The board of directors of Century Enka Limited meeting held on August 8, 2023, approved appointment of Mr. Sandeep Kumar as VP-Commercial (Senior Management Personnel) with effect from October 1, 2023 and noted the retirement of Mr. Kirti Nidhi Dhandh, VP-
Commercial (Senior Management Personnel) with effect from September 30, 2023. Mr. Sandeep Kumar is a B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering, a Post Graduate Diploma in Materials Management and MBA with over 25 years of rich experience in Global Sourcing, Supply Chain, Materials Management, Vendor Management, Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP), Packaging and Large Capex-Projects Management. He is well networked with large global supplier base of Petrochemicals, Refractories, Engineering Machineries, Packaging, Shipping, Feedstock, MRO, and other commodities. Over the course of his career spanning of more than two decades, he was associated with Birla Carbon, Ballarpur Industries Ltd., Moser Bear India Ltd. and Asahi India Glass Ltd. in different roles in the Procurement and Supply Chain function. Before joining Century Enka, he was working as the Supply Chain Head- Asia for Birla Carbon, based in Thailand. Mr. Sandeep has successfully managed greenfield and brownfield projects in India, Malaysia, Thailand, and China and contributed to the business growth by implementing efficient procurement strategies, focused negotiations, logistics & inventory management, and digitalization of S&OP process for Birla Carbon Asia. In 2018, Mr. Sandeep received the Aditya Birla Group Chairman's Individual Award in the Category of Exceptional Contributor and in the year 2019, completed a course in Negotiation Skills & Competitive Decision Making from Harvard Business School, Boston, MA, USA.