February 2021
- BFSI
- Shantanu Mitra appointed as CEO & MD of Fullerton India
- Aegon Life Insurance elevates Satishwar Balakrishnan as the CEO
- Matam Venkata Rao appointed as MD & CEO of Central Bank of India
- LIC Housing Finance elevates Viswanatha Gowd as CEO
- IIFL Asset Management appoints Manoj Shenoy as CEO
- PrimaDollar India appoints existing leader Swati Babel as the CEO
- WeWorks Ex Country Head Sucheta Mahapatra Joins Branch International as MD
- BEENEXT promotes Hero Choudhary to Managing Partner, Faiz Rahman appointed new Partner
- Yagnesh Parikh quits ICICI Securities, joins AK Capital Services as Group CTO
- Angel Broking Limited appoints Ankit Rastogi as Chief Product Officer
- AU Small Finance Bank Appoints new CTO
- Bajaj Capital appoints AS Krishna as Chief Corporate Officer
- Bandhan Bank appoints Arvind Singla as Head – Operations & Technology
- MSME & Start-up forum Bharat appoints Sanjeev Singhai as National VP
- BharatPe appoints Gautam Kaushik as 2nd Group President
- John Cherian joins Continental Group as new CTO
- Creation Investments Opens India Office and Appoints Finance Veteran Remika Agarwal as Country Head, Launches India-Focused Debt Fund
- Curve Names CreditEase Investment Leader and Former Citi and Standard Chartered Chief Anju Patwardhan as Non-executive Director
- Dhanlaxmi Bank approves appointment of G Subramonia Iyer as Part Time Chairman
- Ebixcash World Money India announces change in company Secretary
- Ellora Trading accepts resignation of CFO Bhautik Sureshkumar Darji
- GCM Commodity & Derivatives CFO Sanjay Mishra Resigns
- Goldman appoints Swati Bhatia, David Stark to lead roles in consumer banking
- GramCover expands leadership to scale technology, onboards ex Policybazaar as CTO
- Groww makes senior-level appointments as it eyes growth
- Thomson Thomas CIO of HDFC Life resigns
- ICICI Prudential AMC appoints Anand Shah to lead its PMS and AIF Investments division
- Indian School Finance Company appoints Hari Padmanabhan as its independent director
- IndusInd Bank appoints Head-IT Infrastructure Projects
- Investcorp appoints firm veteran Harsh Shethia to head India business
- ISL Consulting CFO Hiteshkumar Chhaganlal Kothari resigns
- ISL Consulting to appoint Nishant Dipakbhai Thakkar as CFO
- ITI MF Announces Appointment of Fund Manager and Key Personnel
- Former SBI chairman joins Kotak special situations fund as exclusive adviser
- L Catterton ropes in seniors from Affinity Equity, Sequoia
- Leading Leasing Finance and Investment Company CEO Solomon Peter tenders resignation
- Lendingkart announces three key leadership appointments
- LIC Mutual Fund Announces Appointment of Director
- Max Life Insurance appoints Amrit Singh as CFO and Executive Vice President, Strategy
- Motilal Oswal ropes in Gaurav Saravgi to strengthen capital market vertical
- N+1 Capital appoints former Trifecta Capital executives as partner, CFO
- India sovereign fund NIIF hires Morgan Stanley infrastructure dealmaker Momaya
- Jaskaran Singh Kapany moves on from Paytm as VP-Marketing
- PNB Gilts appoints Chandra Prakash as CFO
- Prem Somani Financial CFO Jitendra Khandelwal resigns
- Religare appoints Hamid Ahmed and Dr. Vijay Shankar Madan as Independent Directors
- Sharekhan appoints Rohit Ambosta as Chief Information Officer
- Former bureaucrat KP Krishnan is new chairman of Shriram Capital board
- SMIFS Capital Markets reappoints Kishor Shah as MD
- SoftBank Vision Fund hires Microsoft’s venture fund chief Nagraj Kashyap
- SSPN Finance Ltd CEO Vivek Pratap Singh resigns
- Former KKR credit head Kapil Singhal joins True North’s debt business
- Tube Investments of India appoints Arun Murugappan as Chairman
- Preeti Sinha to lead UN Capital Development Fund
- Consumer
- Tata Starbucks appoints Sushant Dash as new CEO, Navin Gurnaney to step down
