Goa Carbon Limited has appointed Anupam Misra as an Additional Director as well as Whole-time Director of the company designated as 'Executive Director' with effect from 28th May 2022, for a period of three years.

The appointment of Misra as the Executive Director shall be subject to the approval of the members of the company.

Misra is an alumnus of BITS Pilani and SP Jain, Mumbai. For close to 30 years, he has worked in senior leadership roles with some of the largest Indian and Global corporations across industries, geography and functionalities like Exxon Mobil, ICI Paints, PPG Asian Paints, and Nippon Paint.

He was also the CEO for one of the largest polymeric resin companies in Dubai with a global customer base. Before joining GCL, he served as Vice President - Decorative Paint Business for Nippon Paint India.

In another development, Subhrakant Panda has been appointed as an Additional Independent Director with effect from 28th May 2022 upto 27th May 2027, subject to the approval of the members of the company.

Panda is Managing Director of Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys Ltd. and is today the country's leading producer of value added ferro chrome with own chrome ore mines and captive power generation. He serves as Trustee of the Bansidhar & Ha Panda Foundation which is the CSR arm of IMFA and is named after its Founders.

He is currently Senior Vice President of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI), India's apex business chamber, having earlier served as Chairman of the Odisha State Council and the National Manufacturing Committee. He is Past President (2017-18) of the International Chamber of Commerce (India Chapter) and is also only the third Indian to have been elected President (2013-15) of the Paris based International Chromium Development Association (ICDA).

Panda graduated with honours summa cum laude from the Questrom School of Business, Boston University in 1993 with a dual concentration in Finance and Operations Management. He has been recognised for his outstanding scholastic achievement by being named to the Beta Gamma Sigma Honour Society for Collegiate Schools of Business and Golden Key National Honour Society.