Reliance Industries Limited is engaged in the exploration, development, and production of crude oil and natural gas in India and internationally. Their activities span hydrocarbon exploration and production, petroleum refining and marketing, petrochemicals, retail, and telecommunications. 

Energy

Reliance Industries

His Excellency Yasir Othman H. Al Rumayyan (DIN: 09245977) was Managing the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia since 2015 as the Managing Director, and later from 2019 as the Governor of the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia; leading all areas of operation of the sovereign wealth fund, which sits at the heart of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 and economic transformation strategy.
 
H.E. Al-Rumayyan’s experience encompasses over 25 years working in some of Saudi Arabia’s prominent financial institutions. He began his career at the Saudi Hollandi Bank, where he occupied key positions across various departments before becoming Head of International Brokerage. In 2004, His Excellency joined the Capital Market Authority as part of the founding team, being appointed Director of the Corporate Finance and Issuance Division in 2008. From 2010 until 2015, he served as Chief Executive Officer and board member of Saudi Fransi Capital, during which he also sat on the board of Tadawul, the Saudi Stock Exchange, from 2014 to 2015.

H.E. Al-Rumayyan holds a degree in Accounting from King Faisal University in Saudi Arabia and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School’s General Management Program.

Yasir Othman H. Al Rumayyan

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Mr. Mukesh D. Ambani (DIN 00001695) is a Chemical Engineer from the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai (erstwhile the University Department of Chemical Technology, University of Mumbai). He pursued an MBA from [Stanford University](/org/stanford) in the US. He has been on the Board of [Reliance](/org/reliance-steel-aluminum-co) since 1977. He initiated [Reliance](/org/reliance-steel-aluminum-co)’s backward integration journey – from textiles to polyester fibres and further onto petrochemicals and petroleum refining, and going upstream into oil and gas exploration and production. He created multiple new world-class manufacturing facilities involving diverse technologies that have raised [Reliance](/org/reliance-steel-aluminum-co)’s petrochemicals manufacturing capacities from less than a million tonnes to about 21 million tonnes per year.

In the late nineties, Mr. Mukesh Ambani spearheaded the creation of the world’s largest grassroots petroleum refinery at Jamnagar in Gujarat, India, with a capacity of 660,000 barrels per day (33 million tonnes a year), and integrated it with petrochemicals, power generation, port and related infrastructure. Further, he steered the setting up of another 580,000-barrels-per-day refinery next to the first one in Jamnagar. With an aggregate refining capacity of 1.24 million barrels of oil per day at a single location, Jamnagar has become the refining hub of the world.

He also led [Reliance](/org/reliance-steel-aluminum-co)’ development of infrastructure facilities and implementation of a pan-India organized retail network spanning multiple formats and supply chain infrastructure. Today, [Reliance](/org/reliance-steel-aluminum-co) Retail is the largest organised retail player in India. He has created global records in customer acquisition for Jio, [Reliance](/org/reliance-steel-aluminum-co)’ digital services initiative. He led and established one of the world’s most expansive 4G broadband wireless network offering end-to-end solutions that address the entire value chain across various digital services in key domains of national interest, such as education, healthcare, security, financial services, government-citizen interfaces, and entertainment.

Mr. Mukesh Ambani is a member of The Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum. He is an elected Foreign Member of the prestigious United States National Academy of Engineering. He is a member of the Global Advisory Council of Bank of America. He is also a member of International Advisory Council of The Brookings Institution.

Mukesh D. Ambani

Mr. Hital R. Meswani (DIN 00001623) is a Management & Technology graduate from the [University of Pennsylvania](/org/university-of-pennsylvania) (UPenn) in the USA. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, UPenn, and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics from the Wharton Business School. He joined Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) in 1990 and is the son of Mr. Rasiklal Meswani, one of the Founder Directors of the company.
 
He is on the Board of the company as Whole-time Director, designated as the Executive Director, RIL, since August 4, 1995. His overall responsibility spans the Petroleum Refining and Marketing Business, Petrochemicals Manufacturing and several corporate functions of the company including Human Resources Management, Information Technology, Research & Technology and Capital Projects Execution. He has been involved with almost all mega initiatives of the group through its growth journey. He was instrumental in execution of the world class petrochemicals complex at Hazira and the mammoth Reliance Jamnagar Refinery complex, the largest in the world at any single location. He had also led a company-wide business transformation initiative, which has resulted in the development of the constitution of RIL – the Reliance Management System.