- H&M appoints Yanira Ramirez as country sales manager for India
- CARS24 appoints Kunal Mundra as new CEO for its cars vertical in India
- BoAt announces Vivek Gambhir as Chief Executive Officer
- Page Industries appoints V S Ganesh as ED & CEO
- Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd appoints Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla as Chairman
- DCM Ltd appoints Bipin Maira as Chairman of the Board
- Grasim Industries reappoints Dilip Gaur as MD
- Arvind Kumar Ramjatan Patel named as CFO of Balgopal Commercial
- Board of Century Plyboards (India) approves change in Directorate
- Dabur India Names Narendra Agrawal as its New Global CIO
- Manish Garg from Medlife joins DealShare as Chief Strategy Officer
- Future Lifestyle Fashions appoints Dharmesh Jain as CFO
- Herjit Bhalla of The Hershey Company elevated as VP- India and AEMEA
- Ashish Goenka Takes Charge as Jubilant Foodworks’ CFO
- Jubilant Foodworks CFO Prakash Chandra Bisht resigns
- Kaveri Seed Company appoints director
- Kellogg Company ropes in Amit Atri as Digital Transformation head
- Preeti Binoy joins Kimberly Clark India as head of comms & government affairs
- Licious appoints Simeran Bhasin as VP – Brands & New Ventures
- Lux Industries CFO Ajay Kumar Patodia resigns
- Mansi Tiwari Somvanshi joins Marico as Head- Corporate Communications
- Milk Mantra appoints former-Lactalis Sandipan Ghosh as chief operating officer
- Mini Diamonds (India) CFO Ronish U Shah resigns
- MMTC-PAMP appoints Anika Agarwal as president of consumer business
- Nidhi Granites appoints Kavita Shah as CFO
- Manu Sharma appointed as Vice President and General Manager of Nothing India
- Page Industries CEO Vedji Ticku resigns
- RCL Retail appoints Mahipal Sanghvi ss CFO
- Navin Gurnaney set to join Reliance Brands
- Simbhaoli Sugars appoints Aseem Sehgal as Director
- Anahita Dhondy resigns from SodaBottleOpenerWala, initiates her entrepreneurial journey
- Board of Tamil Nadu Newsprint & Papers approves change in CFO
- Titan appoints L&T’s Ashok Kumar Sonthalia as its new CFO
- Titan CHRO Raj Narayan to retire; Swadesh Behera to join as CHRO
- L’Oréal’s Anvesha Poswalia joins Unilever India
- Anand Vijay Jha joins United Breweries as SVP & Chief of Corporate Affairs
- Welspun Enterprises CFO Sridhar Narasimhan resigns
- Hospitality
- Arval UK names Lakshmi Moorthy as new MD
- Sushil Kumar Gupta resigns as Chairman & MD of Asian Hotels (West)
- IHCL appoints Parveen Kumar Chander as Senior Vice President – Sales & Marketing
- Rahul R. Nair joins Hyatt Centric MG Road Bangalore as Director of Sales and Marketing
- Grand Hyatt Kochi Bolgatty appoints Chef Yogender Pal as Executive Chef
- Hyatt Centric MG Road Bangalore appoints Vikrant Dhingra as Revenue Manager
- ibis elevates Pranjali Dhotre as General Manager of ibis Pune Viman Nagar
- Sita Lekshmi joins ibis Kochi City Centre as General Manager
- Gaurav Pokhariyal to take over from PV Murthy at Indian Hotels
- IndiGo appoints Jiten Chopra as Chief Financial Officer
- Intercontinental Chennai Mahabalipuram Resort appoints Kunal Shanker as General Manager
- Le Meridien Hyderabad appoints Nitin Marriya as Hotel Manager
- Mercure Hyderabad KCP appoints Suman Kirthi Raj as new Chef De Cuisine
- Novotel Ahmedabad appoints Aditi Pal as Director of Sales & Marketing
- OYO Hotels & Homes announces leadership team reshuffle
- Ramada by Wyndham Lucknow appoints Gaurrav K Magoo as General Manager
- Ramada by Wyndham Udaipur Resort & Spa appoints Vivek Kumar as General Manager
- Ramada Kasauli welcomes Deepak Gupta as General Manager
- Renaissance Bengaluru Race Course Hotel appoints Tejus Jose as General Manager
- Aneesh Mohammed joins Sarovar Hotels as Regional Sales Manager for North
