Mr Humayun Dhanrajgir

Mr Humayun Dhanrajgir is the Chairman and an Independent Director of our company. He is a graduate in Chemical Engineering from Loughborough University, United Kingdom, a member of the Institute of Chemical Engineers, United Kingdom and a member of the Chartered Engineer, London. He has also completed the advanced management program from Harvard Business School. He has a significant experience in the pharmaceutical industry. He has held several senior management positions including the position of the vice chairman and the managing director of Glaxo India Limited. Mr Dhanrajgir has also held the position of the managing director of Kodak India Limited and he retired from this position in October 2000. He was the president of the Organization of Pharmaceutical Producers of India in 1992 and was also a member of General Committee of Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Mr. Dhanrajgir is also a trustee of Breach Candy Hospital Trust, Mumbai and Lintas Employees Welfare Trust. He is a member of the Global Advisory Board of Asian Center for Corporate Governance and Sustainability. Mr Dhanrajgir has been on the Board since 2000.

Mr Shreekant Krushnaji Bapat

Mr Shreekant Bapat is an Independent Director and a Non-Executive Director of our company. He is a graduate in Commerce from Pune University. He is a highly distinguished erstwhile officer of the Indian Police Service who has held senior positions with the Government of India and the Government of Maharashtra such as Joint Director – Intelligence Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs, Commissioner of Police, Mumbai and Member of the Maharashtra Public Service Commission. Mr Bapat is a recipient of the President’s medal for distinguished service and Police medal for meritorious service. Mr Bapat was the president of the India chapter of a global philanthropic foundation for seven years. He has special interest in areas relating to national security, human resource development and corporate social responsibility. Mr Bapat has been on the Board since 1999.

Mr Berjis Minoo Desai

Mr. Berjis Desai is an Independent and a Non-Executive Director of our company.

Having practised transactional and dispute resolution laws, for the last 37 years, Berjis Desai, upon reaching 60, retired as Managing Partner of JSA, a national law firm having more than 300 lawyers across seven locations in India. A Master of Law (starred first) from the University of Cambridge, Berjis is now an independent legal counsel engaged in Private Client Practice, that is, succession and estate planning for HNIs and promoter families through wills, trusts and family arrangements; resolving family, testamentary and business disputes through mediation and confidential fast track arbitration; and regulatory aspects of offshore investments, residential status and citizenship, insolvency and asset reconstruction advisory.

A former journalist, Berjis Desai is a part time writer and columnist. His other interest includes breeding of thoroughbred horses and study of comparative religion. Mr Desai has been on the Board since 1997.

Mr. Samonnoi Banerjee

Mr. Samonnoi Banerjee is the Managing Director of Bain Capital Advisors (India).He joined Bain Capital in the year 2008. Bain Capital is one of the oldest and leading global private investment firms in the world. Prior to joining Bain Capital, he was an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company and led teams in the healthcare industry.

He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Colour Advisors India Private Limited.

Mr. Samonnoi received his MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He graduated with an MS in Economics and a BS in Chemical Engineering from BITS Pliani, Mumbai.

Mr Satish Ramanlal Mehta

Mr Satish Mehta is the Managing Director and the Chief Executive Officer of our company. He is a graduate in Science and a post graduate in Chemistry from the Pune University. He has also obtained a post graduate diploma in management from the Indian Institute of Managment, Ahmedabad. Mr Mehta has vast experience in the pharmaceutical industry. His leadership has made our company a major player in the pharmaceutical industry. He has been on the Board since 1981.

Dr. Mukund Keshao Gurjar

Dr. Mukund Gurjar is an Executive Director and Chief Scientific Officer (Research and Development) of our company. He is a graduate, a post graduate and Ph.D. in Chemistry from the Nagpur University. He also holds a second Ph. D. degree in Chemistry from the London University, United Kingdom as well as a post-doctoral fellowship from Toronto, Canada. Prior to joining our company, he was the deputy director of the National Chemical Laboratory, Pune where he spent 25 years spearheading innovative and advance research in Organic Chemistry. He has over 32 years of experience in pharmaceutical sciences and is a fellow at various national and international academies. He is a member of the editorial board of the prestigious journal Organic Process Research & Development published by the American Chemical Society. For his contributions to synthetic organic chemistry involving both basic and applied research, he has been felicitated with various awards. A large number of students have obtained Ph.Ds under the supervision of Dr.Gurjar and has published more than 200 papers in various international journals. He has been associated with our company since 2001 and also became a member of the Board in the same year.

Mr Sunil Mehta

Mr. Sunil Mehta is an Executive Director of the Company. He is a graduate in Commerce from the Pune University and a post graduate in Business Administration from the Institute of Management Development and Research, Pune. He has been associated with our company since October 1983. He joined the Board in 2013.

Mrs Namita Thapar

Mrs Namita Thapar is a graduate in Commerce from the Pune University. She is a Certified Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and received her MBA from the Fuqua School of Business in 2001.  She is currently the Executive Director of Emcure Pharmaceutical & is responsible for Finance, HR and Domestic Marketing. Prior to returning home to India, Namita worked in the US for Glaxo and Guidant (now Abbott) in various finance roles.

Mrs Thapar is also the Founder and CEO of Incredible Ideas Ltd, a franchisee of Young Entrepreneurs Academy, USA, which brings innovative entrepreneurship education to middle and high school students in India.

Namita is an active Member of Young Presidents Organization.

Mr. P. S. Jayakumar

Mr. P. S. Jayakumar, 58 years is a Chartered Accountant by qualification and also is PGDBM (Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management) from XLRI Jamshedpur. He was till recently the MD & CEO of Bank of Baroda, India's 2nd largest government owned bank. Prior to this, he was the Co-founder and CEO of VBHC Value Budget Housing (VBHC), a leader in housing for low and moderate income household from 2009 onwards. He was also the Co-founder and Non-Executive Promoter Director for Home First Finance Company, a housing finance focused on financing customers who are not able to access mortgage loans from the banking sector. 

He is a career banker and has spent over 23 years in Citibank in India and Singapore starting in 1986. He has had a long stint in retail banking in India and was also associated with the first asset securitisation in India in 1991. Mr. Jayakumar has held diverse assignments while at Citibank such as Treasurer - Consumer Bank, Business Development Head covering deposit and lending business, Managing Director for Citifinancial Ltd, Managing Director and Head of Citibank Consumer Loan for Asia Pacific Countries (covering Indonesia, Philippines, Australia, Hong Kong and Korea), Country Head - Citibank Consumer Business and Head of Balance Sheet Management - Asia Pacific. Mr. P. S. Jayakumar has also served as a Board Member in many of Citibank’s subsidiaries in India. 

Mr. Jayakumar has been a changemaker all his life continues to be involved in entrepreneurial activities in the financial services space. He sits on various boards, and advises and mentors many others.