Thomas Cook India Limited, a travel services company in India, announced three appointments to its Board of Directors.
According to the company’s exchange filing, Sumit Maheshwari, who was liable to retire by rotation, has been re-appointed to the Board. Sharmila A. Karve has been appointed as a Non-Executive Independent Director for a term of five years with effect from 29th May, 2021 upto 28th May, 2026. Gopalakrishnan Soundarajan also joined the Board as a Non-Executive Director.
Maheshwari has been the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Fairbridge since May 2018 and was appointed as a member of the Board on September 27, 2018. Previously, Maheshwari was VP at Fairbridge and has been working at Fairbridge since July 2011. Prior to joining Fairbridge, Maheshwari worked with KPMG in India for 5 years in their audit and accounting advisory functions.
Maheshwari specializes in Indian GAAP, U.S. GAAP and IFRS accounting standards. Maheshwari serves on the board of directors of many of Fairfax Group’s portfolio companies in India, the statement said.
Karve, is a commerce graduate and a Chartered Accountant, with experience in the field of finance, accounts and audit. She started her career with Lovelock and Lewes and rose to the position of Diversity & Inclusion Leader for PWC Global network. She retired from PWC on 30th June 2019. Karve is an Independent Director on the Board of Syngene International Limited, EPL Limited, CSB Bank, Aadhar Housing Finance Limited etc, the company said in its statement.
Soundarajan is the Managing Director at Hamblin Watsa Investment Counsel Ltd. Prior to this, Soundarajan was the Chief Investment Officer of ICICI Lombard, the largest private sector property and casualty insurance company in India. He held the position of Head of Investments at ICICI Lombard from 2001 to 2018 and was a member of the investment committee. Soundarajan serves on the board of directors of FIH Mauritius Investments Ltd, FIH Private Investments Ltd and Primary Real Estate Investment Fund, the company added.
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