Diageo-controlled liquor maker United Spirits Limited announced the appointment of Pradeep Jain and Mamta Sundara to the company’s Board of Directors, with effect from February 1, 2023.
Pradeep Jain is the Chief Financial Officer at United Spirits Limited. He is also a member of Diageo’s Global Finance Leadership and Diageo India’s Executive Committee. His responsibilities include overseeing Finance, Accounting, Treasury, Tax, Governance, Compliance, Investor Relations, Company Secretarial, Business Strategy, and IT functions.
Pradeep Jain is also leading Diageo India’s digital transformation journey and productivity initiatives to achieve greater performance across the business value chain. An experienced Finance professional, Pradeep Jain has spearheaded several organisation-wide transformation initiatives from sourcing to consumer fulfilment while scaling ESG performance, the statement said.
Prior to joining Diageo, Pradeep Jain held leadership positions across well-known organisations such as Eicher Motors, PepsiCo, and Pidilite Industries.
Pradeep Jain is a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and an alumnus of the Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University.
Mamta Sundara is a graduate from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore and has over 23 years of work experience. She has worked at Diageo for over 14 years in various roles and locations.
Mamta Sundara took on her current role of Global Counsel – Business Integrity & Commercial Operations based in London in January 2023. In this role Mamta Sundara is accountable for Diageo’s global Business Integrity program as well as legal support to global supply chain & procurement and Diageo’s shared service business.
Prior to her current role, Mamta Sundara was the EVP and General Counsel, for United Spirits Limited (USL) from 2015. Based in India, she played a key role in advising the USL Board on complex legacy matters, while delivering the highest standards of corporate governance and mitigating risks for the business, alongside enhancing USL’s real estate, brand protection and corporate security strategies. She has been a strong partner to the Diageo India Executive Committee in managing the volatility in the India business while delivering business goals and has played a critical role in embedding compliance within the Diageo India business, the statement said.
Before moving to this role in 2015, Mamta Sundara held the positions of Senior Counsel – Strategy & Standards, Legal Director for Diageo India Private Limited and Counsel – European Supply & Procurement, and was based in Bangalore, Mumbai & London respectively.
Prior to Diageo, she was a partner at Law School Tutorials and worked with Options Infinite – India Law Associates, J Sagar Associates, and BT Singapore Pte Ltd.
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