He is a Member of the Board of Governors of The Anglo Scottish Education Society and Jt. He was the recipient of the “Ordre National du Merite” from the President of the Republic of France for his contribution in promoting Indo-French trade relations. He is a Director of the Bank from 16 th September, 2016. Khanna has been the past President of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry and also the Indo French Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He was the Non-Executive Chairman of Bata India Limited till 2 nd August, 2019. Khanna was also the Managing Director & CEO of Lafarge India from July 2005 to July 2011 and the Non-Executive Chairman of Lafarge India from July 2011 to September 2014. Khanna joined the Lafarge Group in Paris in June 2003 as Senior Vice President for Group Strategy, after an extensive experience of almost 30 years with Hindustan Lever/Unilever in a variety of financial, commercial and general management roles both nationally and internationally.
He has also worked as Vice Chairman of Lever Brothers in Nigeria and General Auditor for Unilever - North America, based in the USA and was the Senior Vice President - Finance, Unilever - Asia, based in Singapore. Khanna was the Financial Controller and Treasurer of Hindustan Unilever and was, thereafter, on the Board of Hindustan Unilever as Director - Exports. Uday Chander Khanna, aged 71 years, is a Chartered Accountant by qualification. Kotak was recipient of the ‘Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur of the Year Award’ in 2014, ‘Economic Times Business Leader of the Year Award’ in 2015, ‘Businessman of the Year 2016’ by Business India, ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ at Financial Express’ Best Banks’ Awards 2016, ‘USIBC Global Leadership Award’ at the 2018 India Ideas Summit organised by the U.S.-India Business Council, ‘Life Time Achievement Award’ at Magna Awards 2019 by Businessworld, ‘Best CEO in Banking Sector’ by the Business Today Best CEO Awards 2019 and ‘India Business Leader of the Year’ by CNBC-TV18 at the India Business Leader Awards 2021, amongst many others. He is a Member of the International Advisory Board of GIC Private Limited, Singapore and International Advisory Panel of Monetary Authority of Singapore, Investment Advisory Committee of the Army Group Insurance Fund and was the President of the Confederation of Indian Industry till 31 st May, 2021.He is also a Governing Member of the Mahindra United World College of India, Member of the Board of Governors of Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations and The Anglo Scottish Education Society (The Cathedral & John Connon School). Kotak’s leadership, over the past 35 years, the Kotak Group established a prominent presence in major areas of financial services including banking, stock broking, investment banking, car finance, life and general insurance and asset management. He is the Managing Director & CEO of the Bank and also its promoter. Uday Kotak, aged 62 years, holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce and a MMS degree from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai and was appointed as a Director on 21 st November, 1985. He was appointed as the Part-time Chairman of the Bank, with effect from 20 th July, 2018 and, thereafter, re-appointed for a period up to 31 st December, 2023. Apte was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the Bank, with effect from 18 th March, 2011. He was on the Boards of Syngenta Foundation India and Indo-Swiss Centre of Excellence upto 15 th July, 2021 and 8 th June, 2021, respectively. In the more than 16 years of successful leadership experience in agriculture business, he has gained diverse knowledge in various aspects of businesses and has been involved with many initiatives for technology, knowledge and skills upgradation in this sector, which is vital for India’s food security.
In a career spanning over 40 years, he has extensive experience in various areas of management, business leadership and agriculture sector. He was instrumental in setting up the Syngenta Foundation India which focuses on providing knowledge and support for adopting scientific growing systems to resource poor farmers and enabling their access to market. Apte has been the Non-Executive Chairman of SIL from May 2011 till September 2021. (Mechanical), served as Managing Director of Syngenta India Limited (“SIL”), an agricultural business company in India and a subsidiary of Syngenta Group, one of the largest research based agribusiness across the world, from November 2000 to April 2011. Non-Executive Independent Part-time Chairman
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