Leadership Profiles

With over 2 decades of experience at Aditya Birla Group across various businesses, Mr Jayant Dua has undertaken multiple roles, including CEO of CTIL - cement division, CEO & Managing director of Birla Sun Life Insurance, and CEO of Aditya Birla Insulators. He is currently the CEO of Grasim Industries Ltd (chemical division). He graduated as a chemical engineer from IIT Delhi and pursued his MBA at IMI. Moreover, he is also an alumnus at Harvard Business School, USA.

Pradip Kumar Dubey, the Senior President of the Epoxy business for Aditya Birla Chemicals, has over 26 years of experience across varied functions, such as R&D, application development, operations, sales & marketing, and business development. With his dynamic and impactful leadership skills, the group as well as the company has achieved several milestones and accreditations.

Omprakash Chitlange has over four decades of rich experience and expertise in strategy, finance, operations, marketing, etc. Mr. Chitlange joined the group in 1984. Mentored by late Mr BK Birla and Smt. Sarla Birla, he represents the best of vintage professional leadership in the extended Birla Group of Businesses. A Chartered Accountant who joined Century Textiles and Industries Limited in 1984 and was in-charge of the Finance Department. Subsequently, he worked in various functions and rose to the level of Business Head of Century Rayon in 2008. Under his leadership Century Rayon has won many awards and accolades. His rich and varied experience of 36 Years is spread across Century Textiles in functions like shipping, Forex & treasury and mutual fund. He was a Managing Director of Century Enka and Business Head of Century Rayon. In new role, he is the Chief Executive Officer of Fashion Yarn business.

Omprakash Chitlange is the President of Association of Man-Made Fibre Industry of India (AMFII), Chairman of the Governing Council at B.K. Birla College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Kalyan (Autonomous) and B.K. Birla Public School, Kalyan (CBSE affiliated), that is amongst the top 10 CBSE Schools in Mumbai.

With over 32 years of experience in a variety of roles at Grasim Chemicals Division, Nagda, Vikram Ispat, and Aditya Birla Minerals Ltd., Australia, Dr. Sunil Kulwal has been with the Aditya Birla Group since 1984. He is a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Secretary and has played various roles till now, such as finance & commercial head, profit centre head, and the leader of the team responsible for strategy development, business growth, and project execution.

As SBU-Head of Aditya Birla Chemicals Thailand Limited (Phosphates, Sulphites and Chlor Alkali divisions) and Thai Peroxide Limited, Ajay is defining and advancing a strategic roadmap to transform the company's growth & earnings profile. He holds an MBA from Bangkok University and graduated with a B.E. degree in Electronics and a B.Sc. degree in Mathematics from M.S. University. In addition, Ajay has attended executive leadership programs at INSEAD, Harvard and Wharton.

Amit Kumar is the President and Chief Supply Chain Officer of the Aditya Birla Group's global CFI sector in Mumbai. Other than being a part of the leadership team of the CFI business of the group, he is responsible for supply chain excellence, talent development, strategic & operational end-to-end leadership across the entire domain of supply chain functions, including strategic sourcing, procurement, logistics related to supply chain, and supply chain excellence leading with digital and information technology.

Chandra Bhattacharjee, with over 28 years of experience in human resource management, is currently CHRO of the CFI business of Aditya Birla Group. Her expertise spans a variety of realms, including IT enabled HR, HR strategy, leadership development, and learning. She was the program director at the Management Development Institute of ABG, i.e. Gyanodaya.

With over three decades of experience at Aditya Birla Group, Manoj Kedia started his career at Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd. in 1989 and recently joined the CFO, CFI sector on the 1st of July, 2019. With his expertise, he has played a vital role in driving the corporate finance function of the Group companies and businesses and in acquisitions, restructuring & incubation of new businesses.

Rohit Pathak, the CEO and President of Aditya Birla Insulators, joined the Aditya Birla Group in 2011 and is currently leading the transformation of ABI into a global business and diversifications. Prior to this role, he used to serve as the Principal EA to the Aditya Birla Group Chairman, i.e. Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla and help to manage all the businesses by getting involved in strategic planning and monitoring across all businesses. His expertise spans various realms, such as business turnaround, inorganic growth, business plan development and delivery, and large scale performance transformations.

Ashu Pareek is currently President and Project head of Domestic Chlor Alkali Business, Aditya Birla Group. He Joined the Group in 1997 as Head of Projects in Alexandria Carbon Black in Egypt, and later headed the Accredict Fiber Unit Alexandria, Egypt. He moved to India in 2012 as Unit Head and President in Vilayat Chlor Alkali Division and headed the Unit till December 2018. Prior to joining the Group Mr. Ashu Pareek had served G.K. Synthetics, Vam Organics and Pasupati Acrylon. Mr. Ashu Pareek holds Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering from HBTI Kanpur.

He holds Master Degrees in Technology (M.Tech) from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India and Business Administration (MBA) from Leicester University, United Kingdom. He has excelled in R&D, Innovation, Global Marketing, Supply Chain, General Management with P&L Responsibility. Under his Leadership, TANFAC has been Turned Around with a Transformational Change. He has rich Global Techno Commercial Experience of 34 years in the Field of Epoxy Resins, Hydro Fluoric Acid and its derivatives.