Nishi Vasudeva Appointed Independent Director at Crisil

The Board of Directors of Crisil Limited has approved the appointment of Nishi Vasudeva as an Independent Director with effect from January 27, 2024, for a period of five years. Subject to approval by the shareholders.

Nishi Vasudeva is a business leader with extensive management and advisory experience. Vasudeva is the first woman CMD of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited. During her career of almost four decades in the oil and gas sector, she has worked across diverse business domains that include marketing, corporate planning and strategy, business transformation, enterprise resource planning, and information systems. She has been a member of several committees for the development of policy for the hydrocarbon sector in India. She has also held Board positions in various joint venture companies of HPCL, in partnership with oil majors, MNCs, and reputed Indian business firms, during her tenure at HPCL. She is the first Indian to be awarded the Platts ‘Global CEO of the Year’. She was presented the SCOPE award in the Individual Leadership category by the President of India. She has also been ranked one of the top five ‘Most Powerful Women in the Asia Pacific’ by FORTUNE magazine in 2014. She serves as a Non-Executive Independent Director on the Boards of several prominent corporations. She has a BA (Economics Honours) from Delhi University and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.