Management Team

Mayank Jalan is the Chairman and Managing Director of our Company. He holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering and business finance from the University College, London and has completed certification courses in advanced mathematics, advanced physics and advanced economics. He has been associated with our Company for more than 18 years. He has served as the President of the Indian Chamber of Commerce, Calcutta in Fiscal 2020 and also chaired the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, West Bengal State Council. He is also the co-chairperson of the CII National Committee on Food Processing and the CII National Committee on Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairy Committee for the year 2021-2022. He has expertise in development of strategy and driving sales target for delivering overall growth of our Company. He was awarded the Hurun Next Gen Leader Award in 2018 by Barclays, the visionary leader, Men of the Year Award by Times in 2019, Top 40 Under 40 Award by the Economic Times in 2019 and the CMA Management Excellence Award for being the emerging leader in the year 2016.

Sunil Kajaria is Head, Dairy & Fresh Foods of our Company. He holds a bachelor’s degree of science in economics from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He has over nine years of experience in operations, general management, sales and marketing. Prior to joining our Company, he was self-employed. He joined our Company on November 21, 2011.

Sanjay Gupta is the Chief Financial Officer, Company Secretary and Compliance Officer of our Company. He holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce (honours) from the University of Calcutta. He is a chartered accountant and a company secretary and is also an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. He is also a qualified cost and work accountant. He has over 15 years of experience in secretarial, finance and accounting functions. Prior to joining our Company, he has worked with Vindhya Telelinks Limited. He joined our Company on August 14, 2006.

Saurabh Jajodia is the Head of Packaged Foods & Beverage of our Company. He holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce (honours) from the St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata. He started his career with our Company and has over 17 years of experience in operations, general management, sales and marketing. He joined our Company on March 15, 2004.

Sashank Shah is the Head of Finance, Strategy and Investor Relations of our Company. He holds a post graduate diploma in management from the T.A. Pai Management Institute. He has over 10 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions, private equity and structured finance. Prior to joining our Company, he has worked with Deloitte, HSBC and J.P. Morgan. He is currently Director in Kolkata One Excelton (JV with Tata Housing - "88 EAST").

Sanjay Dua is the Head of Human Resource and Information Technology of our Company. He holds a bachelor’s degree of science (honours) from the University of Calcutta. He has over 24 years of experience in sales, marketing and human resource activities. Prior to joining our Company, he has worked with Bausch & Lomb India Limited, Blow Plast Limited, Pepsi Foods Limited and International Distillers (India) Limited. He joined our Company on November 3, 2003.

Suparna Mucadum is the Head of Marketing of our Company. She completed a bachelor’s degree of science (Home Science) from the Jadavpur University. She has over 25 years of experience in marketing, branding, advertising, media planning and market research. Prior to joining our Company, she was associated with JWT, Rediffussion Advertising, Genesis Advertising Private Limited and Grey Worldwide.

Swagatam Khandelwal is the Company Secretary and Compliance Officer of our Company. She holds a bachelor's degree in commerce (Honours) from the University of Calcutta. She is a company secretary and is also an associate member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. She has 11 years of experience in secretarial and compliance functions. Prior to joining our Company, she has worked with Edward Keventer Private Limited and at other places. She joined our Company on September 10, 2021.