Anil Rai Gupta

CEO & Chairman

Anil Rai Gupta is an Indian businessman. He is the chair and managing director
of Havells India. Gupta joined his father's company in 1992 as a non-executive director. He
led Havells' acquisition of the European lighting company Sylvania and its restructuring
as Havells Sylvania.

After his father's death in November 2014, Gupta succeeded him the chairman and managing
director of Havells. He has focused on expanding the company's range of electrical consumer
durables and improving its brand recognition.

Surjit Kumar Gupta

One of the eminent First Directors of the Company, Shri Surjit Kumar Gupta is a reputed
member of the Promoter Group. The technical pioneer of Havells, the company has emerged
as the leading organization in the Electrical Industry with an outstanding prominence for
high-quality engineered products. Gupta was the prime motivator for initial exposures of
Havells to international manufacturers and technology. Havells have successfully entered into
several foreign alliances under the guidance of Sh. Surjit Kumar Gupta.
 Namrata kaul
Director

Smt Namrata Kaul is a career banker with extensive experience of over 30 years across
Treasury, Corporate Banking, Debt Capital markets and Corporate finance in India and UK.
As Managing Director at Deutsche Bank AG, Mrs Kaul led the Corporate Bank practice as its
India Head. She was also responsible for managing risk, credit, compliances and regulatory
reporting for the Corporate portfolio of the Bank. In Deutsche Bank U.K., as part of the
Strategic Leadership Team aiming to strengthen cross border networks, she set up an Asia
Desk in London. She was a member of the Deutsche Bank Asia Executive Committee, a
Member of the Board of Deutsche Bank India, and a founding member of the Deutsche Bank
Diversity Council.

She currently serves as Independent Director on several Boards including Vivriti Capital,
Schneider Electric, Bhopal Smart City Corporation and Prime Securities Ltd. She is also an
Investor and mentor at PadUp Ventures, a start-up incubator offering advisory services to
early stage tech and digital companies in India and helping them grow successfully to the
next level with intellectual and financial capital.

Actively engaged in the Social Development sector, Mrs Kaul is Vice Chair and Director on
the Supervisory Board of Care International (Geneva), a leading international humanitarian
organization engaged in long term international development projects to fight global poverty.
She is a Board Member at Care India, a NGO engaged in the empowerment of women from
poor and marginalized communities in India.

She is a Chevening scholar from the London School of Economics, she holds a Bachelor of
Commerce degree from Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University, and is a Management
Postgraduate from IIM Ahmedabad.

Vivek Mehra
 Director

Mr. Vivek Mehra is a well-respected senior Chartered Accountant with an illustrious

He has held various leadership roles till April 2017 in PriceWaterhouseCoopers Private Ltd.
(‘PWC’) as Partner/ Executive Director. He was the founder and national leader for PwC
Regulatory and M&A Practices and has been elected on PwC Governance Oversight Board
for two consecutive terms.

Mr. Mehra is extending his expertise as an Independent Director and esteemed Board
Member for some prominent Indian Companies such as Jubilant Life Sciences Ltd., Embassy
Office Parks Management Services Pvt. Ltd (Embassy/ Blackstone REIT Manager), HT
Media Pvt. Ltd., DLF Ltd., Hero Future Energies Pvt. Ltd., Chambal Fertilizers and
Chemicals Ltd. He is also on the Board of Governors of Lawrence School Sanawar and
Grassroot Trading Network, a SEWA organisation.

Mr. Mehra graduated in 1975 with a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) Degree from Sri Ram
College of Commerce, Delhi University. He has been a fellow member of the Institute of
Chartered Accountants of India since 1979 and has also given his valuable contribution as a
member of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Steering
Committee and National Executive Committee.

Subhash S Mundra
Director
Mr. S.S. Mundra retired as Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India on 30th July 2017
after completing a stint of three years. Prior to that, the last position held by him was as
Chairman and Managing Director of Bank of Baroda from where he superannuated in July
2014. In his banking career spanning over four decades, Mr. Mundra held several important
positions including that of Executive Director of Union Bank of India, Chief Executive of
Bank of Baroda (European Operations) amongst others. He also served as RBI’s nominee on
the Financial Stability Board (G20 Forum) and its various committees. Mr. Mundra was also
the Vice-chair of OECD’s International Network on Financial Education (INFE).

Amity University has conferred the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (D.Phil.), Honoris
Causa, upon Mr. Mundra, in recognition of his services in the field of banking and related
areas.

He is now on the Board of BSE Ltd., DSP Investment Managers Pvt. Ltd., Indiabulls Housing
Finance Limited, Airtel Payments Bank Limited, Acuite Ratings & Research Ltd., and Ayana
Renewable Power Private Limited as Independent Director, besides being on various
Advisory Boards such as of M/s. Encore Asset Reconstruction Pvt. Ltd., Global Risk
Advisory Committee of PayU Global – Netherlands, India Advisory Board of Master Cards,
Governing Board of IMT – Ghaziabad, to name a few.

Siddhartha Pandit
Director

Mr Siddhartha Pandit has been heading the Legal Department of the Company since 2015.
LEP (Leadership Excellence Program) from Harvard Business School and BA LLB from
Delhi University, Mr. Pandit is an astute legal professional with over 27 years of extensive
experience across industries with expertise in Contract Drafting & Negotiations, Litigation
Management (Civil & Criminal), Dispute Resolution, Mergers & Acquistions, Statutory
Compliances, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) etc. He began his career by gaining court
experience under Mr. P.P Malhotra (Sr. Advocate) and also worked with Rajinder Narain &
Co. Later he moved into Corporate to work with Max India, Samsung, Ciena , Carrier and
Tower Vision. In his last assignment, he was associated with Indus Towers as VP - Legal.

Ashish Bharat Ram

Ashish Bharat Ram took over as Managing Director of SRF Ltd. in January 2007. Under his
leadership, SRF Ltd. has grown into a major global conglomerate with operations in 4
countries across India, Thailand, Hungary and South Africa. Today, its businesses cover a
diverse portfolio of Technical Textiles, Fluorochemicals, Specialty Chemicals, and Packaging
Films and command a market leadership position, both in India and overseas.

Prior to joining SRF Ltd. in 1994, Ashish had successful stints at American Express Bank,
Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan, and DCM Toyota handling a variety of functions that
included Sales, Strategy, Marketing, TQM, among others.

Ashish has been studying the dynamics of family businesses for a while now and regularly
speaks on the subject at Indian and global platforms. He has also authored articles on subjects
related to India’s economic scenario and entrepreneurship in leading publications. Ashish has
been the Regional Chair for South Asia for the Young Presidents Organization (YPO), and is
an active member of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

He holds a degree in Economics from Delhi University and an MBA from The Johnson
Graduate School of Management, Cornell University.