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Shri C. K. Mehta
Chairman
He is the founder of the Company and is associated with it since 2nd May 1970, right from the date of inception of the Company. He is a well known industrialist, having 46 years of versatile experience in the Chemical Trade and Industry and is also founder of Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corporation Limited. He is the Chairman of both the Companies.
Shri Deepak C. Mehta
Vice Chairman & Managing Director
He is a Science Graduate closely associated with the Company since 23 years. He is a Managing Director of the Company and successfully looking after day to day affairs of the Company from 1983.
Shri Ajay C. Mehta
Managing Director
He is a Science Graduate with Honours and Master of Science (Chemical Engineering) from the University of Texas, USA. He is actively associated with the Company since 1984 and is a Managing Director of the Company from 1.12.1989.
Shri Shrenik Kasturbhai
He is a well known Industrialist and a MBA from Harvard University. He is a financial expert and a person upholding the highest virtues. He provided exemplary leadership as the Chairman of the Company for a period of 27 years from the Company's inception till 1998. He is associated with the Lalbhai group of Companies for past many years.
Shri M. R. B. Punja
Former Chairman and Managing Director of the Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI), a premier financial institution of the Country, he possesses rich experience in the field of Finance and Management.
Shri Hasmukh Shah

He is Ex-Chairman and Managing Director of Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited. He has also held various important positions like Joint Secretary to the Prime Minister of India, Secretary of Post and Telegraph Board, Chairman of Gujarat Industrial Investment Corporation, Vice Chairman of GE Capital (India), Chairman of Gujarat Industrial Research & Development Agency and Gujarat Ecology Commission. Shri Shah has made significant contribution in social, cultural and rural development activities like leprosy eradication, water management conservation and management of man-made and other natural heritage. He has also contributed significantly in the academic and research areas. He is holding the office of Chairman in National Institute of Design and Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology and is an active member on the Board of several Companies. He has joined the Company w.e.f. 21/10/2003.
Shri Nimesh Kampani

He is a chartered Accountant. He has built up 25 years strong domestic franchise for the JM Financial Group in India. Shri Kampani who is arguably the oldest investment banker in the country, has in a career spanning the las three decades, been involved in the development of the capital markets in India and advised many Corporates on restructuring , merger and acquisitions and providing complete financial solutions tailor-made for their capital raising needs. He has served on various committees of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and was a member of the Bhagwati Committee on SEBI regulation for Substantial Acquisition of Shares and takeovers. He has also served as a Chairman and member of the Financial Services Committee and National Council of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). He has joined the Company w.e.f. 21/10/2003.
Shri Sudhin Choksey
Shri Sudhin Choksey is a Chartered Accountant having vast experience in the field of Finance. He is a Managing Director of GRUH Finance Limited and also a Director and member of Audit Committee of Gujarat State Financial Services Limited. He has joined the Company w.e.f. 30/03/2005.
Shri A.K. Dasgupta
He is a Science Graduate along with Bachelor of Chemical Engineering having rich experience in the field of Chemicals and is responsible for producing various resins and chemicals for the first time in India. He is associated with many professional Bodies at various levels and has presented many papers at various National and International seminars. He has been associated with the Company since 1978.
Shri Berjis Desai

He is a Solicitor and a Managing Partner of   M/S J. Sagar & Associates, a renowned firm of Solicitors & Advocates of Mumbai. He has extensive experience both as an arbitrator and counsel, in international commercial & domestic arbitration. He has also worked as a journalist with leading Indian daily and continues to be a columnist in the Indian newspapers.

He is a member of  : American Arbitration Association and  The Bombay Incorporated Law Society

and an Arbitrator at: The London Court of International Arbitration and  ICC - India 

Dr. Richard Helmut Rupp

He has done Ph. D in Chemistry (with distinction) from University of Karlsruhe, Germany and has completed Executive Development Program, IMD at Lausanne, Switzerland. He has held various top level positions in leading multinational companies such as Hoechst AG, Germany, Lonza, Switzerland and Allessachemie, Germany. His focus has been in the field of pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals. Dr. Rupp’s experience encompasses a mix of scientific, technical as well as managerial roles. He is well acquainted with the US, European and Asian markets, especially the Indian sub-continent by virtue of his earlier tenure as R&D Director, Hoechst India Ltd. (1984 – 1988).

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