Hital R. Meswani

Mr. Pawan Kumar Kapil (DIN 02460200) was appointed as a Whole-time Director, designated as Executive Director, of the Company with effect from May 16, 2010. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering, and has a rich experience of more than five decades in the petroleum refining industry. Joining [Reliance](/org/reliance-steel-aluminum-co) in 1996, he led the commissioning and start-up of the Jamnagar complex (J1). He was associated with this project from conception to commissioning. He also played a leading role in the commissioning of the manufacturing operations in the Special Economic Zone at Jamnagar by [Reliance](/org/reliance-steel-aluminum-co) (J2).

Mr. Kapil started his career in 1966 with the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC). During the initial years, he worked in various capacities in operations, technical services and
start-up/commissioning of various refinery process units/facilities in Barauni and Gujarat Refineries. Having a penchant for analytical work and good technological skills, he was chosen to head the Central Technical Services Department at the corporate office of IOC. He did extensive work in expansion of existing refineries, energy optimisation, debottlenecking studies, and long-term planning. He has also been the Director (Technical) of the Oil Co-ordination Committee (OCC) – a think tank of the Ministry of Petroleum, Government of India.

P.K. Kapil

Mr. P.M.S. Prasad (DIN 00012144) has been a whole-time director, designated as Executive Director, of the Company since August 21, 2009. He has worked with [Reliance](/org/reliance-steel-aluminum-co) for about 38 years, holding various senior positions in fibres, petrochemicals, refining & marketing and exploration & production businesses of [Reliance](/org/reliance-steel-aluminum-co). Mr. Prasad holds bachelor’s degrees in science from Osmania University and in engineering from Anna University.
 
He was awarded an honorary doctorate degree by the University of Petroleum and Engineering Studies, Dehradun, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the Indian petroleum sector. He has also been conferred the Energy Executive of the Year 2008 award by Petroleum Economist in recognition of his leadership.
 
He is a member of the Health, Safety and Environment Committee and Risk Management Committee of [Reliance](/org/reliance-steel-aluminum-co).
 
Mr. Prasad is a Director of Network18 Media & Investments Ltd., TV 18 Broadcast Ltd. and [Reliance](/org/reliance-steel-aluminum-co) Commercial Dealers Ltd. He is a member of the Stakeholders’ Relationship, Corporate Social Responsibility, Audit, Nomination & Remuneration and Risk Management committees of Network18 Media & Investments Ltd. and [TV18 Broadcast Ltd](/org/tv18-broadcast-ltd). He is also the Chairman of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and a member Corporate Social Responsibility Committee of [Reliance](/org/reliance-steel-aluminum-co) Commercial Dealers Ltd.

P.M.S. Prasad

Past Chairman of [State Bank of India](/org/state-bank-of-india) from 2013 to 2017.

Forty years career as a banker with [State Bank of India](/org/state-bank-of-india), the largest bank in India.
 
Held several positions during her career with the bank including working in foreign exchange, treasury, retail operations, human resources and investment banking. This included positions like the chief executive of the bank's merchant banking arm- [State Bank of India](/org/state-bank-of-india) Capital Markets; Chief General Manager in charge of new projects. She has also served at the bank's New York office.
 
Involved with the launch of several new businesses such as SBI General Insurance, SBI Custodial Services, SBI Pension Funds Pvt. Ltd. and the SBI Macquarie Infrastructure Fund. 
 
In 2016, she was named the 25th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes. Ranked among the FT Top 100 Global Thinkers by Foreign Policy magazine. Named the 4th most powerful women in Asia Pacific by Fortune in 2017. 
 
India Today magazine ranked her at 19th in India's 50 Most powerful people of 2017 list. In 2018, she was named Business Leader of the Year at The Asian Awards.

Arundhati Bhattacharya

John Fitzgerald is the CEO of RIL USA, where he directs and manages expansion of [Reliance Industries](/org/reliance-industries) US based trading and supply business. 

John Fitzgerald

Dr. Shumeet Banerji (DIN 02787784) is the founder of Condorcet, LP – an advisory and investment firm specializing in developing early stage companies. He retired from Booz & Company in 2013 after a 20 year stint at the firm and its predecessor Booz, Allen, Hamilton. He was the founding Chief Executive Officer of Booz & Company. In 2007-08 he co-led the conception, design, and execution of the historic deal separating Booz, Allen, Hamilton, selling the government business to the Carlyle Group and spinning off the global strategy consulting division as Booz & Company.
 
