A US $44.3 billion corporation, the Aditya Birla Group is in the League of Fortune 500. With operations spread across 34 countries, the Group has a 120,000+ employee base, belonging to 42 different nationalities. The Aditya Birla Group is a world leader in aluminium rolling, viscose staple fibre, and carbon black production. It is also the fourth largest producer of insulators, one of the top 4 cement producers (excluding China) and is the second largest telecom company in the world. Over 50 per cent of the Group's revenues flow from its overseas operations. The company was named the AON best employer in India for 2018 - the third time in the last 7 years.
Beyond business 
Each year, the Aditya Birla Group reaches out to 7.5 million people through the Aditya Birla Centre for Community Initiatives and Rural Development, spearheaded by Mrs. Rajashree Birla. 

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Aditya Birla Group

Sitalakshmanan Ganesh is the current Head of Corporate Administration at [Aditya Birla Group](/org/aditya-birla-group). Prior to this, they were with [Unilever](/org/unilever) for 15 years, where they were last serving as the General Manager Finance, Foods & Refreshment, South Asia. Before that, they were with [AkzoNobel](/org/akzonobel) for 3 years, where they were responsible for financial accounting and internal controls for the Paints Business Division.

Sitalakshmanan Ganesh is a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Sitalakshmanan also has a Diploma in International Financial Reporting Standards from the [Association of Chartered Certified Accountants](/org/association-of-chartered-certified-accountants) (ACCA), UK. Sitalakshmanan has completed their Masters in Commerce from the University of Madras.

Some of their coworkers include H. K. Agarwal - Managing Director, Sushil Agarwal - Group CFO, Director, and Duli Kabra - Co-Head of Group Information Technology. Sitalakshmanan Ganesh reports to Ajay Srinivasan, Director.

Sitalakshmanan Ganesh

Mr. Jayant Dhobley is currently Business Head and CEO, Global Chemicals, Fashion Yarn & Insulators.

Prior to joining the [Aditya Birla Group](/org/aditya-birla-group) in January 2021, Mr. Dhoble led Strategy & Operations for the Asia-Pacific region at Amcor Limited. He has over 30 years of experience in the Specialty Materials, Polymers, Packaging & Chemical Industries and has worked across multiple functions (P&L, Strategy, M&A, Projects and Operations) in both regional and global roles.

Mr. Dhobley has a B.E. in Polymer Technology from the University of Pune and is a Life Member of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers. He has attended Executive Leadership Programs both at Wharton School of Business, USA and Duke CE, USA.

Jayant V Dhobley

Mr. Kalyan Ram Madabhushi is currently Chief Operations Officer (COO), Pulp and Fibre business, [Aditya Birla Group](/org/aditya-birla-group).

He joined the Group in early 2018 to lead its global chemicals business together with its fertilisers and insulators business and served as Business Head, Chemicals, Fertilisers & Insulators. Before joining the Group, he worked with Royal Dutch Shell in the Netherlands and Singapore for two decades. He last worked as Global General Manager in Shell Downstream Chemicals Business. He has been the President of the Board of Shell Chemicals North East Europe, Board member & Chairman of the Board - Industry bodies in Europe.

Mr. Madabhushi holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from [NIT Warangal](/org/nit-warangal) and an MBA specialised in international business from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade. He continued his executive leadership learning at IMD Switzerland and [University of Oxford](/org/university-of-oxford).

Kalyan Ram Madabhushi

Mr. Shiv Shivakumar is currently the Group Executive President, Corporate Strategy & Business Development.

Mr. Shivakumar joined the Group in January 2018. Before that, he served as Chairman and CEO of [PepsiCo](/org/pepsico) for four years. He also worked with Nokia as CEO for India and later emerging markets for a decade.

He is currently the Chairman of the Mobile Marketing Association and Chairman of the Advertising Standards Council of India. He is also on the board of XLRI and [IIM Udaipur](/org/iim-udaipur).

Mr. Shivakumar was awarded ‘Distinguished Alumnus’ by IIT Madras and [IIM Calcutta](/org/iim-calcutta).

Shiv Shivakumar

Mr. Dilip Gaur is Managing Director, Grasim Industries; Head - Global Pulp and Fibre Business, [Aditya Birla Group](/org/aditya-birla-group); Director, Board of Aditya Birla Management Corporartion (P) Ltd.

