Akzo Nobel India Limited approved appointment of Jayakumar Krishnaswamy as Managing Director of the company. The effective date of this joining will be notified in due course. Jayakumar Krishnaswamy replaces Amit Jain, who, upon taking on a larger role within the AkzoNobel group, had stepped down from his role as Managing Director of the company, effective December 31, 2013.

However, Amit Jain continues his association with company as Non-executive Director on the board of AkzoNobel India. Jayakumar Krishnaswamy, joined AkzoNobel India on February 2011 as Director, supply chain. Until then and since 2004 he served in Hindustan Unilever, barring a short stint from 2007-2009, where he worked with cement major, Lafarge.