Airtel appoints former Cabinet Secretary PK Sinha as independent director

Bharti Airtel (Airtel) on Tuesday mentioned that it has appointed PK Sinha and Shyamal Mukherjee as Unbiased Administrators on its Board of Administrators, topic to approval by shareholders on the firm’s upcoming annual normal assembly (AGM).

Sinha is a retired IAS and served because the Cupboard Secretary for greater than 4 years earlier than shifting to the Prime Minister’s Workplace. He retired in March final 12 months, after 44 years of steady service to the nation. He has been a authorities nominee Director in quite a few main public sector undertakings and is nicely versed with the ideas of company governance.

Shyamal Mukherjee

Mukherjee is the previous Chairman and Senior Companion of PwC lndia and was on the forefront of constructing PwC a future-ready agency. He started his skilled journey with PwC in 1984 and have become a associate in 1993. He held a number of management roles at PwC India, together with Model & Technique chief and Chief of India Tax follow.

Mukherjee additionally serves as an Unbiased Director on the board of ITC and a member of its Audit Committee.

Airtel added that Manish Kejriwal, Lead Unbiased Director, could be retiring on September 25 on completion of his second tenure. Shishir Priyadarshi could be leaving the board with impact from October 31 to commit time in direction of his different skilled commitments.

D Ok Mittal, retired IAS, could be designated as Lead Unbiased Director with impact from September 26, it mentioned.

“Airtel takes pleasure in having one of the vital distinguished Board of Administrators that’s dedicated to excessive requirements of company governance. These appointments are made with a long run view to make the board future-ready, deal with the long run necessities of the corporate and guarantee easy transition in key board positions,” Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman, Airtel mentioned.

Their expertise will add huge worth to Airtel’s progress journey, he added.

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Might 17, 2022