ESCORTS KUBOTA LIMITED - Key Persons

Dr. Rupinder Singh Sodhi

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Independent Director
President of the Indian Dairy Association

Dr. Rupinder Singh Sodhi is the President of the Indian Dairy Association (IDA) and has 40 years of rich experience in leading & developing the cooperative sector within Indian Dairy Industry, having served dairy farmers in several capacities. He was the Managing Director of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd. (AMUL), from 2010-2023. Dr. Sodhi is the Board Member of the International Dairy Federation (IDF). He is also the Chairperson of National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM).

Mr. Amit Singhal

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Member of the Leadership Team
Chief Officer, Human Resources & General Affairs Division

Mr. Ankur Dev

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Member of the Leadership Team
Chief Officer, Railway Equipment Business Division

Mr. Bharat Madan

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Member of the Leadership Team
Whole - Time Director and Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Dai Watanabe

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Non - Executive Director
Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer, General Manager

Dai Watanabe is Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer, General Manager of Farm and Industrial Machinery Consolidated Division of Kubota Corporation. Mr. Watanabe in his illustrious career has served in various departments/ entities such as Farm and Industrial Machinery International Planning and Control Dept, Kubota Europe, S.A.S, Kubota Farm Machinery Europe, S.A.S, Kverneland AS, Agricultural Implement Business Unit, Agricultural Implement Division, Farm and Industrial Machinery Strategy and Operations Headquarters and Innovation Centre etc. Mr. Watanabe has graduated in 1984 from the Department of Economics, Kyoto University. He did his MBA from Kobe University in 1995.

Mr. Hardeep Singh

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Director

Mr. Hardeep Singh, Director, has a rich experience of holding top managerial positions in leading Indian and foreign companies. Mr. Singh was the Former Executive Chairman of Cargill South Asia and Amalgamated Plantations private Limited (A Tata Enterprise) and non executive Chairman of HSBC Invest Direct India Limited. He is the Chairman of the monitoring committee on Minimum Support Price constituted by Planning Commission, Govt. of India. He has been a member of National Council of CII, National Committee for Agriculture of FICCI and served as an honorary advisor on Agriculture to the Chief Minister of Punjab. An invited speaker at the World Bank, US Department of Agriculture Global Summit, International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington DC, Imperial College in the UK and Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad. He is a graduate in Economics from Pune University and an alumnus of Kellogg School of Management.

Mr. Harish N. Salve - Chief Legal Officer

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Independent Director
Senior Counsel
Member of the Court of the Singapore International Chamber of Arbitration

Mr. Harish N. Salve is a senior counsel as well as an arbitrator in India and Barrister (UK) who specializes in constitutional, commercial and taxation law. He was the youngest ever to be appointed as solicitor. Mr. Salve is a member of the Court of the Singapore International Chamber of Arbitration & a member of the Court of the London Council of International Arbitration. Mr. Salve has been appointed as Queen's Counsel (QC) for the courts of England and Wales.

Mr. Kenichiro Toyofuku

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Independent Director

Mr. Manish Sharma

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Independent Director

Mr. Manish Sharma has extensive professional experience of over 25 years, driving sustainable growth along with strategy planning and business development. His versatile experience has spanned from hands-on operations to strategic product and business planning in various electronic majors like LG Hotline, Samsung India and Haier India. Manish was appointed as youngest Executive Officer to Panasonic Corporation and has played an active role in group wide strategic affairs. He currently chairs the board for Panasonic India.

Mr. Nikhil Nanda - Chairman, Managing Director

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Chairman
Managing Director
Member of the Leadership Team

Mr. Nobushige Ichikawa

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Non - Executive Director

The average tenure of Board Members of the Company as on closure of Annual General Meeting is 3.22 years i.e. July 14, 2023 (5.82 years as on March 31, 2023).