Dr. Banerji currently serves on the Board of Directors of HP Inc (USA), [Proteus Digital Health](/org/proteus-digital-health) (USA), Felix Pharmaceuticals (Ireland), Tala Energy (UK), Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. (India) and Haldu Tola Private Limited. He serves on the Panel of Senior Advisers of Chatham House (The Royal Institute of International Affairs, UK).
 
He was a member of the faculty at the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business before joining Booz, Allen, Hamilton. He received his PhD from Kellogg School of Management, [Northwestern University](/org/northwestern-university) where he has previously served on the Dean’s Advisory Board.
 
At Reliance Industries Ltd., Dr. Banerji is an Independent Director and a member of the Human Resources, Nomination and Remuneration, Corporate Social Responsibility and Governance and Risk Management committees.

Shumeet Banerji

Rajeshwar Mukhopadhyay

SUBHAM CHAKRABORTY

Shantanu Mukherjee

Mr. Nikhil R. Meswani (DIN 00001620) is a chemical engineer and the son of Mr. Rasiklal Meswani, one of the Founder Directors of the Company. He joined Reliance in 1986, and since July 01, 1988, he has been a Whole-time Director, designated as Executive Director, on the Board of the Company. He is primarily responsible for the petrochemicals division, and has made major contributions towards Reliance becoming a global leader in petrochemicals. Between 1997 and 2005, he handled the refinery business of the Company. In addition, he continues to shoulder several other corporate responsibilities, such as Corporate Affairs and Group Taxation. He is also involved in the affairs of Reliance-owned Indian Premier League cricket franchise Mumbai Indians, Indian Super League and other sports initiatives of the Company.
 
He has been honoured by the Institute of Economic Studies, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, and the Textile Association (India), Ministry of Textiles. He has also been honoured by the FICCI for his distinguished contribution to the petrochemicals industry. He was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2005, and remains an active participant in the activities of the Forum. He is also a member of the new Senior Advisory Board for South-Asia at the Forum. For several consecutive years, ICIS, a leading chemical industry magazine, has ranked Mr. Nikhil Meswani among the Top 40 Global Power Players in the chemical industry.
 
He is a member of the Board of Trade, Ministry of Commerce, Government of India, and the member of National Council of CII; and also a member of managing committee member of the Federation of Indian Export Organisations. He is also the former President of the Association of Synthetic Fibre Industry. Mr. Nikhil Meswani was also the youngest Chairman of the Asian Chemical Fibre Industries Federation.
 
He is a member of Global Advisory Council of Harvard University, USA. He is a member of the visiting committee of the Dean for engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA. He is also a member of the Board of Governors of the Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), Mumbai, and a distinguished alumnus of the same.
 
He is a member of Corporate Social Responsibility and Governance Committee, Finance Committee, and Stakeholders’ Relationship Committee of the Company.
 
He is a Director of Reliance Commercial Dealers Limited and Reliance O2C Limited. He is also the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of Nomination and Remuneration Committee and Corporate Social Responsibility Committee of Reliance Commercial Dealers Limited.

Nikhil R. Meswani

Adil Zainulbhai

Nita M. Ambani (DIN 03115198) is a Commerce Graduate from Mumbai University and a Diploma Holder in Early Childhood Education.

Mrs. Ambani is a businesswoman, educationist, philanthropist and a strong proponent of sports. She is the Founder & Chairperson of Reliance Foundation, which has impacted the lives of over 26 million people across India, through its initiatives in Rural Transformation, Health, Education, Sports for Development, Disaster Response, Arts, Culture & Heritage and Urban Renewal.
 
Mrs. Ambani believes that education and sports are the bedrock of any young, developing society and is committed to building India as a multi-sports nation. The Reliance Foundation’s Sports initiatives and its grassroots programmes, such as the Reliance Foundation Youth Sports, Reliance Foundation Young Champs and Reliance Foundation Jr. NBA, have cumulatively reached out to over 18 million children across India.
 
Mrs. Ambani is the architect and co-owner of Mumbai Indians, which is a four-time champion of the Indian Premier League (IPL), making it the most successful IPL team. She is also the Founder & Chairperson of Football Sports Development Limited that launched the Indian Super League (ISL) in 2014, which has revolutionised football in India. In recognition of her outstanding contribution to the world of sports, she was elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee in 2016.
 
