Biotechnology major Biocon Limited has appointed Naina Lal Kidwai as Non-Executive and Independent Director on the company’s Board, with effect from April 28, 2022.
According to the company’s exchange filing, “Approved the appointment of Ms. Naina Lal Kidwai (DIN: 00017806) as an Additional Director (Category: Non-Executive and Independent Director) of the Company with effect from the conclusion of the Board Meeting i.e. April 28, 2022 till the conclusion of the ensuing 44th AGM of the Company.”
Naina Lal Kidwai is an Additional Director and senior Advisor Rothschild India, senior Advisor Advent International and member of the Mission board of EQT Future Fund; a Non-Executive Director on the boards of Holcim, Max Financial Services, Nayara Energy, Gland Pharma, UPL and Past President of FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry). She retired on December 2015 as Executive Director on the board of HSBC Asia Pacific and Chairman HSBC India and in April 2018 from the global board of Nestle.
She chairs the Financial Services Working Group of the BRICs Business Council and is a member the INDO-ASEAN Business Council. She is also a member of the Army Group Insurance Fund’s investment advisory committee, Harvard Business School’s South Asia Advisory Board, Standard Chartered Bank’s International Advisory Council, The Mission board of EQT Future Fund, India Advisory Council of the U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) and Trustee of Asia House in the UK.
An MBA from Harvard Business School, she is the recipient of several awards and honours including the Padma Shri for her contribution to Trade and industry. She is engaged with institutions in environment, water and sanitation and has authored 3 books including the bestsellers “30 women in Power: Their Voices, Their Stories” and “Survive Or Sink: An Action Agenda for Sanitation, Water, Pollution, and Green Finance”.
Her interests in Water, Sanitation and the environment and empowerment of women are reflected in her engagements at Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation, International Advisory Council of the Inquiry of United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), Commissioner for the Global Commission on Economy & Climate, Advisory Board Wildlife Conservation Trust, The Rockfeller Foundation Economic Council for Planetary Health, Chair of FICCI’s Water Mission and founder and Chair of the India Sanitation Coalition.
She has been a member of the Government of India’s Industry Task Force, the Prime Minister’s Trade and Industry Council, the National Manufacturing Council, the National Trade Council, and on the Working Group on Banking, Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission and the National Institute of Bank Management.
