Anita Ramachandran

Ms. Anita Ramachandran has been appointed as an Additional Director (Non-Executive Independent) of the Company with effect from March 25, 2025. She is a renowned Human Resource professional with deep knowledge and experience of around 40 years as a management consultant. She is also one of the first generation of women professional to become an entrepreneur and run a highly successful HR consulting and services organisation. Ms. Anita began her career with AF Ferguson & Co. (the KPMG network company in India then) in 1976 as the first woman consultant of the firm. In her 19 years stint with AFF, she worked across various parts of the Country and wide range of areas from finance, industrial market research, strategy and human resource consulting. She was finally a Director of the Firm.

Ms. Anita founded Cerebrus Consultants in 1995 to focus on HR advisory services, including organisation transformation. Her reputation and innovative work helped her build Cerebrus into a firm with national presence. Ms. Anita is known as an authority in reward management system in the country and her work in the compensation and rewards area is well recognised. In recent years, she has been involved in several large organisation transformation assignments. She also works with several PE firms and start -ups to mentor them through their growth journey.

Ms. Anita is an Independent Director on the Board of FSN E-Commerce Ventures Limited, Happiest Minds Technologies Limited, Grasim Industries Ltd, Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Limited, Blue Star Limited, Ultratech Cement Limited, Aditya Birla Housing Finance Limited and Aragen Life Sciences Limited. She is also a Director on the Board of Godrej and Boyce Manufacturing Company Limited, Cerebrus Consultants Private Limited and Nykaa Foundation.

Ms. Anita holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce and a Master’s Degree in Management Studies from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management.