Birla Corporation Limited announced that at the board meeting held on November 8, 2022, the company approved the resignation of Shri Arvind Pathak as Managing Director. His resignation as the Managing Director of the Company shall be effective from the close of business hours of 31st December, 2022. Consequently, he shall also cease to be the Key Managerial Personnel of the Company effective closing business hours of 31st December, 2022.

The Board of Directors based on the recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee has appointed Shri Sandip Ghose (DIN: 08526143) as an Additional Director and simultaneously the Wholetime Director of the Company for the period from 1st December, 2022 till 31st December, 2022 and also designated him as the Key Managerial Personnel of the Company with effect from December 1, 2022. Shri Sandip Ghose is an experienced Business leader, who has held a variety of leadership positions in industries ranging from Consumer Goods (FMCG), Media and Cement. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant with All India Merit Rank.

He has over 39 years of professional experience and has worked with both large multi-national corporations (Unilever and Lafarge- Holcim) and family run enterprises (Birla Corporation, HT media and ABP). As Chief Operating Officer of Birla Corporation Limited (BCL) upto 30th September, 2020, he played a pivotal part in making it one of the best performing cement companies in the mid-cap segment. During his tenure, he transformed the sales and marketing operations of the Company, creating brand architect and increasing the sale of premium products to a significant part of the trade volumes.

He was instrumental in integration of brands and sales and marketing operations of BCL and RCCPL Private Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of BCL) and expeditious ramp up of RCCPL volumes. Prior to that he was the Country Sales Director of Lafarge India. He also had an exciting stint in media, first with the ABP Group (as SBU Head of The Telegraph newspaper and Businessworld Magazine) and subsequently with HT Media Limited, where he as part of the senior leadership was responsible for the launch of Hindustan Times & Mint Newspapers in Mumbai.

In a 19-year long career with Hindustan Unilever, he progressed on the fast-track gaining exposure across functions (Finance and Accounts, Supply Chain, Sales and General Management) and businesses (Detergents, Personal Care, Foods and Beverages) and went on to become Country Head and Managing Director of Unilever Nepal. Apart from his multi-disciplinary skill set and deep domain knowledge, he is high on people skills and adept at managing stakeholder relations. He is also an invited columnist in several publications and TV panelist.