Mr. Vegulaparanan Kasi Viswanathan

Additional- Independent Dirtector

Mr. Viswanathan joined the Bosch Group, Germany in August 1998 and worked in its global headquarters at Stuttgart for about 2.5 years. He took over as Joint Managing Director and CFO of Bosch Limited, India in January 2001 responsible for all Commercial, Finance, IT, HR matters besides Business Strategy. Under his leadership, Bosch India witnessed a very strong and sustained growth through continuous innovation, focused market-oriented approach and excellence in execution thereby significantly enhancing value creation for all stakeholders.

He was seconded to Robert Bosch, USA beginning 2006 as Senior Vice President in the Automotive Electronics and Electrical Division, North America and subsequently he became the Regional President of the Automotive Electronics and Electricals division in Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA. After successfully completing his assignment, he returned to India as President and Country Head of Bosch Group in India and Managing Director of Bosch Limited beginning 2008. During his five years at the helm, the Bosch group recorded excellent growth in sales turnover and profitability. After he superannuated on December 31, 2012, he was appointed the Chairman of Bosch Limited effective July 1, 2013, and stepped down after completing his tenure in August 2019.

The Bosch Group in India boasts of six legal entities having a combined turnover of more than Rs. 348 billion (~4.2 bin USD) in FY 2023-24 with a strong presence in Automotive

Technology, Power Tools, Security Technology, Packaging Technology, Hydraulics,

Embedded Software, Information Technology, Renewable Energy and Consumer Durables.

The group directly employs 39769 people in India and is poised to scale even greater heights in the next decade because of its strong foundation and market leadership.

Prior to joining Bosch, Mr. Viswanathan worked in Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (HUL) in many

senior positions both in India and abroad for 17 years.

After working with Tata Consultancy Services for 5 years (1977-1982), Mr. Viswanathan joined Lipton India Ltd, part of Unilever Group as Management Accountant in 1982. He quickly rose to the position of Commercial Manager (Beverages) in 1985. He played a key role in transforming the loss-making Beverages business into a strong and profitable division within a short period of 3 years.

He was later seconded to Unilever Head Quarters in London for a 3-year assignment as Audit Head with responsibility for all the countries in Asia Pacific region.

He returned to Hindustan Unilever Limited in 1992 as Group Treasurer. Later in 1993 he

became Financial Controller and Head of Mergers and Acquisitions and continued till 1998.

During his stint in Unilever India, many high profiles and big-ticket mergers and acquisitions

were successfully transacted, and a new group architecture was designed and implemented by reorganizing and restructuring the 7 Unilever companies into 1 consolidated entity Hindustan Unilever Limited.

He was also on the board of several companies, including Bharti Airtel Limited, ABB India

Limited, HDFC Life Insurance Company Limited, Magma HDI General Insurance Company

Limited, TransUnion CIBIL Limited, KSB Limited and is currently the Chairperson & Independent Director of the Board at United Spirits Limited and a Director of Royal Challengers Sports Private Limited.

He was also the President of Indo-German Chamber of Commerce in 2012-13.

Mr. Viswanathan is a Commerce Graduate from Madras University and a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He has attended advanced leadership training programs in many prestigious institutions including Stanford University,

USA. He has a flair for teaching and has given many keynote speeches in many national and international events.

His directorships and other full- time positions in bodies corporates are as follows:

1. Royal Challengers Sports Private Limited
2. United Spirits Limited