Co. Ltd, DIC Bangladesh Private Limited, DIC Australia Pty Ltd and DIC Lanka (Private)Limited. Mr. Kashiwagi has a Bachelor of Commerce from Doshisha University.

Mr Navapol Chuensiri

Mr Chuensiri is the Regional Managing Director of DIC Asia Pacific Pte Ltd who plays a pivotal part in supporting the development of a robust and sustainable structural platform to drive the business into its next phase of growth in the Asia Pacific Region. He has a wealth of international experience, having lived, studied and worked across multiple countries. He has 30 years of broad leadership experience from notable global companies such as SIG Combibloc, Tetra Pak, Amcor, Goodyear Tyre & Rubber and O-I Glass. He was also a Board Member of SIG Combibloc and O-I Glass. He holds both a Bachelor and Master Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Oregon State University, USA, along with a Master Degree in Organizational Communication.

Mr. Avijit Mukerji

Avijit Mukerji is a Chartered Accountant, FCA, with an accomplished career, having previously served as a Partner at Price Waterhouse and held several senior leadership positions at PwC India, including roles on the India Board and Leadership Team. He is the Managing Partner at TatvaSutra Solutions LLP, specialising in equity research, advisory, and investment. He also sits on the boards of Bandhan Bank Limited, Balaji Telefilms Limited, India Carbon Limited, and Bandhan Financial Holdings Limited. He also serves as Member Board of Governors of Welham Girl’s School, Dehradun and is the current Vice President of The Bengal Club, Kolkata. Academically, he distinguished himself by securing national ranks in both the Intermediate (AIR 12) and Final (AIR 21) examinations of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India before beginning his professional journey.

Praveen Asthana

Mr. Praveen Asthana holds the whole time Directorship of DIC India Limited, in addition to the said role, he is also serving as Chief Operating Officer at DIC India Limited. He has more than two decades of experience and has been with DIC India Limited for almost a year. He has completed his Bachelors in Engineering from IIT Kanpur. He is responsible for Manufacturing, procurement, Logistics, Planning, Projects, Safety & Excellence at DIC India Limited. He focuses his time at DIC India on Plant Operations, Manufacturing cost, SCM transformation, Value creation in Procurement & Logistics, Safety & sustainability and Excellence for continuous improvement.