The board of directors of Akzo Nobel India Limited announced that Mr. Lakshay Kataria has been appointed as a Whole time Director and Chief Financial Officer of the Company with effect from February 1, 2019. His appointment as Whole time Director will be subject To Approve the shareholders. Mr. Lakshay Kataria is a rankholder Chartered Accountant from ICAI and Bachelors in Commerce from Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University.

His experience ranges across Finance and Commercial roles including business partnering, finance controllership, investor relations, commercial management, treasury and M&A. Mr. R Guha will be stepping down from the Board as a Whole time Director with effect from February 8, 2019.