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The Murugappa Group is governed by the Murugappa Corporate Board (MCB), headed by M A Alagappan as its Executive Chairman.

M A Alagappan | A Vellayan | M M Murugappan | N Srinivasan | Sridhar Ganesh | Venkatraman Thyagarajan | Deepak Satwalekar | Sridar Iyengar

M A Alagappan

Mr. M.A. Alagappan

M A Alagappan is the Executive Chairman of the Murugappa Corporate Board. A management graduate from the University of Aston, UK, he is a commerce graduate from the University of Madras. He is the Honorary Consul of Hungary in India for the southern region. He is also a committee member of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) and the Southern India Chambers of Commerce and Industry (SICCI).

 

A Vellayan

Mr. A. Vellayan

A Vellayan is the Vice-Chairman and Director-Strategy of the Murugappa Corporate Board. He is the Chairman of EID Parry (India) Limited, Coromandel Fertilisers Ltd (CFL) and Godavari Fertilisers and Chemicals Ltd (GFCL). He is also on the board of EXIM Bank and Kanoria Chemicals Ltd. He holds a diploma in industrial adminstration from the University of Aston, UK and a master’s degree in business studies from the University of Warwick Business School, UK.

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M M Murugappan

Mr. M.M. Murugappan

M M Murugappan is the Director-Technology of the Murugappa Corporate Board. He is the Chairman of Tube Investments of India Ltd., Carborundum Universal Ltd., Wendt India Ltd., Murugappa Morgan Thermal Ceramics Ltd. and DBS Chola Trustees Ltd. He serves as a Trustee of the AMM Foundation and the Correspondent of the Murugappa Polytechnic College.. He is also on the board of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., Mumbai and Infotech Enterprises Ltd., Hyderabad. He is a Member on the Board of Governors, IIT, Madras. He holds a Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan, USA.

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N Srinivasan

Mr. N. Srinivasan

N Srinivasan is the Director-Finance of the Murugappa Corporate Board. He is a chartered accountant and company secretary with over 25 years of experience in the areas of corporate finance, legal, projects and general management. He is on the board of Cholamandalam DBS Finance Ltd and Tube Investments of India Ltd as a director . Earlier, he was the CFO of Carborundum Universal Ltd and prior to that, was associated with corporates like BHEL and Thiru Aarooran Sugars Ltd.

 

Sridhar Ganesh

Mr. Sridhar Ganesh

Sridhar Ganesh is the Director-Human Resources of the Murugappa Corporate Board. He is a graduate in physics, and holds a post graduate diploma in management from IIM, Kolkata. He has over 30 years of experience in varied facets of human resource management, at both operational and strategic levels. He started his career with Guest Keen Williams Limited in Kolkatta and then had a stint with Metal Box prior to joining Berger Paints as head of personnel. He subsequently moved to Mumbai to join Cadbury India as their Director-HR and was a member of the board. In 2002, he was appointed HR Director for the Africa, India and the Middle-East region based in the UK. His area of work and interest in recent times is on coaching for performance and performance related areas. Prior to joining the Group, he was Director-Learning & Development, Cadbury Schweppes plc-Europe, Middle-East and Africa.

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Venkatraman Thyagarajan

Mr. Venkatraman Thyagarajan

Venkatraman Thyagarajan is the non-executive External Director of the Murugappa Corporate Board. He is the Vice Chairman of GlaxoSmithKline, India and the Senior Vice President and Regional Director of GlaxoSmithKline, Asia Pacific. Prior to this role, he was the Vice President of South Asia since 2001. In his tenure of over 36 years with the company, he has held numerous senior positions throughout his career. He is also an independent director of Tata Consultancy Services Limited and chairs PHRMA for Asia. He has a B.Tech degree in Electrical Engineering and is an alumnus of Indian Institute of Management – Ahmedabad.

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Deepak Satwalekar

Mr. Deepak Satwalekar

Deepak Satwalekar is the non executive External Director of the Murugappa Corporate Board. He holds a bachelors degree in technology from IIT Mumbai and a masters degree in business administration from American University, USA. He is currently the managing director and CEO of HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Ltd. He is also on the board of several companies, including HDFC Ltd, Asian Paints (India) Ltd and Infosys Technologies Ltd.

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Sridar Iyengar

Sridar Iyengar is a non executive External Director of the Murugappa Group Corporate Board. Prior to this, Sridar was CEO of KPMG LLP and later became a Partner and was instrumental in setting up KPMG’s operations in India. A founding charter member of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs), he has been President of both the Silicon Valley and Global branches of the group and remains active with TiE India. He is also involved in the American India Foundation and the Foundation for Democratic Reforms in India. Sridar has spent 35 years in global business and brings to the Board his rich international experience. He serves on the Boards of Infosys Technologies, ICICI Bank, and Rediff.com, among other companies in the U.S. and India. He holds a bachelors degree in Commerce (Honours) from the University of Calcutta and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

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