- Amit Gera joins Sayaji Hotels as the new General Manager Operations
- Industrial
- Marc Llistosella replaces Guenter Butschek as CEO & MD of Tata Motors
- Jyoti Malhotra Appointed As Managing Director Volvo Car India
- Anurag Mehrotra returns as the MD of Ford India, to curate new plan for independent operation
- Sterlite Power elevates Manish Agarwal as CEO of Infrastructure and Solutions Business
- As Pawan Goenka retires, Anish Shah to drive M&M
- OLX Autos appoints Gautam Thakar as global CEO
- Ramakrishna Karanth appointed CEO Siegwerk India
- Jindal Power Limited appoints mining industry veteran Anil Kumar Jha as Chairman; Naveen Jindal says ‘welcome to JPL family’
- ABB India announces change in Chairman
- Board of Adani Green Energy appoints director and CFO
- Adani Power appointed Nitin Rohilla as new CIO
- Adani Transmission Kaushal Shah resigns as CFO
- Pankaj Poddar appointed AVP- HR , Aditya Birla Group , Ultratech, DCW
- Haseeb Drabu formally joins Air Works as independent director
- Alkyl Amines Chemicals appoints CFO
- Madras University graduate appointed VP, CIO of storied American paint company
- ArcelorMittal Appoints Aditya Mittal as its New CEO
- Ashok Alco-Chem approves appointment of CEO, CFO & Company Secretary
- Rajendra J Anandpara resigns as Md of Banco Products India
- Best Power Equipments appoints Vivek Parasher as Vice President Sales & Marketing – International
- Vitesh Barar takes interim charge from Pallavi Singh at BMW India
- Abhishek Kumar Sahal has resigned as CFO of CDG Petchem
- Arun Alagappan appointed as whole-time Director of Coromandel International
- Board of DE Nora India approves appointment of director
- Rohit Mittal resigns as CEO & CFO of Delta Industrial Resources
- Siddhartha Lal has been re-appointed MD For 5 Years of Eicher Motors Ltd
- Board of Foseco India approves change in CFO
- Board of GE T&D India approves change in directorate
- GE T&D India appoints Mahesh Palashikar as Chairman
- General Electric names Gayatri Rath as Executive Director, Communications, GE South Asia
- Rajat Gupta appointed as General Manager, Marketing, at Goldi Solar
- Sanjay Sharma appointed Sales Head for Goodyear Lubricants
- Board of Grauer & Weil (India) appoints director
- Greaves Cotton appoints Dalpat Jain as Group CFO
- Havells Indian Welcomes V Krishnan as their New CHRO
- Hero MotoCorp appoints Ravi Avalur to Head Harley-Davidson business
- Him Teknoforge appoints Aditya Aggarwal as CFO
- Gurmeet Kaur to Head Strategic Mktg, Polyurethanes, Indian Sub-continent at Huntsman
- Indian Energy Exchange names S N Goel as Executive Chairman, MD till new MD is appointed
- Jindal Stainless approves re-appointment of Abhyuday Jindal as MD for another 3 Yrs
- Jubilant Industries reappoints Manu Ahuja as CEO, MD
- Kddl Ltd CFO Raja Sekhar resigns
- Khaitan Chemicals And Fertilizers appoints Utsav Khaitan as Joint MD
- Maan Aluminium appoints Viksit Chadha as Additional Director
- Mahindra Group appoints Manoj Bhat as group CFO
- Man Industries (India) appoints director
- Man Industries appoints Narendra Mairpady as Additional Director
- Mauria Udyog CFO Yogesh Mathur resigns
- Meritor Announces Executive Appointments
- Piramal Group Announces the Appointment of Kalpesh Kikani as CEO, Piramal Alternatives
- Board of Pricol approves resignation of director and appoints CFO
- QuEST Global appoints Lindsey Gauthier as General Counsel
- Yogesh Tewari joins RP Sanjiv Goenka Group as Vice President Marketing
- Board of Siemens approves change in directorate
- Board of Stovec Industries approves change in directorate
- Sundram Fasteners Ltd MD Arathi Krishna has been reappointed
- Supreme Engineering CFO Vijay Salate tenders resignation
- Synergy Green Industries names Sachin Shirgaokar as Chairman
- Tata Chemicals appoints Nandakumar S. Tirumalai as CFO
