NAINA LAL KIDWAI

Naina Lal Kidwai, an Indian national born in 1957, was elected to the Board of Directors of Holcim in 2019.

Background

She holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School, Boston, U.S.

Naina started her career in 1982 and until 1994 was at ANZ Grindleys Bank plc. From 1994 to 2002, she was Vice-Chairwoman and Head of Investment Banking at Morgan Stanley India before moving to HSBC, where she was Chairwoman of the HSBC Group of Companies in India and served on the Board of HSBC Asia Pacific, until her retirement in December 2015.

Naina was President of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI), and also served for 12 years until 2018 as Non-Executive Director of Nestlé S.A., Vevey, Switzerland.

Her interests in water and the environment are reflected in engagements with The Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation, Global Commission on Economy & Climate, and positions as Chair of the FICCI Sustainability, Energy and Water Council and Chair of the India Sanitation Coalition.

Other activities and functions

• Non-executive Member of the Board of Directors and Chairwoman of the Risk Management Committee of Gland Pharma Ltd, Hyderabad, India
• Non-executive Member of the Board of Directors and Chairwoman of the Sustainability and Stakeholder Committee of UPL Ltd, Mumbai, India
• Non-executive Member of the Board of Directors and Chairwoman of the CSR & ESG and Nomination & Remuneration Committees of Biocon Ltd, Bangalore, India
• Non-executive Member of the Board of Directors and Chairwoman of the CSR and Sustainability and Nomination and Remuneration Committees, and a member of the Audit Committee and Banking and Finance Committee of Nayara Energy Ltd, Mumbai, India
• Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Rothschild & Co India Private Limited, Mumbai, India