Board Of Directors

Mr. Prakash Apte serves on the Boards of Fine Organic Industries Limited, Kotak Mahindra Investments Limited and Kotak Mahindra Prime Limited as an Independent Director. Mr. Apte was the Non-Executive Chairman of Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited up to December 2024 and Chairman & Independent Director of Blue Dart Express Limited up to April 2026. He also served as the Non-Executive Chairman of Syngenta India Limited, an agricultural business company in India and a subsidiary of Syngenta Group, from May 2011 till September 2021 and as its Managing Director from November 2000 to April 2011.

Mr. Apte has over 44 years of leadership and management experience in the agrochemicals and specialty chemicals industries. He was instrumental in establishing the Indo-Swiss Centre of Excellence and Syngenta Foundation India, focusing on education & rural entrepreneurship and also served on the Boards of both not-for-profit organizations until mid-2021.

Mr. Apte has a B.E. (Mech) degree from the University of Pune and a Diploma in Business Management from University of Mumbai. He has also attended executive and leadership development programs at Harvard Business School, INSEAD and IMD.

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Mr. Nakul Toshniwal is the Chairman & Managing Director of Toshvin Analytical Private Limited which is recognized as one of the largest analytical instrumentation companies in India. He also serves as an Independent Director on the Board of Cravatex Limited.

He started his career as an analyst with AT Kearney Inc. in New York, USA and has over 26 years of experience in managing, investing in and growing companies in diverse industries.

Mr. Toshniwal graduated summa cum laude from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA and has a Master of International Public Policy degree from The School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington DC.

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Ms. Bhawana Mishra is the Founder Director of BasilTree Consulting Private Limited a firm that works with the biggest names in corporate India in defining talent strategy, identifying and building leadership acumen, and supporting individuals and teams to actualise their potential in line with the business strategy. Ms. Mishra serves on the Board of Jivagro Limited and GMM Pfaudler Foundation, a Section 8 Company & wholly owned subsidiary of GMM Pfaudler Limited.

Ms. Mishra has 28 years of experience across industries, as a talent and leadership development specialist. She started her career with hands-on work in talent management, strategic change and organizational transformation, and her clients include CXOs and business leaders of a large number of Indian and multinational companies.

Ms. Mishra is an M.A. in Applied Psychology (specialization in Organizational Behaviour) from the University of Delhi, 1997 and has a Level B Certification in Occupational Assessments from the British Psychological Society.

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Mr. Vivek Bhatia is the Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of TKIL Industries. Prior to joining TKIL Industries, Mr. Bhatia was with Boston Consulting Group, India where he worked extensively in the capital goods sector with clients in India and abroad on a wide canvas of topics. He is also the Chairman of the construction and equipment division of the CII.

Mr. Bhatia has 28 years of experience across multiple business functions including strategy, operations and organization in areas such as growth/ diversification, joint ventures and technology transfers, business turnaround/ transformation, working capital management, operations design and re-engineering, organization design and performance management systems. In 2013, he was awarded a BCG Olympics Gold Medal for the most insightful and impactful client work in the region.

Mr. Bhatia holds an MBA (from IIM Calcutta), M.Tech. (Gold Medalist from IIT Delhi) and B.E. (with honours from the University of Delhi).

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Ms. Shilpa Divekar Nirula is an accomplished professional with over 30 years of experience, starting in consulting and successfully transitioning to the agriculture and food sector. Ms. Nirula has worked for reputed organizations including Arthur Andersen, KPMG, Bunge Agribusiness, Monsanto and Bayer CropScience in roles of growing responsibility.

Since April 2020, Ms. Nirula has been mentoring businesses aiming for turnaround, growth, or startup success and has co-founded AGVAYA LLP, a consulting and advisory firm dedicated to assisting participants across the agriculture and food value chains. Ms. Nirula serves on the Boards of Clean Max Enviro Energy Solutions Limited and AstraZeneca Pharma India Limited. She also serves as an advisor to Omnivore, an agri-tech-focused venture capital fund.

Ms. Nirula holds an MBA from S. P. Jain Institute of Management & Research and is both a Chartered Accountant and a Cost & Works Accountant.

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Mr. Ashok Patel has over 50 years of experience in the capital goods industry, with extensive expertise in international business, finance, strategy, technology and general management. He has been a Director of GMM Pfaudler Limited since 1972 and was the Managing Director of the Company from 1988 to 2015. He is currently the Executive Chairman of the Company’s subsidiary Mavag AG. He is on the Board of Skyline Millars Limited and Ready Mix Concrete Limited.

Mr. Patel has a B.Sc degree from the University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology, UK and an MBA from Columbia University, USA.

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Mr. Tarak Patel has been the Managing Director of the Company since June 2015 and has been an Executive Director since 2007. Mr. Patel joined the Company in 2005 and served as Vice President sales and marketing.

Prior to joining GMM Pfaudler, he worked with Universal Consulting, a leading Strategy Management and Growth Strategy Consulting Company based in Mumbai, India.

Mr. Patel has over 25 years of experience in leadership, strategy and business management and also serves on the Boards of Ready-Mix Concrete Limited and ReefWatch Marine Conservation and is the Chairperson of Charutar Arogya Mandal. He is also a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO).

Mr. Patel has a BA in Economics from the University of Rochester, USA and an MBA jointly conferred by Columbia Business School, London Business School and University of Hong Kong (HKU) Business School.

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Mr. Raghav Ramdev is the Managing Director of ChrysCapital, one of India’s leading private equity firms. With over 21 years of experience in the investment sector, Mr. Ramdev has extensive expertise in managing and advising on private equity investments across a wide range of industries in India.

Prior to joining ChrysCapital, Mr. Ramdev was part of the global research division at McKinsey & Company for two years. Throughout his career, Mr. Ramdev has led notable investments in sectors such as manufacturing and healthcare.

Mr. Ramdev holds an MBA from the Management Development Institute, Gurgaon and a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Baroda University.

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