Board of Directors

Gopi Kannan Thirukonda

Non-executive Director

Date of birth: March 30, 1959

Brief résumé: Mr Gopi Kannan Thirukonda is a Director of the Company since August 18, 2011. He is the Chairman of the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee and a Member of the Audit Committee and the Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Board.

Mr Thirukonda has an experience of 39 years in various capacities and is currently the Whole-time Director and Chief Financial Officer at Atul Ltd.

Mr Thirukonda is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of India and the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and holds a postgraduate diploma in Management from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

Directorships in other companies

Public companies
Amal Ltd
Atul Bioscience Ltd
Atul Polymers Products Ltd – Chairman
Atul Finserv Ltd – Chairman
Atul Fin Resources Ltd
Atul Nivesh Ltd
Atul Rajasthan Date Palms Ltd
Rudolf Atul Chemicals Ltd

Foreign companies
Atul China Ltd – Chairman
Atul Deutschland GmbH – Chairman

Membership in committees of other companies

Member of Committees
Amal Ltd – Stakeholders Relationship Committee
Amal Ltd – Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
Atul Bioscience Ltd – Audit Committee
Atul Bioscience Ltd – Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
Atul Ltd – Stakeholders Relationship Committee
Atul Ltd – Risk Management Committee

Tejas Shukla

Managing Director

Date of birth: May 18, 1981

Brief résumé: Mr Tejas Shukla is the Managing Director of the Company since October 01, 2023.

Mr Shukla has 19 years of experience in sales and marketing and is currently the Executive Vice-President, Colors Business, Atul Ltd.

Mr Shukla holds a Bachelor of Technology degree from the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai.

Sudhir Merchant

Non-executive and Independent Director

Date of birth: August 25, 1953

Brief résumé: Mr Sudhir Merchant is a Director of the Company since August 2011. He is the Chairman of Audit Committee and a Member of Corporate Social Responsibility Committee and Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Board.

Mr Merchant is an industrialist having more than 45 years of experience. He is also on the Board of other listed | non-listed companies.

Mr Merchant holds a graduate degree in Commerce and a postgraduate degree in Management Studies from the University of Mumbai.

Directorships in other companies

Public companies
TCPL Packaging Ltd
The Indian Card Clothing Company Ltd

Private companies
Encore Natural Polymers Pvt Ltd

Membership in committees of other companies

Chairman of committees
Encore Natural Polymers Pvt Ltd – Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
TCPL Packaging Ltd – Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
TCPL Packaging Ltd – Nomination and Remuneration Committee
TCPL Packaging Ltd – Stakeholders Relationship Committee
The Indian Card Clothing Co. Ltd – Nomination and Remuneration Committee

Member of committees
TCPL Packaging Ltd – Audit Committee

Wolfgang Anton Schumann

Chairman and Non-executive Director

Date of birth: July 9, 1973

Brief résumé: Dr Wolfgang Schumann is a Director of the Company since March 27, 2008. He is the Chairman of the Board and a Member of Corporate Social Responsibility Committee of the Board.

Sujal Shah

Non-executive and Independent Director

Date of birth: September 23, 1968

Brief résumé: Mr Sujal Shah is a Director of the Company since August 2011. He is a Member of Audit Committee and Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Board.

Mr Shah is a founder Partner of SSPA & Co, Chartered Accountants. He has about three decades of experience in finance, due diligence, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, succession planning and valuation.

Mr Shah was a member of the group that drafted valuation standards for the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He has authored several papers on valuations and restructuring for the Western India Regional Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and the Bombay Chartered Accountants Society.

Mr Shah holds a graduate degree in Commerce from the University of Mumbai and is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

Directorships in other companies

Public companies
Amal Ltd
Amrit Corp Ltd
Atul Ltd
Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd
Hindoostan Mills Ltd
Mafatlal Industries Ltd
Navin Fluorine International Ltd
Navin Fluorine Advanced Sciences Ltd

Private companies
Capricon Realty Pvt Ltd
SSPA Consultants Pvt Ltd

Membership in committees of other companies

Chairman of Committees
Amal Ltd – Nomination and Remuneration Committee
Amrit Corp Ltd – Committee of Directors – Amalgamation Scheme
Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd – Rights Issue Committee
Hindoostan Mills Ltd – Audit Committee

Member of Committees
Amal Ltd – Audit Committee
Amrit Corp Ltd – Audit Committee
Amrit Corp Ltd – Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
Atul Ltd – Audit Committee
Capricon Realty Pvt Ltd – Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd – Audit Committee
Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd – Finance Committee
Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd – Nomination and Remuneration Committee
Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd – Securities Issue Committee
Hindoostan Mills Ltd – Nomination and Remuneration Committee
Hindootan Mills Ltd – Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
Mafatlal Industries Ltd – Audit Committee
Mafatlal Industries Ltd – Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
Navin Fluorine International Ltd – Fundraising Committee
Navin Fluorine Advanced Sciences Ltd – Corporate Social Responsibility Committee

Oliver Kusterle

Non-executive Director

Date of birth: September 03, 1968

Brief résumé: Dr Oliver Kusterle is a Director of the Company since August 18, 2023. He is a Member of Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Board.

Dr Kusterle is the Managing Director of Rudolf GmbH IB Industriechemie – Beteiligungs GmbH since February 2020.

Dr Kusterle holds a graduate degree in Chemistry and Business Administration and PhD in Chemistry.