United Spirits’ Independent Directors Sivanandhan Dhanushkodi & Rajeev Gupta to resign

Sivanandhan Dhanushkodi and Rajeev Gupta have tendered their resignation as Independent Directors of United Spirits Limited, with effect from July 31, 2024.

Consequently, both shall also cease to be members of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental, Social, and Governance Committee, Stakeholder Relationship, and General Committee.

Sivanandhan Dhanushkodi is an IPS officer and the former Director General of Police of Maharashtra. His career includes senior roles in the Intelligence Bureau, the Central Bureau of Investigation, and the Mumbai crime branch. He has also served as Commissioner of Police for Nagpur, Thane City, and Mumbai. He has worked with the National Security Council Secretariat in New Delhi as a member of the special task force and served as the security adviser to the RBI for three years. He serves on the various companies’ Board of Directors. He holds a postgraduate degree in economics.

Rajeev Gupta founded the Arpwood Financial Group. He was a global partner at The Carlyle Group and previously served as the Joint Managing Director of DSP Merrill Lynch. He holds an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad and a B.Tech. from IIT BHU.