The Board of Directors of Akzo Nobel India Limited has appointed Path Jindal as Chairman, Shantanu Maharaj Khosla as Additional Director, Rajiv Rajgopal redesignated as Joint Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer.

The board has appointed Shantanu Maharaj Khosla as an Additional Director in the category of an Independent Director with effect from 9th January 2026 for a period of three years till 8th January 2029 subject to approval of the shareholders of the company.

Currently, Shantanu serves on the Boards of Leadership Boulevard Private Limited, Modenik Lifestyle Private Limited, Orkla India Private Limited, Atul Limited, Indus Tree Crafts Foundation, and also as Operating Partner for private equity firm Advent. He is an Engineering Graduate (BTech) from IIT Bombay and an MBA from IIM Calcutta.

The board has re-designated Rajiv Rajgopal as Joint Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of the company with effect from 9th January 2026 from his current position of the Chairman and Managing Director.

In his more than 31 years of experience, Rajiv has worked across FMCG, Oil & Gas (Lubricants), and Telecom industries. He has a rich experience in managing and leading diverse high-performance teams which resulted in strong business performances in the companies he has worked with.

He joined AkzoNobel in 2013 as Head of Sales and Marketing (Decorative Paints) and was subsequently appointed as the Country General Manager - India in 2014. Thereafter, Rajiv was appointed as the Regional Director - Performance Coatings (Middle East & Africa Continent) in January 2017 and he also served on the Boards of several group companies in Middle-East and Africa.

Prior to joining Akzo Nobel India, Rajiv was the CEO - Broadband & Data at Bharti Airtel Limited. He has also worked with organizations such as Hindustan Unilever and BP/Castrol India. Rajiv is a Chemical Engineer from University of Mumbai and an MMS (Marketing) from SP Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai. He has attended Management and Leadership programs at Harvard Business School, INSEAD Singapore, Centre for Creative Leadership, and ELT program at IMD Lausanne.

Parth Jindal, Managing Director, JSW Paints Limited & JSW Cements Limited has been appointed as an Additional Director in the category of Non-Executive Director (Non-independent) of the company, effective 9th January 2026. Consequent upon such appointment, the Board has also designated/appointed Parth Jindal as the Chairman of the company with immediate effect from the conclusion of the aforesaid board meeting dated 9th January 2026.

Parth Jindal is the Managing Director of JSW Cement Limited and JSW Paints Limited and a Director on the Boards of several group companies of the JSW group.