Board Members

Shri Manish Kumar Gupta,

Chairman & Managing Director

Shri Manish Gupta, aged 51 years, a young and dynamic entrepreneur with a vast managerial experience of over 30 years. He joined the Company as Director w.e.f. 21st August, 1991. He is one of the promoters and main contributors to the growth and development of Gujarat Ambuja Exports Limited. He is a perfect executionist of the mission and vision of the Company. He is well versed in understanding Agro products’ markets as well as international market, is equally excellent in ensuring growth by improving productivity, cost control, large size operations & consistently improving quality.

Shri Sandeep Agrawal,

Whole-Time Director

Shri Sandeep Agarwal, aged 51 years is a Commerce Graduate and MBA. He is associated as Director with the Company since 1995. Presently he is Whole-Time Director of the Company. He possesses varied and rich experience of more than 32 years.

Smt. Sulochana Gupta,

Non Executive Director

Smt. Sulochana Gupta, aged 69 years, is an industrialist and promoter of the Company and possesses rich experience of more than 43 years. She joined the Company as Director w.e.f. 21st August, 1991. She supervises and monitors administrative functions of the Company. She also actively contributes in the policy decisions of the Company.

Shri Vishwavir Saran Das,

Independent Director

Shri Vishwavir Saran Das, aged 69 years, is B.A. (Economics), MBA (Specialization in HRM) and Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers. He retired as Executive Director in Reserve Bank of India (RBI) where he served for over 38 years in almost all central banking areas. At the time of his retirement on 31.07.2012, his responsibilities related to the oversight of Financial Stability, Communication, Financial Education and Board matters. He was also the Appellate Authority under the Right to Information Act. During his long tenure with RBI, he has led in many functional areas such as HR, banking regulation/supervision, regulation of NBFCs, foreign exchange regulations, promotion of lending to the priority sectors, financial inclusion and financial literacy, payment and settlement systems, O&M, IT projects, currency management, public debt management and central bank accounting systems and policies. He has served on the Working Group constituted by the Financial Stability Board to study the impact of regulatory reforms on Emerging Market Developing Economies. He is on the Board of the Company since 01.04.2016 as an Independent Professional Director. He is also on the panel of arbitrators of the National Stock Exchange of India Limited, BSE Limited and MCX Limited, advisor to Gujarat Urban Co-operative Bank’s Federation, Open Futures Private Limited & Centre for Tax Awareness & Research.

Shri Sandeep Singhi,

Independent Director

Shri Sandeep Singhi, aged 56 years, is a B.Sc., LL. B. and is an advocate by profession. He is a Partner of M/s. Singhi & Co., Advocates & Notary. He is enrolled as an Advocate with the Bar Council of Gujarat in the year 1989. He is also member of International Bar Association.

Shri Sudhin Choksey,

Independent Director

Mr. Sudhin Choksey is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and has done his graduation in Commerce (Honours) from The Sydenham College of Commerce & Economics, Bombay University. Mr. Sudhin Choksey has an overall 44 years of professional experience of having worked both in India and Overseas. Mr. Choksey is an experienced CEO having led GRUH Finance Limited with a demonstrated history in the mortgage finance business and skilled in lending business. Mr. Choksey is the former Managing Director of GRUH Finance Limited which merged with Bandhan Bank. During the span of 26 years of working with GRUH Finance Limited, he held various positions including that of General Manager, Executive Director, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director. As a part of the scheme of merger, Mr. Choksey joined Bandhan Bank as Executive Director (Designate) in October 2019 and retired on February 2021. At Bandhan Bank, he was the vertical head of the housing finance business. Mr. Choksey has also served as an Independent Director on the Boards of many listed and unlisted companies. Presently, he is an Independent Director on the Board of Company.

Mr. Choksey is the recipient of BUSINESS LEADER – FINANCIAL SERVICES Award for 2015 from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, New Delhi.

Ms. Maitri Mehta,

Independent Director

Ms. Maitri Mehta, aged 41 years, is a practicing Cost Accountant. She is a fellow member of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India (FCMA), MBA (Finance) and fellow member of Insurance Institute of India (FIII-Life). She is proficient in the field of Cost and Management Accountancy and has an experience of more than 12 years.