Mr. Sunil Duggal was appointed as the Interim CEO of Vedanta Limited, effective April 6, 2020, subsequently CEO, effective August 1, 2020 and Whole-Time Director from April 25, 2021. Prior to this, he was the CEO & Whole-Time Director of Hindustan Zinc Limited (HZL), a subsidiary of the Company from 2015 to July 2020. He had been associated with HZL since 2010 as Executive Director and thereafter became the Chief Operating Officer in the year 2012 and Deputy CEO in 2014.

He is a result-oriented professional with over 37 years of experience of leading high‐performance teams and more than 20+ years in leadership positions. He is known for his ability to calmly navigate through tough and challenging times, nurture and grow a business, evaluate opportunities and risks and successfully drive efficiency and productivity whilst reducing costs and inefficiencies and deliver innovative solutions to challenges. His thrust on adopting best‐in‐class mining and smelting techniques, state‐of‐the‐art, environment‐friendly technologies and mechanisation, automation and digitalisation of operational activities has enhanced Vedanta’s industry leadership.

Born and brought up in Amritsar, he has an Electrical Engineering degree from Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala. He is an Alumnus of IMD, Lausanne‐Switzerland and IIM Calcutta and has worked in Ambuja Cement before joining Vedanta Ltd. He is serving as Vice Chairman-International Zinc Association and President–Indian Lead Zinc Development Association. Recently, he has been appointed as the Chair – Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) National Committee on Mining, Chair – FIMI Non-Ferrous Metals Committee, Co-Chair – FICCI Non-Ferrous Metals Committee -2018 and Chairman – Skill Council for Mining Sector, India.

Mr. Ajay Goel is acting Chief Financial Officer of the Company with effect from 22 October, 2021. He was appointed as Deputy Chief Financial Officer of Vedanta Limited from 23 March 2021, based at Delhi. In this role, Mr. Goel is responsible for Financial Planning & Analysis, Accounting and Consolidation, Controllership, Audit, Tax, Secretarial & Compliance and Risk Management. He has been driving the Company’s business performance monitoring and reporting with a focus on benchmarking and analytics. Mr. Goel is a national rank holder, both as a Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary. He brings 22 years of rich experience, having operated in a variety of roles in global multinational companies such as General Electric (GE), Nestle, Coca Cola and Diageo.

Mr. Sharad Kumar Gargiya was appointed as the Chief Commercial Officer of Vedanta with effect from April 2020. He has been associated with the Group since October 1998 and has held key senior leadership roles as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Commercial Officer across the Group companies. He is an integral part of the Vedanta Group Executive Committee and Group Management Committee. He has been a member of the Group Ethics Committee since 2016 and is an active member of the Group Insurance Council for over five years.

Mr. Gargiya is a versatile leader and has over 23 years of experience in leading high-performance teams, developing and executing strategic initiatives, driving business excellence, and cultural transformation. He has contributed significantly towards unlocking business value through his leadership and strategic roles at the Telecom Cable, Copper, Aluminum, Power And Zinc business of the Company. He has a proven track record of adopting best-in-class technologies and processes to increase efficiencies and optimise cost with a focus on promoting automation and digitalisation of operational activities.

Ms. Madhu Srivastava was appointed as the Chief Human Resources Officer of Vedanta in December 2018. She has been associated with Vedanta for more than nine years. In her earlier role, she was the Chief Human Resources Officer of Cairn-Oil and Gas business for close to three years, during which she also led the Talent Acquisition and Diversity and Inclusion functions for Vedanta.

Under her leadership, the Vedanta Group has put in place progressive and globally benchmarked people practices and frameworks for talent acquisition, talent management, performance management, and rewards and recognition. She has 23 years of experience across Human Resources as well as Sales, Marketing and Operations, spanning FMCG, Telecom, IT/ITES, banking and natural resources industries.

Ms. Srivastava started her professional journey in 1999 with Godrej, where she handled sales in Gujarat and Maharashtra and later moved to the Corporate Sales & Marketing role. Following her work with companies such as GE Capital and Reliance in operations and marketing profiles, she began her journey in HR in 2006 as Assistant Vice President, Talent Acquisition at Genpact, where she led middle management hiring. She then went on to lead recruitment for Citibank’s India operations as Vice President, Human Resources before joining Vedanta in 2012. She holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management in Marketing and Sales from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad.