Mr. KUMAR MANGALAM BIRLA

Chairman, Aditya Birla Group

Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla is the Chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, which operates in 6 continents with 120,000 employees and Vodafone Idea Limited. 20 years since inheriting the Aditya Birla Group at the age of 28 years, Mr. Birla raised the groups turnover by 22 times from US $2 billion in 1995, to US $44.3 billion today. Mr. Birla also holds several key positions on various regulatory and professional Boards and Educational institutions. He is currently the chairman of the SEBI Committee on Corporate Governance and also chaired the Committee of Insider Trading. He is on the National Council of the Confederation of Indian Industry and the Apex Advisory Council of the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India. He is also the Chancellor of BITS, Chairman of IIT Delhi and IIM Ahmedabad, serves on the London Business School’s Asia Pacific Advisory Board and is an Honorary Fellow of the London Business School.​