- RT Wasan quits Tata Motors after 28 years
- Tata Motors International PV Business Head Sujan Roy Quits
- TVS Motor appoints Timothy Prentice as Vice President – Design
- GR Arun Kumar resigns as CFO of Vedanta
- Vestas appoints Purvin Patel as new regional president of Asia Pacific
- Windsor Machines CEO T S Rajan resigns
- Media & Entertainment
- Shivendra Gupta given new role as Managing Director of Business Standard
- Kantar Public hires India CEO
- Things2do appoints Roch D’souza as CEO
- TV Today gets MIB approval for appointing Rahul Kumar Shaw as CEO – TV & Radio biz
- Quint Digital Media bags approval to re-appoint Ritu Kapur as MD & CEO
- Cheil Worldwide appoints Will Jin as Managing Director of Cheil South West Asia
- Pawan Jailkhani steps down as CRO of 9X Media Group
- Adfactors PR appoints R. Sriram as Director of Strategic Communications Group (SCG)
- AK Bhattacharya appointed as Executive Director of Business Standard
- Uday Shankar joins Business Standard Board
- Conran Design Group appoints Mayuri Nikumbh as head of design
- Creative Monkeys strengthens leadership team as part of their growth strategy
- Discovery Communications onboards Azmat Jagmag as Head of Marketing & Corp Comm
- Deepak Jacob steps down as Disney Chief Regional Counsel, DTC & Intl – India, ME & SEA
- Roopa Sharma from Netflix joins Disney+ Hotstar as director, marketing
- Star-Disney India appoints Tirthankar Dutta as VP & CISO
- Ashutosh Munshi elevated as Head of Brand APAC at Edelman
- FoxyMoron appoints Dhruv Warrior as National Creative Director
- FoxyMoron names Punkaj Saini as Business Head-West
- Gannett appoints Vinayak Hegde as independent director
- Garage Worldwide appoints Omkar Joshi as Creative Head
- Navneet Singh joins Hashtag Orange as Creative Director
- Infectious Advertising appoints Rashid Ahmed as head of digital
- Interactive Avenues appoints Sahiba Sachdev as Media Head – North & East
- Hemant Mehta exits Kantar after three decades with the company
- L&K Saatchi & Saatchi appoints Dipti Rode as Senior Creative Director
- Mitron TV Onboards Ex Republic TV & Ex OYO Executives
- Moneycontrol appoints S Shivakumar as COO- branded content
- Pradeep Bhandari quits Republic Bharat
- Sony Music Entertainment appoints Sangeetha Aiyer as Director: Promotions
- Think Strawberries appoints Yamini Singh as new Head of Media
- Tilt Brand Solutions appoints Mandar Gore as Senior Director – Strategy
- TV9 ropes in senior journalist Deep Upadhyay
- Wolfzhowl Strategic Instigations appoints Mohammed Taslim Arif as senior strategist
- Wondrlab strengthens creative team with key appointments
- Zenith India names Ramsai Panchapakesan as National Buying Head
- TECH & TELECOM
- Google Cloud appoints former AWS exec Bikram Singh Bedi as India MD
- Chris Connell Joins Kaspersky as its APAC MD
- Practus Appoints Deepak Narayanan as CEO
- Wolters Kluwer India appoints Harish Ramachandran as Country Head, India
- UiPath appoints Anil Bhasin as new India head
- Wipro appoints Graziella Neuvéglise as Regional Head and Managing Director, Southern Europe
- Wipro appoints René Mulder as Country Head and Managing Director, Switzerland
- Wipro Appoints Tomoaki Takeuchi as Country Head & Managing Director for Japan
- Former Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri joins Inmarsat
- Indifi Technologies appoints Aditya Harkauli as Chief Business Officer
- Rajesh Balasubramanian appointed head-people & culture, Accolite
- Airtel appoints Neeraj Jha as Head of Corporate Communications and Corporate Affairs
- Blackhawk Network announces Nikhil Sathe as Chief Technology Officer
- Anuj Vaid appointed as CMS IT Services’ new Executive Director
- Corsight appoints India and Oceania directors
- CredoLab strengthens senior leadership team with new hires
