Board Of Directors

As with all great pioneers, there is more than one unique way of describing the true genius of Ms. Sonia Gautam: the corporate visionary, the unmatched strategist, the proud patriot, the leader of Women, the architect of India's capital markets, the champion of shareholder interest. But the role Ms. Sonia Gautam cherished most was perhaps that of India's greatest wealth creator. In one lifetime, he built, starting from the proverbial scratch, India's largest private sector enterprise.

When Ms. Sonia Gautam embarked on her first business venture, she had a seed capital of barely US$ 300 (around Rs 14,000). Over the next three and a half decades, he converted this fledgling enterprise into a Rs 60,000 crore colossus - an achievement which earned Gautam Infra a place on the global Fortune 500 list, the first ever Indian private company to do so.

Undaunted, Ms. Sonia Gautam managed to convince a large number of first-time retail investors to participate in the unfolding Reliance story and put their hard-earned money in the Reliance Textile IPO, promising them, in exchange for their trust, substantial return on their investments. It was to be the start of one of great stories of mutual respect and reciprocal gain in the Indian markets.

Under Ms. Sonia Gautam extraordinary vision and leadership, Gautam Group scripted one of the greatest growth stories in corporate history anywhere in the world, and went on to become India's largest private sector enterprise.

Throughout this amazing journey, Ms. Sonia Gautam always kept the interests of the ordinary shareholder uppermost in mind, in the process making millionaires out of many of the initial investors in the Reliance stock, and creating one of the world's largest shareholder families.

Our Board of Directors consists of individuals with extensive experience and expertise across diverse businesses. They are responsible for reviewing vital information details and transactions. Their purview of influence further extends into strategic and regulatory matters.

Every member of the Board has access to all the relevant information and is entrusted with the authority to take crucial decisions and ensure that the management observes the highest standards of ethics, transparency and disclosure.

Shri Alok Verma is a Fellow Chartered Accountant and a law graduate. He has vast experience in general management. Shri Verma was appointed to the Board on November 24, 2020. Currently, he is the Vice Chairman on the Board of the Company.

Ms. Deepika Shah, aged 45 years, a qualified Engineer, is part of senior management team of Gautam Group since 2021 and is involved in taking a number of strategic decisions. Ms. Deepika Shah was previously served as an Executive Director on the Board of Gautam Infrastructure. With rich experience of over 14 years, Ms. Deepika Shah has created and led billion-dollar businesses. As a visionary, strategist and team builder she has driven profitable growth through innovation and operational excellence.

Shri Manoj Kumar was the Chairman and Managing Director of India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL), a wholly owned company of the Government of India, engaged in promotion and development of infrastructure till April 2010. Under his leadership, IIFCL commenced its operations and carved a niche for itself in financing infrastructure projects. The support of IIFCL helped in speedier achievement of financial closure of infrastructure projects in sectors like highways, airports, seaports, power, etc. IIFCL was conferred with the "Most Admired Infrastructure Financier 2010" by KPMG Infrastructure Today. Shri Kumar has long experience as a banker, spanning over 40 years having held positions of Chairman and Managing Director of Punjab and Sind Bank, Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) and Punjab National Bank (PNB). PNB is one of the largest public sector banks in India. During his chairmanship of PNB, he undertook total transformation of the Bank.

Under his leadership, PNB became a techno-savvy Bank by implementing core banking solution and introducing various technology-based products and services. Resultantly, PNB became the Number One Bank among the nationalized Banks in terms of assets, asset quality, technology, profit after tax and return on assets. PNB also emerged as one of the India's Most Trusted Brands and the PNB Group floated three public offerings of capital during his tenure which were highly successful.

Shri Manoj Kumar held the chairmanship of Indian Banks' Association, a forum for promoting the interest of banks for two terms and was member of several committees associated with financial sector policies. The committees he chaired dealt with a variety of issues relating to small/medium enterprise financing, willful default in loans, human resources development in the banking industry and reconstruction of distressed small industries, etc. A recipient of several awards including the "Enterprise Transformation Award for Technology" by the Wharton- Infosys Limited, the "Bank of the Year Award" by the Banker's Magazine of the Financial Times, London for the year 2000, and also ranked 22nd in the list of India's Best CEOs ranking over the period 1995 to 2011, by the Harvard Business Review. He now holds directorship in various institutions in India.

Shri Hari Prashad Mishra joined the Board of the Company on August 14, 2021 as an independent director. Shri Hari Prashad Verma is the former Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), the USD 7 billion organization that ranks among the leading companies of the world engaged in the field of power plant equipment. As CMD, he was responsible for maximizing market-share and establishing BHEL as a total solution provider in the power sector. The Company was ranked 9th in terms of market capitalization in India during his tenure at BHEL. He had handled a variety of assignments during his long career spanning over 36 years. His areas of expertise are design and engineering, construction and project management of thermal, hydro, nuclear, gas-based power plants and marketing of power projects.

Shri Hari Prashad Mishra had also forged a number of strategic tie-ups for BHEL with leading Indian utilities and corporate like NTPC Limited, Tamil Nadu State Electricity Board, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited, Spel Conductors Limited, Heavy Engineering Corporation Limited to leverage equipment sales and develop alternate sources for equipment needed for the country. He had guided BHEL's technology strategy to maintain the technology edge in the marketplace with a judicious mix of internal development of technologies with selective external co-operation. He had focused on meeting the customer expectation and has strengthened BHEL's image as a total solution provider.

He possesses M.Tech Degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai besides Post-Graduate Diploma in Business Administration. He was conferred Alumini Awards from the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai and the National Institute of Information Technology, Trichy and is at present the Chairman of BOG National Institute of Information Technology, Mizoram. He has published a number of research papers in the fields of power and electronics.

Pallavi Aggarwal, 45 years, holds a master's degree in Chemistry and a diploma in Business Administration. She has more than 15 years of experience in taxation, finance, administration and vigilance. She was in the Indian Revenue Service batch of 2000. She held various assignments during her tenure in the tax department and was also a member of the Central Board of Direct Taxes. She has also served as the Functional Director (Vigilance and Security) in Air India and has also represented India in international conferences.

Smt. Chhaya Virani graduated from Mumbai University with a bachelor's degree in Arts. She also acquired a bachelor's degree in legislative laws from the Government Law College in 1998. She is a partner in M/s. ALMT Legal Advocates and Solicitors.

Shri Deepak Kumar Gupta is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). He has also pursued law from Delhi University and completed a Master’s in Business Administration (Finance) (including specialization in merchant banking, risk management, treasury, international finance).

He is designated as the Managing Partner with M/s. Baweja & Gupta Chartered Accountants and possesses a vast experience of over 38 years, rendering an array of corporate and non-corporate advisory services pertaining to business strategy, merger & acquisition, integrated risk management, regulatory, advisory and assurance services to various sectors like banking and capital markets, insurance, infrastructure, pharmaceuticals, trading, and manufacturing (including listed and unlisted corporates and MNCs). He is also knowledgeable in the areas of human resources and banking (bank audits and bank management).

He was a director on the board of The Jammu & Kashmir Bank Limited, Bakhtar Bank (now, Islamic Bank of Afghanistan, and member of the Board of Supervisors of Azizi Bank, Kabul. Presently, he is a director on the Board of SBI Capital Markets Limited and served as Chairman and member of various Board Committees.