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  People Board of Directors  |    Key Management Personnel

 

Honorary Life President

Arjan Lulla, Since founding Eros in 1977 in India, Mr Lulla has played an integral role in developing the business into one of the largest content owners and international distributors of Bollywood media.

 

Executive Directors

Sunil Lulla, 45 years, is our Executive Vice Chairman & Managing Director. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in commerce from Mumbai University. He has over 20 years of experience in the business and has been instrumental in developing the Eros India Group. He has valuable relationships with the talent within the Indian film industry and has been instrumental in our Company's expansion into India distribution as well as home entertainment and music.

 

Kishore Lulla, 48 years, is our Executive Director. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in Arts from Mumbai University. He has over 20 years of experience in the media and film industry. He is a member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and Young Presidents' Organisation and is also a board member of the University of California, Los Angeles ("UCLA"). He has been honoured at the Asian Business Awards 2007 and the Indian Film Academy Awards 2007 for his contribution in taking Indian cinema global. As Executive Chairman of Eros, he has been instrumental in spearheading the growth of Eros International Plc and expanding their presence in UK, USA, Dubai, Australia, Fiji and other international markets.

 

Vijay Ahuja, 53 years, is our Executive Director. He holds a bachelor's degree in commerce from Mumbai University. He co-founded Eros International Plc's UK business in 1988 and has since played an important role in implementing the key international strategies of Eros, helping expand the business to its present scale by making a significant contribution to developing the South East Asian markets for Eros, such as Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Hong Kong.

 

Jyoti Deshpande, 39 years, is our Executive Director. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in commerce and economics and masters in business administration from Mumbai University. She has over 16 years of experience in the media and entertainment industry. She has previously worked in advertising with JWT, India before moving to the UK in 1997 where she was a senior consultant with MindShare, UK. She has been a part of the core team that founded B4U Television Network in the UK in 1998/99 and managed its expansion to other parts of the world in a span of two years. She has been with Eros since 2001 and was instrumental in helping Eros International Plc list on the AIM.She is part of the leadership team driving strategy as well as operations for the Group.

 

Non-Executive Directors

Naresh Chandra, 75 years, is our Non-Executive Chairman and Independent Director. He graduated with a masters' degree in science from Allahabad University. A former civil servant, he joined the Indian Administrative Services in 1956 and has served as Chief Secretary in the State of Rajasthan, Commonwealth Secretariat Advisor on Export Industrialisation and Policy in Colombo (Sri Lanka), Advisor to the Government of Jammu and Kashmir, and successively Secretary to the Ministries of Water Resources, Defence, Home and Justice in the Government of India ("GOI"). In December 1990, he became Cabinet Secretary, the highest post in the Indian civil service. In 1992, he was appointed Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister of India. He has served as the Governor of the state of Gujarat in 1995/1996 and Ambassador of India to the United States of America in 1996/2001. He has also chaired the Committee on Corporate Audit and Governance, the Committee on Private Companies and Limited Companies Partnerships and the Committee on Civil Aviation Policy, for the GoI in 2007. He has been honoured with the Padma Vibhushan, a high civilian award, by the GOI in 2007. He is a director of various companies, including Vedanta Resources plc.

Dhirendra Swarup, 65 years, is our Non-Executive Director. Mr. Swarup is a Government certified Public Accountant and a Fellow of the Institute of Public Auditors of India, and has a post graduate degree in humanities. He was a member of the Board of the SEBI, and a member of the Permanent High-level Committee on Financial Markets between July 2005 and December 2009. A former civil servant, he retired as Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Government of India in 2005, and has approximately 42 years' experience in finance, budgeting, audit, public policy, public investments, project appraisal, evaluation of schemes and programmes of the Government of India. He has also served as Chairman of the Pension Funds Regulatory Authority between 2005 and 2009, Chief of the Budget Bureau of the Government of India between 2000 and 2005. Mr. Swarup was involved in the drafting of the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2003, and the fiscal rule made thereunder, and has been associated with the International Monetary Fund between 1993 and 2007, and has been Vice-Chairman of the International Network on Financial Education, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development between 2007 and 2009.

 

Dr. Shankar Nath Acharya, 64 years, is our Non-Executive and Independent Director. He graduated with a bachelors' degree in politics, philosophy and economics from Oxford University in 1967 and earned a doctorate in economics from Harvard University in 1972. He worked in the World Bank, Washington D.C. from 1971-1982, where he led the World Development Report team for 1979 and was research advisor to the bank in 1979-82. After returning to India, he served as economic advisor to the Union Finance Ministry from 1985-90. From 1993 to 2000 he was chief economic advisor to the Government of India and was deeply involved in the economic reforms of that period. He also served as member, SEBI during 1997-2000. He was a member of the Prime Ministers' Economic Advisory Council (2001-2003) and member, Twelfth Finance Commission (2004). He has authored several books and numerous scholarly articles on economics and serves on the governing bodies of several national research organizations.

 
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