- Dangal Games announces key leadership appointments
- Databricks Appoints Vinod Marur as Senior Vice President of Engineering
- Deepak Jacob joins Dream11 parent company as Group General Counsel
- Druva appoints Scott Morris as VP of Sales – APJ
- FarEye appoints Suvrat Joshi as Chief Product Officer
- HappyPlus appoints Vimal Kumar as Director – Strategic Communication
- K.S Pathania CFO International Data Management resigns
- Tanuja Rai Pradhan quits as Jio’s Special Projects Head
- JK Technosoft appoints Ram Kumar as VP Sales (U.K. & Europe)
- Kovai.co appoints Sunil Krishna Pillai as VP – marketing, Suprej Venkat as Director – engineering
- PUBG Mobile creator Krafton appoints new Regional Head (Corporate Development) for India and MENA
- Microland appoints industry veteran Vivek Radhakrishnan, as Senior Vice President, North America
- MX Player ropes in Siddharth Mantri as SVP – Product
- Srikanth Balachandran moves from Bharti Global, joins Oneweb as CFO
- POSist appoints ex-CEO of Pizza Hut & Costa Coffee India, as Chief Growth Officer to drive global expansion
- Board of Riddhi Corporate Services approves change in company secretary
- RingCentral to open two innovation centers in India, RingCentral has also appointed Anil Goel as its vice-president of engineering and India general manager
- Route Mobile names new Executive VP-Americas
- Sandhar Technologies CFO Puru Aggarwal resigns
- SAP Paul Marriott as President for Asia Pacific Japan
- Saven Technologies reappoints Murty Gudipati as CEO
- Silicon Labs Appoints Dr. Manish Kothari to Scale Wireless Development Center in India
- TAAL Enterprises appoints Jitendra Muthiyan as CFO
- Milind Kulkarni Appointed as the Chief Financial Officer of Tech Mahindra
- Tufin Expands its Footprint in India With New Hires
- Twitter India’s Public Policy head Mahima Kaul resigns
- Vedantu names Mohit Mathur as Biz Excellence Head
- Vehere appoints Sunil Kalia as Director, Professional Services and Customer Support
- Vernacular.ai appoints two new executives to drive growth
- Vertiv Holdings announces three key senior leadership appointments
- Vimta Labs appoints Narahai Naidu as CFO
- Vodafone Idea appoints Mathan Babu Kasilingam as CISO
- Veteran IT Industry leader, Shigeru Harasawa, joins Sales Acceleration company, Vymo, as Japan President
- WhiteHat Jr appoints new Director HR
- Others
- Maersk appoints Vikash Agarwal as MD – South Asia
- HCG announces joining of Raj Gore as CEO to strengthen leadership team and drive consolidation strategy and growth in oncology
- Ziqitza Healthcare Limited, announces the appointment of Mr. Amitabh Jaipuria As MD & CEO
- Avigna Group appoints Binay Jha as CEO and Director of Avigna Space
- Lee Hecht Harrison appoints Anjali Vaishal as MD – India
- Sical appoints new MD; independent directors resign
- Sonal Singhal appointed as managing director of JAS India
- IIT Kanpur Development Foundation Appoints First CEO
- Godrej Properties reappoints Mohit Malhotra as CEO & MD
- Bhartiya Urban appoints Ashwinder R Singh as Chief Executive Officer – Residential at Bhartiya City
- Dharana at Shillim appoints Sudha Nair as Wellness Director
- Dr Rajeev Singh Raghuvanshi appointed Secretary-cum-Scientific Director of Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission
- Jeevan Scientific Technology CFO Krishna Kishore Kuchipudi resigns
- Jeevan Scientific Technology appoints Srikanth Sasidhar Mathamsettyas CFO
- Board of Kilitch Drugs (India) approves change in CFO and company secretary
- LAVA Therapeutics Appoints Dr. Kapil Dhingra as Chairman of the Board of Directors in Advance of Lead Program Entering the Clinic
- Lupin appoints Mark D McDade as independent director
- Metropolis Healthcare Ltd reappoints Ameera Sushil Shah as MD
- S Sridhar appointed as President of Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India
