Sanjiv Puri appointed Chairman- ITC Limited

ad
Sanjiv Puri ITC
Sanjiv Puri ITC

Shri Sanjiv Puri presently Managing Director of ITC Limited since May 16, 2018 , has been appointed as Chairman and MD, ITC Limited. Shri Puri has been its Director since December 6, 2015. Shri Puri served as Chief Executive Officer of ITC Limited since February 5, 2017 until May 16, 2018. Shri Puri serves as Senior Vice Chairman of ITC Infotech India Ltd. Mr. Puri served as the Chief Operating Officer at ITC Limited since July 22, 2016 until February 5, 2017. He was responsible for overseeing the FMCG, Paperboards, Paper & Packaging and Agri Businesses of ITC. Shri Puri served as Director for FMCG Business at ITC Limited since December 2015. He was President, FMCG Businesses – Cigarettes, Foods, Personal Care, Education & Stationery Products, Matches and Agarbattis, since December 2014. Shri Puri served as the Divisional Chief Executive of India Tobacco Division at ITC Limited since 2009, with additional responsibility for itsTrade Marketing & Distribution Vertical. Mr. Puri served as the Managing Director at ITC Infotech India Ltd., since May 2006 to August 2009. Shri Puri served as the Managing Director of Surya Nepal from 2001 to 2006, a subsidiary of ITC Ltd., responsible for diversifying the operations of Surya into apparel retail and exports, making Surya Nepal one of the largest private sector companies in Nepal. He joined ITC Ltd. in 1986. He was a Trainee at TELCO Ltd. Shri Puri has held several key positions in the technical and engineering functions of the group focusing on technology, process and Quality. Mr. Puri serves as a Director of ITC Infotech Inc. USA & ITC Infotech Ltd., UK – the two 100 % subsidiaries of ITC Infotech India Ltd and CLI3L e-Services Ltd – the joint venture between ITC Infotech India Ltd. and ClientLogic, USA. He serves as a Non-Executive Director of ITC Infotech India Ltd. He is Senior Vice-Chairman of ITC Infotech Limited, UK and ITC Infotech (USA), Inc. He is Chairman of Surya Nepal Private Limited. Shi Puri is a graduate engineer from Indian Institute of technology Kanpur and is an alumnus from Wharton School in Philadelphia. He has handled a wide range of responsibilities including business leadership positions as well as in manufacturing, operations and information & digital technology. He has also been a Director on the Board of The Tobacco Institute of India and past Member of the Board of Governors of the Media Research Users Council. He has served as the Chairman of the Agri & Food Processing Task Force of the CII Eastern Region and as a Council Member of the CII Eastern Region. He was also on the Executive Council of The Indian Society of Advertisers. He is also a Director on the Board of US-India Strategic Partnership Forum. He holds B.Tech.

Be the first to comment

Leave a Reply