The document provides brief biographies of the board members of Thirumalai Chemicals Ltd. It describes the professional backgrounds and experiences of six board members: Mr. Raj Kataria, Mr. Dhruv Moondhra, Mr. Arun Ramanathan, Mr. Rajeev Pandia, and Mrs. Bhama Krishnamurthy. It outlines their roles in various companies and organizations as well as the committees they serve on within Thirumalai Chemicals Ltd.
The document provides brief biographies of the board members of Thirumalai Chemicals Ltd. It describes the professional backgrounds and experiences of six board members: Mr. Raj Kataria, Mr. Dhruv Moondhra, Mr. Arun Ramanathan, Mr. Rajeev Pandia, and Mrs. Bhama Krishnamurthy. It outlines their roles in various companies and organizations as well as the committees they serve on within Thirumalai Chemicals Ltd.
The document provides brief biographies of the board members of Thirumalai Chemicals Ltd. It describes the professional backgrounds and experiences of six board members: Mr. Raj Kataria, Mr. Dhruv Moondhra, Mr. Arun Ramanathan, Mr. Rajeev Pandia, and Mrs. Bhama Krishnamurthy. It outlines their roles in various companies and organizations as well as the committees they serve on within Thirumalai Chemicals Ltd.
Mr. RAJ KATARIA is an experienced Investment Banker with over
25 years in M&A and Capital Markets. He has significant expertise in Company Law and Corporate Structuring matters and was Managing Director at DSP - Merrill Lynch. He is co-founder and Whole-time Director of Arpwood Capital Private Limited, where he has been involved in several high profile M&A transactions during the last 10 years. He is the Chairman of the Nomination & Remuneration Committee of TCL and is active in Governance and Corporate matters. He is also on the TCL Audit Committee.
Mr. DHRUV MOONDHRA is an entrepreneur and CEO of Ice Steel 1
Pvt Ltd. He is an Independent Director on the Board of TTK Prestige Limited. He has in depth experience in Distribution, Trading and Manufacturing. He has also led business start-ups in the United Kingdom and India. He is an active member of the Business Review and Risk Management Committees.
Mr. ARUN RAMANATHAN (IAS Officer retired) has held assignments
in diverse areas in promotion and management of small, medium and heavy industry. His most recent positions were Secretary (Department of Chemicals, Petrochemicals & Pharmaceuticals), Secretary (Financial Services) and Union Finance Secretary (in 2009) in the Government of India. He is currently an Independent Director on several Boards and also member of the Advisory council to several organizations. He brings deep Governmental, Regulatory and Governance expertise to your Company. He is the Chairman of the Company's CSR & Stakeholders Relationship Committees and a member of the Audit Committee.
Mr. RAJEEV M PANDIA is a Chemical Engineer from IIT, Bombay and
holds a Master’s degree from Stanford University, USA. During 2000-2002, he was the President of Indian Chemical Council. He headed Herdillia Chemicals Limited (later Schenectady Herdillia Limited and SI Group – India Limited) from 1992 and was its Vice Chairman and Managing Director until December 2008. He was thereafter Group Adviser and Director – Global Markets of SI Group, USA. He has been providing extensive support for several years to the CMD and the Management team at TCL and OOSB. He is the Chairman of the Business Review and Risk Management Committees of the Company.
Mrs. BHAMA KRISHNAMURTHY has done her Masters in Science
(M.Sc.) from Mumbai University. She was Country Head and Chief General Manager, SIDBI. She had a career spanning over 35 years in lDBI (now lDBI Bank) and SIDBI, an Apex Development Bank for micro, small and medium enterprises in India covering all areas of development in banking operations both from policy perspectives and relating to implementation aspects. Her key accomplishments over the years have been her association with framing various policy documents for SIDBI and piloting such policy papers in the Board for adoption. She has closely dealt with Multilateral and Bilateral Agencies in close coordination with the Government of India. Her areas of specialisation include, inter-alia, handling of Human Resource Development Division covering recruitment, training and promotion aspects; association with drafting of CSR Policy guidelines for the Bank; resource raising and management, integrated treasury operations, credit dispensation and management and risk management. She is a member of CSR & Audit Committee of the Company.