Gopi Kannan Thirukonda
Non-executive Director
Date of birth: 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. He has 41 years of experience in various capacities and is currently the Whole-time Director and Chief Financial Officer in Atul Ltd.
Mr Gopi Kannan 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: 1981
Brief résumé: Mr Tejas Shukla is the Managing Director of the Company since October 01, 2023.
Mr Shukla has 21 years of experience in sales and marketing and is currently the Executive Vice-President, Colors Business of Atul Ltd.
Mr Shukla holds a graduate degree in Engineering from Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai.
Sudhir Merchant
Non-executive and Independent Director
Date of birth: 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 47 years of experience. He is also on the Board of other listed | non-listed companies.
Mr Merchant holds a graduate degree in Commerce from the Bombay University and postgraduate degree in Management Studies from the University of Mumbai.
Directorships in other companies
Private companies
Encore Natural Polymers Pvt 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
Member of committees
TCPL Packaging Ltd – Audit Committee
Wolfgang Anton Schumann
Chairman and Non-executive Director
Date of birth: 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: 1968
Brief résumé: Mr Sujal Shah is a Director of the Company since August 2011. He is the a Member of Audit Committee and Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Board.
Mr Shah was 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. He was a partner of N M Raiji & Co, Chartered Accountants until October 2006.
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
Atul Ltd
Deepak Fertilizers and Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd
Navin Fluorine International Ltd
Navin Fluorine Advanced Sciences Ltd
Nocil Ltd
The Bombay Dyeing and Manufacturing Company Ltd
Private companies
SSPA Consultants Pvt Ltd
Thriarr Polymers Pvt Ltd
Membership in committees of other companies
Chairman of Committees
Deepak Fertilizers and Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd – Rights Issue Committee
Deepak Fertilizers and Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd – Audit Committee
Navin Fluorine International Ltd – Audit Committee
The Bombay Dyeing and Manufacturing Company Ltd – Audit Committee
Member of Committees
Atul Ltd – Audit Committee
Deepak Fertilizers and Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd – Finance Committee
Deepak Fertilizers and Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd – Nomination and
Remuneration Committee
Deepak Fertilizers and Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd – Securities Issue
Committee
Navin Fluorine Advanced Sciences Ltd – Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
Navin Fluorine International Ltd – Fundraising Committee
Nocil Ltd – Audit Committee
Nocil Ltd – Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
Nocil Ltd – Investment Committee
Oliver Kusterle
Non-executive Director
Date of birth: 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, a graduate degree in Business Administration and a doctorate in Chemistry.
Anup Jain
Non-executive Director
Year of birth: 1974
Brief résumé: Mr Anup Jain is a Director of the Company since April 20, 2026
Mr Jain is associated with RUDOLF since January 2024 and is Group Chief Financial Officer of RUDOLF since June 2025. He has also held senior positions at Archroma Singapore, Clariant and consultancy companies.
Mr Jain is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accounts of India and holds postgraduate degree in Business Administration from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, University of Mumbai.
Nishtha Lalbhai
Non-executive Director
Year of birth: 1994
Brief résumé: Ms Nishtha Lalbhai is a Director of the Company since April 20, 2026.
Ms Lalbhai has been associated with Atul Ltd for 11 years and is mainly engaged with the Aromatics, Colors and Floras Businesses of the company.
Ms Lalbhai holds a graduate degree in Business Administration.
Directorships in other companies
Public companies
Aagam Holdings Pvt Ltd
Atul Foundation Health Center
Valsad Institute of Medical Sciences Ltd
Foreign company
DPD Ltd