Godrej Sustainability Report

NYRIKA HOLKAR Nyrika is the Executive Director, Godrej & Boyce and leads the legal and corporate advisory functions for all Godrej & Boyce companies. She is involved in talent management, portfolio strategy, knowledge management and risk management across the businesses. She graduated summa cum laude with a BA in Philosophy and Economics from Colorado College. She then obtained an LL.B and an LL.M degree from University College London and qualified as a Solicitor from the United Kingdom. Nyrika is on the Board of Directors of the Centre for the Advancement of Philanthropy and the Jaldhaara Foundation. NAVROZE GODREJ Navroze is the Non-Executive Director at Godrej & Boyce, India. His belief that the innovation process can be used for identifying hidden opportunities which can ameliorate the lives of people in unforeseeable ways led him to set up the Innovation Centre at Godrej & Boyce. The centre implements Disruptive Innovation and Human-Centred Design and works with a diverse set of employees from various Godrej & Boyce businesses to imbibe a culture of innovation at a grassroots level. He holds a Master of Design degree from the IIT Institute of Design, Chicago. KAVAS PETIGARA Kavas Petigara is a Non-Executive Independent Director of the Company and the Managing Partner of Scitech Corporation. He is a chemical consultant and a businessman and has been associated with chemical and allied business activities in India and abroad for many years. He is on the Boards of Godrej Industries Ltd., Godrej Agrovet Ltd., Vora Soaps Ltd. and Swadeshi Detergents Ltd. PRADIP SHAH Pradip Shah is a Non-Executive Independent Director of the Company and was the founder Managing Director of The Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited (CRISIL), India’s first and largest credit rating agency. He is a qualified Cost Accountant and ranked first in India in the chartered accountancy examinations. He has given talks in India, Europe, Southeast Asia, Australia and the United States on credit rating, housing finance, capital markets, venture capital and allied subjects. ANITA RAMACHANDRAN Anita Ramachandran is a Non-Executive Independent Director of the Company. She is a leading human resources consultant in India and is well known for her work in compensation and HR strategy. She has won several academic honours and was a Dorab Tata scholar for six years. She has been a champion of various women’s causes. KEKI ELAVIA Keki Elavia is a Non-Executive Independent Director of the Company and a Chartered Accountant in Public Practice. He is a member of India UK Accountancy Task Force, constituted by the Ministry of Commerce, Government of India. The Reserve Bank of India appointed him as a member of the Indian Advisory Committee of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, where he was the Chairman of its Audit and Corporate Governance Committee. He is a member of the Board of Godrej Industries Ltd. For details on the various committees of the board as on 31st March 2019, please refer Page Nos. 7-8 of the Annual Report FY 2018-19, available at https://www.godrejandboyce.com/godrejandboyce/PDF/2018-19-G &B-Annual-Report.pdf 22