BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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Mr. Rajesh Jain has more than 45 years of professional experience in India, Malawi and Zambia. He has extensive experience in Audit, Consulting and Corporate Finance. He has served KPMG in India and Africa for over 24 years and was one of the Founding Partners of KPMG in India. Prior to that he has worked with BDO (3 years), E&Y in India (3 years) and 20 years 5 Months in Walker Chandiok & Co. He is a fellow member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

Mr. Satish Rao has more than 33 years of experience across consumer food and B2B segments in India, USA and China in various fields like Sales & Marketing, Governance, Strategy and Mentoring. He has held various position viz. Chairman and Managing Director in Firmenich Aromatics Ltd in India, MD in Kohinoor Specialities in India, and VP, McCormick & Co Inc, USA. He has done his MBA and M.Sc in Analytic Chemistry from University of Mumbai.

Richa Arora has over three decades of extensive Board & CXO level experience in governance, strategy, business & cultural transformation, marketing, technology-enabled solutions, innovation across the value chain and ESG & sustainability. She is presently an Independent Director on the Board of Relaxo Footwears Limited and Grihum Housing Finance Limited, a Director on the board of Morphosis Venture Capital Limited incorporated at DFSI, Dubai, UAE, and a member of the governing council of Mobile Crèches, an NGO focused on early child development. She was previously Independent Director at Snapdeal Limited, First Meridian Business Services Limited, and was on the Board of Directors of “Tata NourishCo” and Tata group’s e-commerce venture “Tata Unistore” (Tata Cliq). Richa was earlier with the Tata group, where as COO she led the transformation of the consumer business of Tata Chemicals. Richa is a Chevening scholar from the London School of Economics, an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad and a Graduate in Economics from Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University.

Dr. Om Prakash Manchanda, is the Managing Director of Dr. Lal PathLabs Limited. He has successfully led the transformation of Dr. Lal Path Labs from a small business to a professionally run listed Company.

In 1990, Dr. Om joined Unilever Group of Companies (now Hindustan Unilever) as management trainee. He worked for HUL for nearly 10 years in various positions. In November, 1999, he moved to Monsanto India Limited as their National Marketing Manager and thereafter as their National Sales Manager. In early 2003, he joined Ranbaxy Laboratory Limited in their Global Consumer Healthcare division before joining Dr. Lal PathLabs in October 2005. He has done MBA from IIM Ahmedabad. He has also done Advanced Management Program from Harvard Business School. He is a graduate in veterinary sciences from HAU Hisar, Haryana.

Dr. Om Manchanda won prestigious awards of “EY Entrepreneur of the Year” for 2019 in the Healthcare and Life Sciences category. Recently he received ‘Healthcare Personality of the Year-2020’ award in the FICCI Healthcare Excellence Awards, organized in September 2020.

Mr. Harsha Raghavan is the Founder and Managing Partner of Convergent Finance LLP headquartered in Mumbai, India. Mr. Raghavan has been involved with the Indian private equity industry since 1996. He most recently served as the Founding Managing Director & CEO of Fairbridge Capital Private Limited, the Indian investing entity of Fairfax Financial Holdings, from 2009 to 2018.

He was also Head of India for Candover Investments, Co-Head of India for Goldman Sachs Principal Investment Area and Vice President of Indocean Chase Capital. Mr. Raghavan has experience investing over $3.0 billion across multiple continents, with a track record of value creation through intensive engagement with portfolio companies. At Fairbridge, Mr. Raghavan was responsible for all capital allocation decisions and led the investment of more than $2.1 billion, a figure that rose by over 2.6x to $5.5 billion in a seven-year period. Portfolio companies leveraged Mr. Raghavan's operational expertise and global networks to meet their strategic objectives, including mergers and acquisitions, business expansions, and board appointments.

Mr. Raghavan holds a Master of Business Administration degree and Master of Science degree in industrial engineering both from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California at Berkeley, where he double-majored in computer science and economics.

Mr. Manish Mehta is a Managing Director, Investments & co-CIO at Samara India Advisors Private Limited and has been with the company since 2010. Manish has led investments in the Consumer, Retail, Healthcare and Business Services verticals for Samara Capital Funds.

Prior to Samara India Advisors Private Limited in 2010, Manish worked with the Private Equity Fund at Lehman Brothers in New York. Before that, Manish was a Principal in a US$10 billion multi-strategy hedge fund at Barclays Global Investors. Manish also briefly worked in real estate private equity at Grove International Partners (Soros Fund) where he was covering India investments primarily in the hotel sector. Manish began his finance career with Lehman Brothers in 2001 in New York.

Manish earned his MBA from the Harvard Business School where he graduated with Distinction. Manish also has a Masters of Science in Transportation & Logistics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and received his Bachelors degree in engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee where he was the top ranking student in his class. Manish is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

Mr. Nitish Bajaj joined as Group Managing Director w.e.f. 25th November 2024 in Agro Tech Foods Limited. Mr. Nitish holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad; and a Degree in Bachelor of Technology in Metallurgical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (BHU).

Mr. Nitish has more than 28 years of extensive experience in business and marketing strategy, process restructuring, alternate channel development, innovation, digitization, and merger & acquisition in the Consumer Healthcare, FMCG and Automotive space. Prior to joining Agro Tech, Mr. Nitish was the CEO of Consumer Products Division, Piramal Pharma Limited, where he was instrumental in scaling the business and building a portfolio of strong Powerbands through robust consumer communication, channel expansion and innovation pipeline. Mr. Nitish had worked with organizations such as Piramal, CEAT Tyres, Reckitt Benckiser (India) Limited, Ranbaxy Global Consumer Healthcare and Heinz India Private Limited.

Asheesh Kumar Sharma is a graduate in Science from Jawaharlal Nehru University and holds an MMS from S P Jain Institute of Management and Research. Asheesh joined ATFL in July 2007 as General Manager – Marketing, and in July 2013, he assumed the role of Vice President-Marketing. Effective April 25, 2024, Asheesh was appointed as the Managing Director & CEO of the Company and later effective from November 25, 2024, his designation was changed to “Executive Director & CEO-Sundrop and Act-II business” of the Company.  His contributions have been instrumental in shaping ATFL’s marketing strategies and fostering business growth.

Prior to joining ATFL, Asheesh served as Marketing Manager – Fabric & Home Care, Health Care, and Baby Care at Procter & Gamble. Before that, he worked at Gillette, where he held positions as General Sales Manager and Regional Business Manager in Personal Care. Preceding his tenure at Gillette, Asheesh was associated with Marico, where he held roles as Area Sales Manager and Regional Manager in the West region. He began his career as a Management Trainee at Berger Paints, where he served for four years in the capacity of an Area Sales Manager.

Mr. Rajesh Jain, (Chairperson), Mr. Satish Rao, Ms. Richa Arora, Mr. Manish Mehta, Dr. Om Prakash Manchanda

Ms. Richa Arora, (Chairperson), Mr. Rajesh Jain, Mr. Satish Rao, Mr. Harsha Raghavan, Dr. Om Prakash Manchanda

Mr. Satish Rao (Chairperson), Mr. Rajesh Jain, Ms. Richa Arora, Dr. Om Prakash Manchanda

Ms. Richa Arora, (Chairperson), Mr. Satish Rao, Mr. Rajesh Jain, Mr. Harsha Raghavan, Mr. Manish Mehta, Mr. Asheesh Kumar Sharma, Dr. Om Prakash Manchanda

Mr. Satish Rao, (Chairman), Mr. Rajesh Jain, Ms. Richa Arora, Mr. Harsha Raghavan, Mr. Manish Mehta, Dr. Om Prakash Manchanda