Mr.
K. K. Maheshwari
Business Director, Pulp and Fibre Business, Head
Management Services Division and Director Aditya
Birla Management Corporation Private Ltd
Mr. K. K. Maheshwari is the Business Director of
the Group's Pulp and Fibre Business. He is also
a whole-time Director on the board of Grasim Industries
Limited. He is a Director of Aditya Birla Management
Corporation Private Ltd, the Group’s apex decision
making body that provides strategic direction to
the various companies in its fold.
Mr.
Maheshwari has been with the Aditya Birla Group
for 23 years. In the initial period, he was responsible
for setting up the first Corporate Finance Division
of the Group in Indian Rayon and Industries Ltd
(now renamed as Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd). He was
also closely involved in the restructuring of
the Group's operations and acquisitions for business
growth.
In
1988, he moved to Thailand where he was responsible
for Thai Polyphosphate and Chemicals Co. Ltd.
and Thai Organic Chemicals Co. Ltd. He moved back
to India in early 2001 to look after the Group's
Chemical Business in India. Since March 2005,
Mr. Maheshwari has been responsible for the Group's
global Chemical Business. In 2007, he became head
of the trading business, bringing in sharp focus
on product verticals and processes.
An erudite speaker, he has been invited to speak
at the University of Michigan Business School;
the Global Chemical Leaders Summit and the Global
Trader Summit, both in Singapore; the S P Jain
Institute of Management and the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of India, among others. He is the
president of the Association of Man-Made Fibre
Industry of India, member of the executive committee
of the Indian Chemical Council and member of the
National Chemical Committee, FICCI.
Prior
to joining the Aditya Birla Group, Mr.Maheshwari
held senior positions in finance function with
Blow Plast Ltd and Zenith Ltd.
Mr.
Maheshwari was a member of the Ahluwalia Committee
on State Specific Reforms for State Electricity
Boards constituted by the Ministry of Power. While
in Thailand, Mr. Maheshwari served as a trustee
and was a member of the Board of New International
School of Thailand in Bangkok.
Mr.
Maheshwari holds a masters degree in commerce
(Business Administration) and is a fellow member
of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
having topped the CA exams in 1976.
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