Reliance Board of Directors

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Anil Dhirubhai Ambani - Chairman

Regarded as one of the foremost corporate leaders of contemporary India,
Shri Anil D Ambani, 50, is the chairman of all listed companies of the Reliance ADA Group, namely, Reliance Communications, Reliance Capital, Reliance Energy, Reliance Natural Resources and Reliance Power. He is also Chairman of the Board of Governors of Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat. Till recently, he also held the post of Vice Chairman and Managing Director in Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), India's largest private sector enterprise. Anil D Ambani joined Reliance in 1983 as Co-Chief Executive Officer, and was centrally involved in every aspect of the company's management over the next 22 years. He is credited with having pioneered a number of path-breaking financial innovations in the Indian capital markets. He spearheaded the country's first forays into the overseas capital markets with international public offerings of global depositary receipts, convertibles and bonds. Starting in 1991, he directed Reliance Industries in its efforts to raise over US$ 2 billion. He also steered the 100-year Yankee bond issue for the company in January 1997.

Amitabh Jhunjhunwala - Vice-Chairman

Shri Amitabhabh Jhunjhunwala, 51, is a Fellow Chartered Accountant. He has vast experience in the areas of financial services and capital markets. Shri Jhunjhunwala was appointed to the Board on March 7, 2003 and was appointed Vice Chairman on March 20, 2006. He is a Director on the Board of Harmony Art Foundation and Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group Pvt. Ltd.

Rajendra Chitale - Independent Director

Shri Rajendra P. Chitale, 46, an eminent Chartered Accountant, is the Managing Partner of M/s M. P. Chitale & Associates. He is a Director on boards of the National Securities Clearing Corporation Limited, Asset Reconstruction Company (India) Ltd, Hinduja TMT Limited, HTMT Global Solutions Ltd, Ambuja Cement Limited, SME Rating Agency of India Limited, Ishan Real Estate PLC and Reliance General Insurance Company Ltd. He is also a member of the advisory board of the Insurance and Regulatory Authority of India (IRDA). He has also served on the boards of Life Insurance Corporation of India, Unit Trust of India, SBI Capital Markets Ltd., National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. and Small Industries Development Bank of India.

Shri C. P. Jain

Shri C.P. Jain, 61, is the former Chairman and Managing Director of NTPC Ltd. (National Thermal Power Corporation). Shri Jain has an illustrious career spanning over four decades of contribution in the fields of financial management, general management, strategic management and business leadership. He is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India with an advanced diploma in Management and is a law graduate. Shri C. P. Jain joined the Board of NTPC in 1993 as Director (Finance), was elevated as Chairman & Managing Director in September 2000 and superannuated in March 2006. He is Chairman of the Global Studies Committee of World Energy Council (WEC), world's largest energy NGO with nearly hundred member-nations. He has been on several important committees of the Government of India, latest being the 'Adhoc Group of Experts on Empowerment of CPSEs'. He was Chairman of Standing Conference of Public Enterprises (SCOPE) between April 2003 and March 2005. He is a Director on the Board of IL & FS Infrastructure Development Corporation and, is also a member of the Audit Advisory Board of the Comptroller and Audit General of India.
 
The Board of Directors of Reliance Industries limited :


Shri Mukesh D. Ambani Chairman and Managing Director
Shri P. M. S. Prasad Executive Director
Prof. Dipak C. Jain Independent Director
Shri Nikhil R. Meswani Executive Director
 
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