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Key Management Bios
Key Management Bios
Key Management Bios
Chairman
Mr Gautam Adani, the Chairman and Founder of the Adani Group, has more
than 33 years of business experience. Under his leadership, Adani Group has
emerged as a global integrated infrastructure player with interest across
Resources, Logistics and Energy verticals.
Mr Adani’s success story is extraordinary in many ways. His journey has been
marked by his ambitious and entrepreneurial vision, coupled with great vigour
and hard work. This has not only enabled the Group to achieve numerous
milestones but also resulted in creation of a robust business model which is
contributing towards building sound infrastructure in India.
Rajesh Adani
Managing Director
Associated with Adani Group since its inception, Mr Rajesh Adani is in charge
of the operations of the Group and has been responsible for developing its
business relationships. His proactive, personalized approach to the business
and competitive spirit has helped towards the growth of the Group and its
various businesses.
Pranav Adani
Managing Director, Agro and Oil & Gas
His experience of more than a decade in agri business has seen Mr Adani
holding various positions in a number of industry forums. He has served as the
Chairman, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Gujarat and presently serves
as member in CII National Council on Agriculture & FMCG and Governing
Council, Ahmedabad Management Association (AMA).
Priti Adani
Chairperson, Adani Foundation
Mrs Adani is ensuring that the Adani Group actually touches the lives of as
many people as possible.
Devang Desai
Group CFO
Before joining Adani Group in 1996, he was working with Sanghi Group as Vice
President, Finance.
Harsh Mishra
Group President, International Business
An engineering graduate from IIT, Delhi and MBA from FMS Delhi University,
Mr Harsh Mishra has worked in diverse industries including oil and gas,
consumer durables, print media, beverages and steel & mining.
Before joining Adani Group in 2004, he was working with Jindal Stainless as
Executive Vice President.
P K Panda
Group President, Human Resources
Atul Chaturvedi
CEO, Agri Business
A post graduate from Agra University, Mr Atul Chaturvedi has more than three
decades of general and strategic management experience in manufacturing
and trading. He has worked with Adani Group since 1997 and played a key role
in the development of its agri business.
Atul Sathe
CEO, Oil & Gas Exploration
Before joining Adani Group in 2010, he was the CEO of a group company of
Mahindra & Mahindra and Jubilant Energy.
Karan Adani
Executive Director, Ports
Mr Adani started his career by learning the intricacies of the port operations at
Mundra. Accumulating experience right from the base level over the past three
years, he is now looking after the strategic development of all ports of Adani in
India.
He aims to build the Group’s identity around the integrated business model;
backed by his sound understanding of new processes, systems and macro-
economic issues, coupled with his growing experience.
Malay Mahadevia
Director, Ports
Before joining Adani Group, he was in service with Government Dental College,
Ahmedabad as an Assistant Professor.
M K Thapar
CEO, Mining India
Mr Thapar has been a turnaround specialist and is well-known for his ability to
grow businesses through optimising their use of resources.
Before joining Adani Group in 2007, he was the CMD of South Eastern Coal
Fields.
Pranav Vora
CEO, Shipping
A BSc from California State University, USA, Mr Pranav Vora has more than 18
years of experience in the field of shipping, particularly in the commercial dry
bulk sector.
Mr Vora joined Adani Group in 1993 and was responsible for cargo handling at
ports, chartering of handysizes to handymaxes for transporting agro products,
polymers, metallurgical coke and steam coal.
Rajeev Sharma
CEO, Gas Distribution
Mr Sharma has been working with Adani Group since 2003 and is responsible
for the Group’s initiatives in the gas business and in developing city gas
distribution projects across the country.
Before joining Adani Group, he worked for GAIL India in various capacities.
Rajeeva Sinha
Director, Ports
A Post Graduate in Port & Shipping Management from the World Maritime
University, Malmo, Sweden and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Ship
Brokers, United Kingdom, Mr Rajeeva Sinha is a former Indian Administrative
Service (IAS) officer with over 35 years of work experience. He also holds a
diploma in Port Planning and Management from the University of Lousiana,
New Orleans, USA.
Mr Sinha has in-depth knowledge of shipping and port sectors having worked
earlier in capacity as Principal Secretary (Transport & Ports), Government of
Maharashtra; Deputy Chairman & Chairman of Mumbai and Mormugao Port
Trust; Commissioner (Water Transport); CEO of Maharashtra Maritime Board
and Senior Deputy Director General of Shipping, Mumbai.
Before joining Adani Group in 2007, he was the Managing Director of Gujarat
Pipavav Port Ltd.
Samir Vora
COO, Mining Australia
A BSc from California State University, USA, Mr Samir Vora joined Adani Group
in 1994 and was involved in developing coal mining business in India with a
cumulative capacity of 110 million tons per annum.
Currently, Mr Vora is the COO & Executive Director of Adani Mining Pty Ltd. He
is responsible for executing greenfield coal mines, railway and port projects
along with supporting infrastructure in Queensland, Australia.
Vinay Prakash
CEO, Coal Trading
Before joining Adani Group in 2001, he was working with Aditya Birla Group in
various roles.
Vneet S Jaain
CEO, Power
Before joining Adani Group in 2006, he was working with Jindal Steel and
Power.
Bakul Dholakia
Director, AIIM & GAIMS
Dr Dholakia was awarded Padma Shri for Literature and Education in the year
2007. Padma Shri is the fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India.
Before joining Gujarat Adani Institute of Medical Sciences (GAIMS) and Adani
Institute of Infrastructure Management (AIIM) in 2009, he was the Director of
IIM, Ahmedabad.
P C Pande
Group President, Security
Sushama Oza
CEO, Adani Foundation
A Master of Social Work (MSW) from MS University, Baroda, Mrs Sushama Oza
was accredited by National Council of Social Work, USA.
Mrs Oza started her career at MSU Baroda as a research and teaching
assistant. She has extensive experiences working with different organizations
including California Rehabilitation Centre, California, USA.
Before joining Adani Group, she was the Executive Director of United Way of
Baroda.