Mrs. Ambani provides leadership to 14 schools that educate 16,000 students every year. She is the Founder & Chairperson of Dhirubhai Ambani International School, which has consistently been ranked as the No. 1 international school in India, and is in the league of top international schools in the world. The Dhirubhai Ambani Scholarship Programme has supported over 12,000 scholars, 20% of whom are specially-abled and almost 50% are girls. Reliance Foundation plans to establish a world-class multi-disciplinary university.
 
Mrs. Ambani leads Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre, which provides international quality, affordable healthcare. It is the largest gold certified green hospital in Mumbai. Reliance Foundation’s ‘Health for All’ initiative has provided primary medical care to about 2.5 million underprivileged people. She is on the Board of Visitors of the MD Anderson Cancer Center and the Advisory Board of Massachusetts General Hospital. The Reliance Foundation Drishti programme has gifted vision to over 18,000 people through corneal transplants and its international Braille newspaper in Hindi is circulated in India and 15 other countries.
 
Mrs. Ambani is committed to preserving and promoting India’s art, culture and heritage. Reliance Foundation sponsored the exhibition Modernism on the Ganges: Raghubir Singh Photographs (October 2017 to January 2018) at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and previously showcased the works of Nasreen Mohamedi, the renowned Indian abstract artist. Reliance Foundation also sponsored the ‘Gates of the Lord – The Tradition of Krishna Paintings’ exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago.
 
Over the years, Mrs. Ambani has received many awards and honours. In 2018, she was awarded the Best Corporate Promoter of Indian Sports by the Times of India Sports Awards. Earlier, she was conferred with the ‘Pravinchandra V. Gandhi Award for Excellence in Public Life’ by the Rotary Club of Bombay and was also honoured with ‘The Global Philanthropist and Leader of the Year Award’ by Vogue India Magazine. Reliance Foundation, under Mrs. Ambani’s leadership, was awarded the prestigious Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Award by the President of India in 2017.  Mrs. Ambani was also honoured by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York in 2017 for her philanthropic work, becoming the first South Asian to receive this honour. Forbes Asia magazine ranked her amongst Asia's 50 Most Powerful Businesswomen in 2016.
 
She is on the Board of Reliance Industries Limited, India’s largest private sector company and a Fortune Global 500 company. She is also on the Board of EIH Limited (The Oberoi Group).
 

Nita M. Ambani

Mr. Raminder Singh Gujral (DIN 07175393) is a BA (Economics Honours), LLB, MBA (IIM-Ahmedabad) and MA (Fletcher School, US). He retired from the post of Finance Secretary, Government of India, in 2013. Earlier, he had held the posts of Secretary (Revenue), Secretary (Expenditure) and Secretary (Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways). Hi is an Arbitrator in several disputes pertaining to the 'Road Sector'. He was the Chairman of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). Also, he had been the Director General of Foreign Trade, and Chairman of the Board of Governors of National Institute of Financial Management. Having held various posts in the Central Government, he has a vast experience in the functioning of Central Board of Excise & Customs and Central Board of Direct Taxes.
 
Mr. Gujral is a Director of Adani Power Ltd. and Adani Power (Mundra) Ltd. He is also a member of its Audit and Nomination & Remuneration committees of the above companies.
 
At [Reliance Industries](/org/reliance-industries), he is an Independent Director and a member of the Audit and the Human Resources, Nomination and Remuneration committees.

Raminder S. Gujral

Pawan Kumar Kapil is the Executive Director at [Reliance Industries](/org/reliance-industries). Pawan has previously worked as a Manager at Reliance Communications from June 2001 to March 2007, and as Asst. Manager at Mukul Developers from January 2000 to June 2001. Pawan has also worked as Dy Manager at Kuber Auto General Finance & Leasing Ltd from December 1995 to December 1999.

Pawan Kumar Kapil is a cost accountant who has studied costing at the Institute of Cost Accountants of India. Pawan has also completed a PGCBM at Xavier Institute of Management, where they studied subjects such as accounts, finance, HR, and economics. Additionally, they have a PGDBM from Uttar Pradesh Jobs in management, economics, and accounts. Finally, they have a B. Com from Delhi University in accounts, taxes, and costing.

Reliance Industries

Hital R. Meswani

Executive Director

Roles at Reliance Industries

Executive Director

Adil Zainulbhai

Arundhati Bhattacharya

Nita M. Ambani

Reliance Industries' Board of Directors

Mohit Rao

Siddharth Shah

Laura Cohen