- Pfizer reappoints S.Sridhar as MD
- Acknowledged scientific leader and Novartis veteran joins Sai Life Sciences
- Sanofi India re-appoints Aditya Narayan as Independent Director and Chairman
- Wellness company Vahdam India appoints LendingKart’s Mohit Bajaj as its CFO
- Dr Harinder Bedi appointed as President of VAI
- Ajmera Realty & Infra India approves appointment of Nitin Bavisi as CFO
- Eldeco Housing CFO Sushil Dutt Mishra resigns
- Hemadri Cements CEO S. Vivekanandan Murugan resigns
- Ar CR Raju is new president of Indian Institute of Architects (IIA)
- ILC Group Names Nihit Kumar General Manager & Head – Marketing
- Infra Industries CFO Sagar Rameshchandra Parab resigns
- PNC Infratech appoints Bhupinder Kumar Sawhney as CFO
- Puravankara CFO Kuldeep Chawla resigns
- AZB Pune homegrown cap markets partner Richa Choudhary leaves
- Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas welcomes B Sriram as Senior Advisor – Financial Institutions Group
- HSA at 26 partners with Delhi-hire of litigator-academic Dr Madhumita Kothari (no plans to grow beyond 30)
- Khaitan & Co appoints Tanu Banerjee as Partner in tech, telecom practice
- Link Legal hires P&A’s Ketan Mukhija, Guarav Priyadarshi & team as partners
- Trilegal votes in AZB’s cap markets partner Richa Choudhary
- BCCI appoint Delhi Capitals CEO Dhiraj Malhotra as GM
- Arun Rajamani Joins Cambridge to Lead South Asia Region
- Prof. (Dr.) Jagbir Singh appointed as the new Chancellor of Central University of Punjab
- Atul Yadhav nominated as CII Goa Council Chairman, Swati Salgaocar Vice Chairman
- D K Mohanty appointed as chairman of CII for Vizag zone
- Tata Steel VP Chanakya Chaudhary elected chairman of CII Jharkhand
- Educational Initiatives appoints Anand Prakash as senior VP of consumer business
- EuroKids International appoints Bijou Kurien to its Board
- GSK Velu is new Chairperson of FICCI, TN State Council
- CA Nihar Jambusaria elected as new President of ICAI
- India’s Ajay Mathur to take over as ISA chief
- Neel Pandya named Head of the ISA Media Forum
- Anupam Gurani joins Lead School as CMO
- Randstad RiseSmart continues to drive expansion and growth across Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa with key leadership appointments
- Rishihood University onboards Ravinder Pal Singh as Chief Information & Innovation Officer
- Sical Logisticsacceps resignation of MD KN Ramesh
- Talentedge appoints Abhinav Upadhyay as Chief Marketing Officer
- TeamLease CFO Narayanaswamy Ravi Vishwanath steps down
- UN chief Antonio Guterres Appoints Usha Rao-Monari of India as Under-Secretary-General and Associate Administrator of UNDP
- Soumya appointed VISA country manager for Bangladesh
- Government
- Shri Anuj Aggarwal has given Additional charge as AAI chairman
- Dredging Corporation appoints George Victor as MD, CEO
- Shri P.M Prasad assumed charge as CMD BCCL
- Shri M V Rajasekhar assumed additional charge as CMD, BEML
- Dr Shakti Gupta Appointed Ex. Director AIIMS, Jammu
- Executive director appointed for Madurai AIIMS
- Shri Narayan Dash promoted to post of ED Safety and Secure, CIL
- Shri. R.K. Sabharwal assumed the Additional Charge of CMD, EIL
- Arup Sinha takes over as Executive Director – Regional Services, Northern Region, IOC
- K Sailendra appointed ED, Indian Oil Southern Region
- Sanjaya Bhatnagar takes charge as head of IOC’s Gujarat
- Umakant Dash appointed as IRMA director
- N-E Chairmen appointed for BoDs of JPDCL, KPDCL, JKPTCL
- V R Krishna Teja is the new Kerala Tourism Director
- Kerala govt appoints Tapan Rayaguru as CEO of KSUM
- SN Subrahmanyan appointed as chairman of National Safety Council
- Rahul Jain to take over as DG, Railways Board
- Shri. S. M. Chaudhary takes over as Acting Director Employee of SECL