Anil Chadha
Chairman and Non-Executive Director
Mr. Anil Chadha (54), an alumnus of Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration, joined ITC Limited (ITC) - Hotels Division in 1992. Apart from a brief hiatus of one and a half years, he has spent most part of his career with ITC, heading key hotel properties in New Delhi, Agra, Bengaluru and Chennai. He took over as Vice President, Operations of the Hotels Division in April 2019 and further as the Chief Operating Officer in December 2019. He was appointed as the Divisional Chief Executive Officer of ITC Limited- Hotels Division in September 2021.
Mr. Chadha has been acknowledged for his deep understanding of the hospitality business, strategic acumen and operational excellence. He has successfully implemented innovative service standards and efficiency enhancements, optimizing hotel operations for superior guest experiences and earning a distinctive reputation for the brand. Mr. Chadha's leadership is catalyzed by his consistent attention to talent development and talent recognition. He places a strong emphasis on mentorship and team empowerment, fostering a culture of authority, accountability and innovation within his teams.
Ashwin Moodliar
Managing Director
Mr. Ashwin Moodliar (aged: 57 years) (DIN:08205036), a graduate in commerce and postgraduate in management. Mr. Moodliar joined the Hotels Division of ITC Limited in 1993 and has since held leadership positions across multiple roles. He was appointed as a member of the Divisional Management Committee of the Hotels Division in April, 2017. At the Hotels Divisional Head Quarters, he steered leadership roles in Sales, Marketing and Revenue Management. A proponent of data analytics for decision making, he established the Revenue Management and Analytics function, including deployment of software systems to automate the processes. In his last role as V.P. Marketing of Hotels Division - ITC Limited besides overseeing the brand development, brand creative and ethos across customer touch points, he also addressed customer experience covering digital, loyalty, brand website and other guest contact areas. As an advocate of digital transformation - he led independent teams and was part of cross-functional leadership groups driving projects in Mobile App development, website transformation and digitization of the loyalty program.
Pradeep Vasant Dhobale
Independent Director
Pradeep Vasant Dhobale (66), DIN: 00274636, was appointed as a Non-Executive Independent Director on the Board of the Company effective 1st November, 2018. Dhobale is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. He was a Wholetime Director of ITC Limited (ITC) from January 2011 to December 2015 and held the responsibility for overseeing ITC’s FMCG Businesses. Prior to this, he held responsibility for Paperboards, Papers and Packaging Businesses of ITC, and also represented the Finance and IT functions on the ITC Board.
Presently, he is actively involved in angel investing and start-up mentoring, inter alia, through Hyderabad Angels Forum for Entrepreneurship Development, of which he is a Board Member.
Dhobale has been an active member of several industry bodies. He is on the Board of Hyderabad Angels. He also serves as a member of Court of Governors of Administrative Staff College of India. Dhobale has served as Chairman of the Andhra Pradesh State Council of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and CII National Committee on Environment and Green Entrepreneurship Council. He is also a past President of the Indian Paper Manufacturers Association and the Indian Pulp and Paper Technical Association.
Dhobale is also the Founder President of the Indian School of Business – Centre for Executive Education, Alumni Association, Hyderabad Chapter.
Vrinda Sarup
Independent Director
Vrinda Sarup (65), DIN: 03117769, was appointed as Non-Executive Independent Director on the Board of the Company effective 29th June, 2021.
Ms. Sarup is a retired IAS officer with administrative experience of more than 36 years. She holds a Masters Degree in History from the Delhi University and joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1981. In her illustrious career, she was Secretary - Food and Public Distribution in the Govt. of India and also Union Secretary - School Education and Literacy, Govt. of India. She has held eminent positions in the Govt. of Uttar Pradesh including posts of Principal Secretary - Finance, Principal Secretary - Technical & Vocational Education, apart from State Project Director Education for All Projects and her district level postings as Collector and District Magistrate etc. She has served in the Govt. of India at the level of Additional Secretary, Joint Secretary and Director in the Ministry of Human Resource Development, wherein she contributed immensely in crafting two major pan-India school education programmes, namely the District Primary Education Programme and the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. She has also been instrumental in reorienting & redesigning the scheme for Vocational Education in secondary / senior secondary schools in 2014, to make it more industry and employment oriented. She has worked closely with various International Organisations viz. World Bank, DFID of UK, UNICEF, European Union, World Food Programme, etc.
