FMCG giant ITC Limited announced the appointment of Supratim Dutta as Director and Whole-time Director on the company’s Board, with effect from July 22, 2022.
According to the company’s exchange filing, “Further to our letter dated 181 h May, 2022, we write to advise that the Members of the Company at the 1111 h Annual General Meeting held today, i.e. 201 h July, 2022, approved the appointment of Mr. Supratim Dutta as a Director and also as a Wholetime Director of the Company for a period of three years with effect from 22″d July, 2022.”
Supratim Dutta is the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and a Member of the Corporate Management Committee of the Company.
A qualified Chartered Accountant and Cost Accountant, Dutta joined the Company in November 1990. In a career spanning over three decades at ITC, he has held various senior roles in the finance function, both at the business and corporate level. Before becoming the CFO, he held the position of Corporate Financial Controller of the Company responsible for Accounts, Taxation and Finance operations, and prior to that, he was Executive Vice President – Corporate Finance in charge of the Corporate Treasury, Strategic Planning and Corporate Planning functions of the Company. He has handled various aspects of finance including Planning, Treasury, M&A, Accounting, Taxation, IT, Investor Relations and business strategy.
Dutta is presently a Non-Executive Director on the Boards of some of the subsidiaries of the Company viz., Surya Nepal Private Limited, WelcomHotels Lanka (Private) Limited, Russell Credit Limited, ITC Investments & Holdings Limited and Indivate Inc., USA. He is also a Member of the CII National Committee on Financial Reporting and of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development CFO Network.
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