Mr. A. Narayan
Mr. A. Narayan (59) began his career as a Management Trainee with ICI India Limited (now AkzoNobel India Limited) in 1973. He grew through diverse functions and businesses including a role as a Corporate Planning Manager at ICI Group HQ in London. He served as the Managing Director of ICI India during 1996-2003 and then as its Non-Executive Chairman over 2003-2010. He also served as the President & CEO of BHP Billiton India during 2005-2009.
Independent Director
Mr. Narayan is a B. Tech. from IIT Kanpur and also has formal qualifications in Law. He was a Fellow in Interdisciplinary Sciences at the University of Rochester, USA. He was a Commonwealth Scholar at the Manchester Business School in 1991 and a Fellow at the Aspen Institute, Colorado, USA in 1998.
Mr. Narayan joined the Board of the Company as an Independent Director in 2001. He is Chairman of the Shareholders/Investors Grievance Committee and the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit Committee.
