Naina Lal Kidwai

Additional Director (Category: Non-Executive and Independent Director)

Member of the Board of Directors since 2022

Professional Experience

• Additional Director and Senior Advisor, Rothschild India
• Senior Advisor, Advent International
• Non-Executive Director on the boards of Holcim, Max Financial Services, Nayara Energy, Gland Pharma, UPL
• Chairperson, Financial Services Working Group of the BRICS Business Council
• Member, INDO-ASEAN Business Council
• Member, Harvard Business School’s South Asia Advisory Board
• Member, Standard Chartered Bank’s International Advisory Council
• Member, Mission Board of the global EQT Future Fund
• Member, India Advisory Council of U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC)
• Member, Army Group Insurance Fund’s investment advisory committee
• Trustee, Asia House in the UK
• Member, Board of Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation
• Member, International Advisory Council of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)
• Chairperson, FICCI Water Mission and India Sanitation Coalition
• Commissioner, The Global Commission on the Economy and Climate
• Member, Advisory Board, Wildlife Conservation Trust
• Member, The Rockefeller Foundation Economic Council for Planetary Health
• Former Executive Director, HSBC Asia Pacific
• Former Chairperson, HSBC India
• Served 12 years as a Non-Executive Director on the global board of Nestlé
• Past President, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry

Recognitions

• Padma Shri (2007)
• Alumni Achievement Award, Harvard Business School (2022)

Education

• MBA, Harvard Business School (1982);
• BA, Economics, Lady Shri Ram College for Women (1977)