Finolex Cables Limited has revealed that at its 58th Annual General Meeting, shareholders approved a slate of re-appointments designed to reinforce governance and leadership continuity. The resolutions include the re-appointment of three Independent Directors for a second five-year term—Vanessa Singh, Zubin Billimoria, and Sriraman Raghuraman—together with the re-appointment of Ratnakar Prakash Barve as a Whole-time Director and Nikhil Naik as a Non-Executive Non-Independent Director for terms extending to September 2031. This set of moves underscores the company’s emphasis on stable, long-tenured leadership at the board and executive level.
Vanessa Singh is described as a 38-year-old professional with a law degree and a Diploma in Human Rights, who has trained as a mediator under the Mediation and Conciliation Project Committee of the Supreme Court of India. Her background spans civil, criminal litigation and arbitration across Delhi and Mumbai, with current practice in family law before various fora. Zubin Billimoria is 61 and brings a commerce background, a Fellow Chartered Accountant qualification, and Associate Membership of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India, with prior experience at Deloitte Haskins & Sells. He serves as a director at People Home Finance Limited and The Zoroastrian Co-operative Bank Limited, bringing wide exposure to accounts, governance, risk and finance.
Sriraman Raghuraman, aged 73, holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Science and Law and is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India, as well as a Fellow Member of the Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India, with a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from All India Institute of Management. He has about four decades of leadership experience across the corporate sector and currently serves as a director in several entities, including advisory roles for group matters at Deepak Fertilizers and Petrochemicals Corporation Limited. Ratnakar Prakash Barve, 60, possesses a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering and an MBA in Operations Management; he brings 38 years of manufacturing, project and operations expertise, with a career path spanning Goa Telecommunications & Systems Limited, Bharati Teletech Limited, and Finolex since 2009. Nikhil Naik, 64, holds an MSc in Shipping, Trade and Finance from Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), and has 44 years of leadership experience across port management, shipping, private equity and logistics, focusing on strategic management, financial analysis and network-building across government and industry.
Together, these appointments reflect Finolex Cables’ emphasis on governance, continuity and execution capability, aligning seasoned independent governance with experienced executive leadership to drive the company’s strategic agenda.