BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Mr. Vinod Bahety is a Wholetime Director and Chief Executive Officer of Ambuja Cements Limited and ACC Limited (“Cement Business”) effective from 1st April 2025 and prior to this, he held the position of Chief Financial Officer of Cement business. He has more than 25 years of corporate experience in various leadership positions in the Manufacturing and Finance industries. Prior to joining as the CFO of Cement business, he served as the Group Head for Merger & Acquisition at Adani Group.

He played a crucial role in several major M&A mandates for the Group. During his tenure in the banking industry, he successfully led some of the largest mandates in infrastructure projects financing, contributing significantly to nation building. He holds qualifications as a Chartered Accountant (CA) and a Cost and Works Accountant (CWA).

Mr. Vaibhav Dixit holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering from Madhav Institute of Technology and Sciences, Gwalior, under Jiwaji University. Mr. Dixit is presently serving as the Head-Manufacturing at Cement business. His career spans over 24 years in the cement industry, with significant roles at ACC Limited, including Unit Head of Jamul Cement Works, Unit Head of Sindri Cement Works, Project Head at Sindri, Head Engineering of Bargarh Cement Works, and Chief Manager Maintenance of Kymore Cement Works.

Mr. Dixit is recognized for his expertise in plant operations, project implementation, and stakeholder management. His core competencies include domain knowledge, operational excellence, leadership, P&L management, and stakeholder management.

Mr. Rohit is a Chartered Accountant and Alumni of Harvard Business School, Boston, USA (General Management Program GMP). Mr. Rohit brings with him over 19 years of rich experience in managing complex businesses in Metal & Mining industry, both in India & overseas. His experience spans across Business Controllership, Risk Management & Governance, Financial reporting to the Board, Systems and process deployment, Business Partnering, M&A and financial due diligence, and creating Commercial value. Prior to joining us, Mr. Rohit has worked with Vedanta group in various roles. His immediate past assignment was as Chief Procurement Officer for Vedanta Group, as also CFO of various Vedanta SPVs.

Mr. Nanavati is a multifaceted, magnanimous, and charismatic personality shouldering responsibility as the President of GLS University. He is a Senior Advocate in the Gujarat High Court and the Supreme Court, with more than 50 years of legal experience. While he is widely known for his expertise and acumen in the legal domain, he has broad institution building capabilities. One of the leading educationists, the Gujarat Law Society has made significant progress under his leadership. He is also an Honorary Doctorate recipient from Gujarat University for his noble service in the fields of legal education and social welfare.

He is actively involved in various educational associations, including Forum of Private Universities, GSFC University, Shreyarth University, and National Law University, Delhi, to name a few. He is also appointed as Ambassador of Gujarat for “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan” by the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Gujarat State and the Government of India. He has been awarded “The Contemporary Achiever Award” by Divya Bhaskar, the “Gold Star Award” by the Indian Achievers Forum for Excellence in Education and the “Indian Achiever Award” by the Indo-Thai Business Community Forum.

Mr. Ravi Kapoor is a post graduate in commerce, a Fellow Member of ICSI, Post graduate diploma on Intellectual property from National Law School of India, Bangalore, an Insolvency Professional and has also cleared CAIIB examinations. With initial exposure as a bank employee, he shifted to private job as Company Secretary in 1989. After working with corporate for seven years started his independent practice in 1996. In his professional career he has been involved in handled various corporate level assignments, restructuring, mergers, including cross border merger and is also a Trademark agent and advises his clients on IPR. Widely travelled has visited Frankfurt, Korea, London, Hong Kong, Dubai, Singapore, Indonesia on professional assignments. Has not only handled assignments as IRP/RP and Liquidator but has also submitted resolution plans for the clients.

He has been involved in institute activities since 1989 and had been Chairman of Ahmedabad Chapter of ICSI and also Chairman of Western India Regional Council. He is also on the Board of several companies including listed entities.

Mrs. Shruti Shah is a Chartered Accountant by profession. She is a partner of Pravin P. Shah & Company since August 2006. Earlier she worked as a manager with Haribhakti & Company and prior to that with Aneja Associates. She is engaged in providing Tax Advisory and Estate Planning Services. Shruti has over 15 years of rich and diverse experience in various fields. Shruti has a degree in commerce from the N M College and a degree in law from JCCL, both under the University of Mumbai.