HT Media Limited announced the appointment of Manhar Kapoor as General Counsel and Company Secretary, effective June 1, 2022.
According to the company’s exchange filing, “This is to inform you that the Board of Directors of the Company at its meeting held today, i.e. 1 March, 2022 has approved appointment of Shri Manhar Kapoor as Senior Management Personnel on or after 15 March, 2022, and he will take over as General Counsel & Company Secretary (KMP under the Companies Act, 2013) and Compliance Officer w.e.f. June, 2022 on Shri Dinesh Mittal’s superannuation.”
Manhar Kapoor has 21 years of the rich experience in managing and leading the secretarial & legal teams delivering pragmatic legal services and aiding the business. He has had diverse and extensive experience in strategic legal and secretarial roles in various industries and he has anchored several domestic and overseas debt and equity transactions, M&As and new business set-up.
Manhar Kapoor holds a CS degree from ICSI, which he completed in 1999 simultaneously with a B.Com (Hons) from Delhi University. He completed his LLB in Corporate Laws from Delhi University in 2002 He then went on to pursue Executive MBA from MDI Gurgaon in Finance and Strategy in 2009. In his current position, as General Counsel and Company Secretary at Eicher Motors Limited, Kapoor is responsible for secretarial compliance and board processes, contracting, providing legal and commercial support to business verticals as they grow, dispute management, IPR management, anti-counterfeit measures and compliance reporting for the Group.
Prior to joining Eicher Motors in March 2014, Shri Kapoor was Vice President Corporate Legal & Secretarial of Punj Lloyd Limited from 2008 to 2014, where his responsibilities included leading the corporate legal function and anchoring strategic M&A transactions, working with in negotiating and closing financing agreements, infrastructure project financing, negotiating agreements, contracting, corporate governance, compliances and documentation including board minuting for the listed holding company, the statement said.
From Apr, 2008 to Nov, 2008, Kapoor worked in Make Trip. Prior to which he was head of the legal & secretarial function at Cyber Media (India) Limited from 2003 to 2008. Kapoor started his career at Archies Limited in June, 2001.
