Arun Kumar Adhikari

Mr. Arun Kumar Adhikari has been on the board of Voltas Limited as an IndependentDirector since 2017. He graduated with B. Tech (Chemical Engineering) from theIndian Institute of Technology, Kanpur in 1975 and did his MBA from Indian Instituteof Management, Calcutta in 1977. He attended the Advanced ManagementProgram in 1997 at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA.

He joined Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) as a Management Trainee in 1977 andwas with Unilever Group, working in India and overseas in series of increasinglysenior roles across Sales, Marketing and Consumer Research till he retired in 2014.He was appointed Executive Director for Personal Care of HUL in 2000 andthereafter, in 2004 as Managing Director for Home and Personal Care and joined theBoard of HUL. In 2006, he was appointed Chairman of Unilever Japan KK and wasbased out of Tokyo for 3 years, with additional responsibilities of Unilever operationsin Korea. In 2009, Mr. Adhikari became Senior Vice President for Unilever Laundrycategory across Asia and Africa, based in Singapore and was a Director of UnileverAsia Pte Limited, Singapore.

Post retirement from HUL in 2014, he works as a Senior Advisor with McKinsey and Company supporting the Consumer Practice with their clients on Marketing and Sales strategy related areas. He also works as an Advisor with Aditya Birla Group on their consumer facing businesses in telecom and financial services. Further, he is an Independent Director of UltraTech Cement Limited, Aditya Birla Capital Limited and Viacom 18 Media Private Limited.