Keki Dadiseth

Biography

 Mr.  Keki Dadiseth, is a Non Executive Independent Director of the Company. He joined the Board of Directors of the Company on 31st May, 2006. Mr. Keki Dadiseth, a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England & Wales, joined Hindustan Lever Ltd. (HLL) in India in 1973 as Manager in the Audit Department. His tenure in HLL included a three-year secondment to Unilever PLC in London (1984-87), where he held senior financial and commercial positions.  On his return to India in 1987, Mr. Dadiseth joined the Board of HLL and until he became its Chairman in 1996, headed several businesses (Detergents & Personal Products) and functions (Personnel and Acquisition & Merger activities), for the Group in India.   Mr. Dadiseth was appointed as a Director on the Board of Unilever PLC and Unilever NV in May 2000 and a Member of the Executive Committee. On 1st January 2001, he took over as Director, Home and Personal Care, responsible for the HPC Business of Unilever world-wide. He retired from Unilever in May 2005.  In India, Mr. Dadiseth has been closely associated with various industry, educational, management and medical bodies. He is a Trustee of the Ratan Tata Trust and a member of the Managing Committee, Breach Candy Hospital Trust and member of B. D. Petit Parsee General Hospital. He is also a Director on the Board of the Indian Business School. He is also on the Board and Committees of the Board of several other leading companies.

Research Interest

 FOOD SCIENCE