Ms. Anand holds a MBA degree in Human Resources from Allahabad University. She has over thirty years of experience, of which over two decades were in leading global management consulting and human resources firms. She served as the Managing Director at Leadership Consulting India and Asia head at Korn Ferry’s Board/CEO Succession Solutions. She was also the President of a Leadership and Life-long Learning business and also worked as Regional Leader of Consulting businesses for the Asia Pacific region at AON-Hewitt – Shanghai for almost a decade (2002-2011). Earlier in her career, she held various consulting and senior leadership roles at Ernst & Young and PricewaterhouseCoopers, as Head of the Human Capital Services practice.

By qualification Mr. K E Ranganathan is a Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary. This education helped him to fully understand how companies are managed within the framework of applicable laws. During his 40 years of Corporate Career in 2 major business groups – TVS and Murugappa Group – he worked across several key functions – first 15 years in core Finance function and next 8 years in leadership role in other functions like Sales, Marketing, Distribution, Supply Chain, IT, HR. During the last 17 years, since year 2006 he served as the Managing Director of well known companies and delivered consistent business results. His exposure to world class practices in CSR, ESG, Information Technology etc makes him best suited to contributed immensely as a board member of any company. Having worked in several sectors like Consumer Goods, Industrial goods, Food, Restaurants, Services industry, Agriculture, automotive etc he is in a good position to understand the business levers and help the management teams achieve better results by adding good value at the board level. His business acumen, reputation as a leader, consistency in achievements and wider business connects will come in handy for the Board and the senior management to leverage the same. As a thought leader he has shared his opinion on several public platforms consistently over the years and gained huge respect and reputation. His wide exposure in international business operations of his parent companies – like Roca, Whirlpool, Suzuki etc – also will help companies in their market entry strategies globally.