Mr. Sanjiv Puri (62) was appointed as the Chairman & Non-Executive Director on the Board of the Company with effect from 24th April, 2024.

Mr. Puri is the Chairman & Managing Director of ITC Limited (ITC). An alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, and the Wharton School of Business, USA, Mr. Puri joined ITC in January 1986. During his career of close to four decades at ITC and its subsidiaries, he has held several business leadership positions and also handled a wide range of responsibilities in manufacturing, operations and information & digital technology. He led ITC Infotech India Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of ITC, as its Managing Director from May 2006 to August 2009. Mr. Puri also served as Managing Director of Surya Nepal Private Limited, a joint venture subsidiary of ITC in Nepal, between October 2001 and April 2006.

Mr. Puri is the President of CII, the apex business and industry association in the country. He is the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, and Chairman of the Advisory Council of the CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development. He is a Director on the Board of US-India Strategic Partnership Forum, Member of the BRICS Business Council - India Chapter, and also a Member of the Governing Body of the National Council of Applied Economic Research.

He has served as the Chairman of the Expert Group constituted by the Fifteenth Finance Commission of the Government of India to promote agri-exports and a Member of the technology discussion group 'Farm to Table - driving India's agriculture sector digitally' constituted by the NITI Aayog. He was also the Chairman of the 'Action Council on ESG in Business' under the aegis of Business 20 India, the official dialogue forum with the global business community as part of India's G20 Presidency, as well as the Co-Chair of the 'Business Commission to Tackle Inequality' set up by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Geneva.

In 2024, Mr. Puri was honoured with the 'Business Leader of the Year Award' by the All India Management Association, 'Best CEO Award' by Business Today, and 'Transformational Leader Award 2022-23' by the Asian Centre for Corporate Governance and Sustainability. He was conferred with the 'IMPACT Person of the Year, 2020' Award by exchange4media, a leading online news platform, 'Distinguished Alumnus Award of the year 2018' by the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, and was also bestowed with an Honorary Doctorate by the XIM University, Bhubaneshwar.