Sanjiv Puri

Sanjiv Puri is the Chairman & Non-Executive Director of ITC Infotech India Limited and its wholly owned subsidiaries, ITC Infotech Ltd., UK, and ITC Infotech (USA), Inc.

He is currently the Chairman & Managing Director of ITC Limited (ITC). Puri is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, and Wharton School of Business.

Puri has handled a wide range of responsibilities including business leadership positions in manufacturing, operations & information, and digital technology. Prior to his appointment as a Director on the Board of ITC, Puri served as Chief Operating Officer of ITC and prior to that he was the President, FMCG Businesses – Cigarettes, Foods, Personal Care, Education & Stationery Products, Matches and Agarbattis. He previously served as the Managing Director of ITC Infotech India Limited and he was also on the Boards of its wholly owned subsidiaries in the UK and USA. Puri also served as the Managing Director of Surya Nepal Private Limited, a joint venture subsidiary company of ITC in Nepal, and is presently its Chairman. He has also been a Director on the Board of The Tobacco Institute of India and past member of the Board of Governors of the Media Research Users Council. He was also on the Executive Council of The Indian Society of Advertisers.

Presently, Puri serves on the National Executive Committees of CII and FICCI as well as the Steering Committee of FICCI. He is a member of the CII Economic Affairs Council and the BRICS Business Council. Besides being a Director on the Board of US-India Strategic Partnership Forum, he is also a member of the Executive Board of Indian School of Business, Hyderabad. He has also joined the CII Policy Council.