Prior to joining IAS, she has academic teaching experience in Delhi University in History Department from 1978 to 1980.
Post retirement, Ms. Sarup continues to engage with the sectors of Education and Food in an advisory capacity, and is presently the Managing Trustee of the World Food Programme Trust for India. She also advised Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC), India, on education matters from January 2019 to January 2021. She is a Member of the Management / Executive Committees of several schools in Delhi.
Subrahmoneyan Chandra Sekhar
Independent Director
Subrahmoneyan Chandra Sekhar (69), DIN: 00024780, was appointed as Non-Executive Independent Director on the Board of the Company effective 20th January, 2020. Mr. Sekhar is a Science Graduate from Delhi University and a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He joined ITC Limited (ITC) in 1978 and served that company for more than 37 years until his retirement in January 2015.
During his long tenure in ITC, he held various positions in the Finance function and had under his span of control, Finance, Treasury, Audit, Legal and Information Technology. He retired as Senior Executive Vice President of the Hotel Division of ITC. He held directorship in various subsidiary companies of ITC and was the Managing Director of Landbase India Limited till January 2015.
Homi Phiroze Ranina
Independent Director
Homi Phiroze Ranina (75), DIN: 00024753, was appointed as a Non-Executive Director on the Board of the Company on 1st August, 1983, and is presently an Independent Director on the Board.
Ranina is a Chartered Accountant and Advocate by qualification and is currently practising as an Attorney, having specialisation in Taxation, Corporate and Foreign Exchange Laws of India. He wrote his first book on Income Tax at the age of 25 and, thereafter, has authored several publications.
He is a prolific writer, having written more than 2,000 articles. He was appointed by the Government of India as a Member of the Committee of Experts to draft a new Income Tax Law. He has addressed more than 500 professional seminars on Taxation, Economics and Foreign Exchange Regulation Law, both in India and abroad.
Ranina is a recipient of the “Outstanding Young Persons Award” both at the State and National levels from the Jaycees. He has also been bestowed the “Economic Analyst Par Excellence” Award by Rotary International.
He was nominated by the Government of India as a Director on the Central Board of the Reserve Bank of India on 27th November, 2000 and was re-appointed for a further period of five years in June 2006. He was Chairman of the Inspection and Audit Committee of the Reserve Bank of India for twelve years. He also served for six years on the Board of Payment and Settlement Systems.
Ashish Rao
Non-Executive Director
Mr. Ashish Rao (40) is a law graduate having approx. 18 years of experience in litigation and in-house advisory. He has experience in advising Hotel’s business, FMCG business and Packaging & Printing business.
Mr. Ashish Rao joined ITC Limited (ITC) in January, 2008 and has since advised on legal issues relating to diversified business divisions of the Company like Hotels, Personal Care, Trade Marketing and Distribution, Lifestyle Retailing, Education and Stationary, Packaging & Printing, Safety Matches, and Agarbattis & Dhoop. Presently, he is overseeing the Northern Regional Cell of Corporate Legal, ITC, located at Gurugram.
He has dealt with widespread issues ranging from commercial disputes, indirect tax, consumer law, environment laws, criminal laws, labor laws, land laws, joint venture disputes, land acquisitions for warehouses/ factories/ windmill, hotel operations and factory operations etc.
Jagdish Singh
Non-Executive Director
Jagdish Singh (56), DIN: 00042258, was appointed as a Non-Executive Director on the Board of the Company on 16th April, 2016. A Commerce Graduate and a Chartered Accountant, Singh joined ITC Limited (ITC) in the year 1990. Over the last three decades, he has held various positions in the Finance, Accounting and Internal Audit functions. He started his career in Treasury and moved as Corporate Accountant, Commercial Manager at Cigarette factory at Munger, and Head of Finance at ITC Essentra Limited. He was the Head of Treasury between 2005 and 2015 and then was appointed as the Head of Finance at ITC’s Hotels Division. Presently he is designated as Corporate Financial Controller of ITC.