Prior to his current role, he was the Deputy Managing Director and Chief Manufacturing Officer of UltraTech Cement Limited. He also headed [Hindalco](/org/hindalco-industries-ltd)’s Global Copper Business. He was the Managing Director of Birla Carbon’s Egyptian business and President and Country Head of the Group’s edible oil & oleo chemicals business in Malaysia/Philippines.

Mr. Gaur joined [Aditya Birla Group](/org/aditya-birla-group) in 2004 after spending 24 years at [Hindustan Unilever Limited](/org/hindustan-unilever-limited) in Foods, HPC & Specialty Chemicals Business. He was also a member of the Foods Management Committee.

He was awarded the [Aditya Birla Group](/org/aditya-birla-group) Chairman’s Outstanding Leader Award in 2011.

Mr. Gaur holds a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering. He has completed the Advanced Management Programme (AMP) at [Harvard University](/org/harvard).

Dilip Gaur

Mr. Sushil Agarwal is currently the Group CFO for [Aditya Birla Group](/org/aditya-birla-group) and Director, Aditya Birla Management Corporation Private Limited. He serves as a Director on the Board of several Group companies including Aditya Birla Capital Ltd. and Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd. and is also a member of the Business Review Council of the Group.

He has been with the Group for about 30 years and has a distinction of working closely with the former Chairman Late Mr. Aditya Vikram Birla and current Chairman Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla. He has richly contributed in many Restructurings and Mergers and Acquisitions of the Group with his widely acknowledged financial acumen and analytical skills.

In 2018, he was awarded as the “India’s Greatest CFO” at the Asia One India’s Greatest Brands and Leaders Awards and as the “Business Leader Corporate CFO” at the 11th ICAI Awards. He was honoured with the ‘Exceptional Contributor Award’ in 2000 and ‘Outstanding Leadership Award’ in 2014 by the Chairman of [Aditya Birla Group](/org/aditya-birla-group).

Mr. Sushil Agarwal is a Qualified Chartered Accountant and holds a Master's degree in Commerce.

Sushil Agarwal

Duli Kabra

Mr. Vivek Agrawal is Business Head at UltraTech Cement. Prior to this, he held the position of Chief Marketing Officer at the company.

Mr. Agrawal has spent a major part of his professional career at UltraTech’s Cement Business, holding a number of critical positions. He joined the Group in 1993 as a Zonal Manager in the Cement Marketing Division and  went on to hold important positions such as Zonal Head – Grey Cement South; Head, Marketing – Birla White; and Head – RMC Business.

Mr. Agrawal took over as the CEO of the acquired entity Star Cement in 2010 and October 2013, took on the role of Chief Marketing Officer of the Cement Business.

Mr. Agrawal was named an Aditya Birla Fellow in 2017, and was a recipient of the Chairman’s Outstanding Leader Award in 2019.

He is a B.E.(Hons.) from NIT Allahabad and MBA from FMS, Delhi. He has done his Advanced Management Program (AMP) from Wharton Business School.

Vivek Agrawal

H. K. Agarwal

Mr. Satish Pai is Managing Director, [Hindalco](/org/hindalco-industries-ltd) Industries and Director, Board of Aditya Birla Management Corporation Pvt. Ltd.

He joined the [Aditya Birla Group](/org/aditya-birla-group) as the CEO of [Hindalco](/org/hindalco-industries-ltd)’s Aluminium Business in August 2013.  He has also served as the Deputy Managing Director of [Hindalco](/org/hindalco-industries-ltd) and headed its copper business. Prior to joining the [Aditya Birla Group](/org/aditya-birla-group), Mr. Pai worked with [Schlumberger](/org/schlumberger) based out of Paris for 28 years.

Mr. Pai also serves as a Director on the board of ABB, Zurich. He is a life member of the Indian Institute of Metals and is a part of CII’s Task Force on China. He holds the position of Vice President and Chairman of the Government Affairs Committee of the Aluminium Association of India and is the Chairman of FICCI’s Non-Ferrous Metals Committee.

Mr. Pai holds a B. Tech degree from IIT Madras.

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