Akzo Nobel India Limited announced that Mr. Jayakumar Krishnaswamy will be stepping down as the Managing Director of the company with effect from 12 September 2018. At its board meeting held on 7 September 2018 has appointed Mr. Rajiv Rajgopal as the Managing Director of the Company with effect from 1 November 2018, subject To Approve the shareholders. Prior to joining AkzoNobel India, Rajiv worked as the CEO - Broadband & Data at Airtel India. He had the primary responsibility of crafting the growth strategy and plans on the Broadband and data portfolio including launch of 4G LTE.