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Mr. Sunil Malhotra
Whole Time Director

Mr. Sunil Malhotra has completed his Bachelor of Commerce from Delhi University. He is a seasoned entrepreneur with 38 (thirty-eight) years of experience and with a track record of building, scaling, and strategically working with multiple businesses across diverse sectors. In addition to his entrepreneurial pursuits, he is an active investor across multiple private equity funds. He is a designated partner at She Capital LLP, a pioneering fund focused on supporting and scaling women-led businesses in India.

Mr. Harsh Malhotra
Executive Director

Mr. Harsh Malhotra brings over a decade of global operational and strategic leadership experience. A veteran of Amazon, Harsh spent nearly ten years navigating complex supply chain and business challenges across three countries, rising to lead global planning teams and drive financial performance for large-scale facilities. His expertise lies at the intersection of high-volume operations, financial rigor, and strategic capital allocation. Mr. Harsh Malhotra specializes in implementing scalable systems and driving operational efficiency in volatile markets. Currently, he is active in the Indian ecosystem as an investor and operator, building ventures with a focus on sustainable growth. Mr. Harsh Malhotra holds a Master of Science in International Business from the Ivey Business School and a Bachelor of Commerce from McGill University.

Mr. Suresh Kalra
Managing Director & CEO

Mr. Suresh Kalra, a well-known face in the chemicals industry with over 25 (twenty-five) years of leadership experience, brings extensive expertise in global operations, P&L management, strategic planning and business expansion across India, US, Middle East, and Asia Pacific. Previously, he served as CEO and Whole-time Director at Aquapharm Chemical Limited, overseeing operations in India, the US, and Saudi Arabia. Prior thereto, as Managing Director – India and President – Asia at Huber group Germany, he managed P&L responsibilities across India, APAC, Middle East, and Africa, including multiple manufacturing facilities. He spent eight years at SI Group (USA) as Managing Director and Vice President, leading Asia Pacific chemical intermediates operations and serving on boards in Singapore and Korea. Earlier roles include senior leadership at Pidilite Industries, Valvoline Cummins, and W.R. Grace, starting with sales at Chevron and TotalEnergies. An engineering graduate from Jodhpur with an MBA from Delhi, Mr. Kalra excels in manufacturing operations, international business, cross-border leadership, turnaround, and expansion.

Mr. Dhananjay Tapasvi
Independent Director

Mr. Dhananjay Tapasvi is a seasoned business leader with over three decades of experience across the process chemicals, energy, automotive and infrastructure sectors in India and overseas. He has held senior leadership positions, including Managing Director of Owens Corning India and Managing Director of Johnson Matthey entities in India, where he was responsible for business operations, corporate oversight, statutory compliance, strategic initiatives and stakeholder management. During his career, he has gained extensive experience in corporate governance, business strategy, acquisitions and divestments, contract management, project execution, EHS, sustainability and business continuity, including leading businesses through the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. He has also led global businesses and strategic initiatives involving technology development, international expansion, key customer relationships and establishment of collaborative teams across multicultural environments. His experience includes successfully overseeing significant manufacturing investments and business growth, integrating acquisitions, executing strategic supply arrangements and managing business divestments. He is registered with the Independent Directors Databank in India and is also engaged as a leadership coach and independent advisor.

Ms. Anuradha Maheshwari
Independent Director

After 26 years of experience in legal academics, she founded Lex Mantis, a legal service firm in 2012, through which she assists and advises her clients on Intellectual Property protection, corporate and commercial transactions, entity structuring including JVs, governance & compliance, due diligence, employment related matters, policy matters and investigations of POSH and human rights related issues. Alongwith her years in academics she has also advised a few corporates on select matters. Over her last 35+ years of experience she has also written several articles in various publications. She has been assisting an assortment of clients like established corporates (including one of the Big-4), media & entertainment, celebrity business, technology & manufacturing firms, start-ups, universities and online education providers, food & beverage entrepreneurs, fashion & jewellery industries, including some from overseas, in providing solutions on a wide variety of legal issues. She also assists corporates in their transactions and related documentation, like shareholder’s agreements, LLP Deeds, collaboration and technology transfers, licenses/franchises; media/entertainment and publishing contracts, opinions and corporate policies related to employment, sexual harassment and the likes. She served as the erstwhile Dean and Director of the SVKM/NMIMS Institute of Intellectual Property Studies, in Mumbai and helped build it into a reputed center for learning IP law. Aside from her regular professional activities, Anuradha continues to be actively involved in legal training and has been a visiting faculty for more than 2 decades at law, management, engineering, pharma institutes and corporate houses of repute. In particular, Anuradha regularly conducts training workshops for Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) for all its organisations like BARC, TIFR, etc.; SJM School of Management (IIT-B), NITIE (IIM- Mumbai) and CSIR’s URDIP. She has also been engaging management credit courses on Corporate Governance at NMIMS. She has participated in over 40 legal conferences and seminars as an expert, including speaking on the convergence of technology and intellectual property laws. Recently she was invited as an expert panelist to speak on the subject of “AI Blackbox- With quickly evolving, galloping technologies, can AI be the proprietor of the intellectual properties it creates?” (World Intellectual property Forum, 2024). She has been actively involved in human rights awareness and training programs through HURT Foundation, since the year 2002 and has been recently inducted as Trustee on the Board of Committed Communities Development Trust (CCDT), a well-known NGO dedicated to the wellbeing of underprivileged children and women.

Mr. Amit Kumar Sharma
Independent Director

Mr. Amit Kumar Sharma is an accomplished banking professional with over 25 years of experience across Credit, Treasury, Risk Management and Financial Management. He was formerly associated with Bank of Maharashtra, a leading public sector bank. He joined Bank of Maharashtra as a Direct Officer in April 2000 and served the Bank in various positions and locations. He was elevated to the position of General Manager in 2022 and subsequently took voluntary retirement in October 2025. During his tenure with the Bank, he held several key responsibilities, including:

Led various critical verticals of the Bank, including Credit, Treasury, Zonal operations and Branch Banking.
Served as General Manager – Credit (Large & Mid Corporate) and Head of Credit Portfolio at the Bank of Maharashtra (Head Office) for over three years, overseeing the Bank’s overall credit portfolio.
Headed the Ahmedabad Zone as Zonal Manager.
In Treasury, was responsible for policy formulation, profit planning and achievement for both segments, along with optimal management of the investment portfolio, which stood at approximately ₹50,000 crore.
He Served in the International Banking Division, with responsibility for FEMA compliance at the Bank level in respect of foreign exchange transactions undertaken on behalf of customers across the country.
He represented Bank of Maharashtra as a member of the Technical Committee of the Foreign Exchange Dealers’ Association of India (FEDAI).
As a member of the Bank’s Top Management, participated in various meetings of the Board and its Committees and maintained regular interaction with regulatory authorities, Government authorities, Statutory Central Auditors and investors.
In the Financial Management & Accounts Department at the Head Office, was responsible for the preparation and finalisation of the Bank’s financial statements, including the Balance Sheet and Statement of Profit and Loss, following quarterly reviews and annual audits by the Statutory Central Auditors.
Also handled SEBI-related compliances concerning financial results under applicable listing requirements and was involved in investor relations, including engagement with investors and participation in press meets etc.

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