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Director of IDFC up to March 2004. Since June 2005, he is the
Chairman of the Development Credit Bank (DCB). He is on the
Board of various multinational companies and trusts. Mr Munjee is
a Technical Advisor on the World Bank – Public Private Partnership
Infrastructure and Advisory Fund.
He was appointed as a Director of the Company with effect from
June 27, 2008.
7 Mr Subodh Bhargava –
Independent Director
Mr Bhargava holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the
University of Roorkee. He served the Eicher Group of Companies
since 1975. He retired as the Group Chairman and Chief Executive
in March 2000 but continues as Chairman Emeritus, Eicher Group.
He was the past President of the Confederation of Indian Industry
(CII) and the Association of Indian Automobile Manufacturers and
the Vice President of the Tractor Manufacturers Association. He
was also a member of the Insurance Tariff Advisory Committee, the
Economic Development Board of the Government of Rajasthan.
He is currently associated as a Director of several Indian corporates
and multinationals.
He was appointed as a Director of the Company with effect from
June 27, 2008.
8 Mr V K Jairath –
Independent Director
Mr Jairath holds a B.A. degree in Public Administration and an
LLB degree from the Punjab University. He also holds a Masters in
Economics from the University of Manchester, UK, and joined the
Indian Administrative Service in 1982.
Mr Jairath has over 25 years of experience in public administration,
rural development, poverty alleviation, infrastructure, finance,
industry, urban development and environmental management.
He has held various positions as the Managing Director of SICOM,
Secretary to theGovernor of Maharashtra, Municipal Commissioner
of Kolhapur, Collector of Wardha, Principal Secretary (Industries),
Government of Maharashtra, besides being an Independent
Director on the Boards of Public Sector Companies and Banks. He
is currently on the Boards of Maharashtra Airport Development
Company and Avantha Power and Infrastructure Limited.
He was appointed as a Director of the Company with effect from
March 31, 2009.
9 Mr Ranendra Sen –
Independent Director
Mr Sen, graduated from St. Xavier’s College and joined the Indian
Foreign Services in 1966. He served in various capacities at
Embassies and Consulates in Moscow, San Francisco and Dhaka,
as Deputy Secretary and Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External
Affairs and as Secretary to the Atomic Energy Commission. He was
also the Joint Secretary to successive Prime Ministers responsible
for foreign and defence policies, atomic energy, space and other
tasks.
Mr Sen was assigned as the Ambassador to Mexico (1991-1992),
Russia (1992-1998) and reunified Germany (1998-2002), as the
High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (2002-2004) and as
the Ambassador to the United States (2004-2009). He is the first
Indian to serve as envoy to three P-5 and four G-8 capitals and has
participated in about 180 multilateral and bilateral summits.
He was appointed as a Director of the Company with effect from
June 1, 2010.
10 Dr Ralf Speth –
Non-Executive Director
Dr Speth is a Doctorate of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering
and Business Administration fromWarwick University, UK and holds
a degree in engineering from Rosenheim University, Germany,
Dr Speth worked as a business consultant for a number of years
before joining BMW in 1980. After serving BMW for 20 years,
Dr Speth joined Ford Motor Company’s Premier Automotive Group
as Director of Production, Quality and Product Planning.
Dr Speth was appointed to the post of Chief Executive Officer at
Jaguar Land Rover on February 18, 2010. He is on the Board of
Jaguar Land Rover PLC, UK and is also the Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of the two wholly-owned subsidiary companies,
Jaguar Cars Limited and Land Rover in UK.
Prior to this appointment, Dr Speth was Head of Global Operations
at the International Industrial Gases and Engineering Company,
The Linde Group.
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