The Board of Directors of Lotus Chocolate Company Limited, has at its meeting held on July 18, 2023 approved appointment of Mr. S Gautham as Chief Financial Officer & Key Managerial Personnel of the Company with effect from July 18, 2023 in place of Mr. Vivekanand Narayan Prabhu, who has resigned as the Chief Financial Officer & Key Managerial Personnel of the Company effective from July 18, 2023. S. Gautham has more than 15 years of rich leadership experience in Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions, large scale Capex investments, Factory financial operations across business sectors including Papers and FMCG. Over the past 12.5 years, Gautham has played a key role at ITC shaping the financial health by controlling the factory financial operations, participating large scale negotiations & investments, Mergers & acquisition, and Marketing Finance.

Prior to this stint, he handled senior finance positions for Bhadrachalam factory at Telangana & Tribeni factory at West Bengal, handled large scale Capex investments, Business Planning, Marketing Finance and Mergers & Acquisitions. His educational qualifications are CGMA (UK), LLB, FCMA, ACS, APBA, B.Com.