UPL Limited announced that at the board meeting held on October 1, 2021, the company approved the appointment of Ms. Naina Lal Kidwai (DIN: 00017806) as an Additional Director (Non-Executive & Independent) on the Board of the Company effective i.e. October 1, 2021. Her first term of appointment as an Independent Director shall be for a period of 5 (five) consecutive years effective 1st October, 2021, subject To Approve the members. Ms. Naina Lal Kidwai is not related to any member of the Board and is not debarred from holding the office of Director pursuant to any order of SEBI or any such other authority. She makes regular appearance on listings by Fortune and others of international women in business. Ms. Naina Lal Kidwai is presently the Chairman of Advent Private Equity India Advisory Board; a Non-Executive Director on the Boards of LafargeHolcim, Max Financial Services, Gland Pharma and Cipla; Trustee of Asia House in the UK; India Advisory Council member of the US-India Business Council (USIBC); and Past President of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). She retired in December 2015 as an Executive Director from the Board of HSBC Asia Pacific and Chairman of HSBC India, and in April 2018 as Non-Executive Director on the global board of Nestle.