Wires and Fabriks (S.A.) Limited announced that the shareholders of the COMPANY at the 66th Annual General Meeting held on 18 July 2023, approved the appointment of Mr. Sanjay Kumar Singh as an independent director of the company for a period of five years with effect from 25 May 2023. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Singh, aged 67 years, is a chemical engineer from IIT Kanpur. Mr. Singh joined the erstwhile ITC Bhadrachalam Paperboards Limited as a management trainee in 1977 and rose to become a whole time director in 1999.

Consequent to the merger of ITC Bhadrachalam Paperboards Limited with ITC Limited in March 2002, he took charge of the Paperboards & Specialty Papers Division as Executive Vice President (Manufacturing) with responsibility for Bhadrachalam, Tribeni, Kovai and Bollaram units. He had played a vital role in the implementation of TPM and Lean manufacturing in all the units. He had been given additional responsibility to oversee the operations of ITC's Printing & Packaging Division since November 2016.

Mr. Singh has since retired from the services of ITC Limited and is now heading a Management Consultancy firm. He was appointed as an Additional Independent Director of the Company at the Board Meeting held on 25 May 2023. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Singh is not related to any other Director or KMP of the Company.