Board approves appointment of Company Secretary and Compliance Officer
Board of Directors has approved the appointment of Mr. Pankaj Gupta as Company Secretary and Compliance Officer (Key Managerial Personnel).
By ScoutQuest · · 2 min read
- Appointee
- Mr. Pankaj Gupta (Membership No. FCS 9219)
- Role
- Company Secretary and Compliance Officer (Key Managerial Personnel)
- Effective date
- 1st November 2026
What was decided
The Board of Directors, at its meeting held on 27th October 2026, approved the appointment of Mr. Pankaj Gupta (Membership No. FCS 9219) as the Company Secretary and Compliance Officer of the company. He is classified as Key Managerial Personnel. The appointment takes effect from 1st November 2026. The decision was taken based on the recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee.
Who is being appointed
- A Fellow Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and a law graduate.
- More than 25 years of experience across corporate secretarial practice, corporate governance, capital markets, fund raising, corporate law, regulatory compliance, restructuring, Board management and stakeholder relations.
- Has worked with listed and unlisted companies and handled domestic and international fund-raising transactions, debt and equity listings, mergers and schemes of arrangement.
- Experience in governance and compliance matters involving Boards, senior management, regulators, stock exchanges, merchant bankers, legal advisers, banks and financial institutions.
- Associated with the Group since 2018.
The role
The Company Secretary and Compliance Officer is a Key Managerial Personnel position. The role anchors the company's secretarial function and its interface with stock exchanges and regulators, including the disclosures a listed company must make.
Other details in the update
The disclosure of relationships between directors is marked as not applicable, since this is an appointment of a Company Secretary and Compliance Officer rather than a director. The Board meeting commenced at 11:30 a.m. and concluded at 1:30 p.m.
How to read this
This is a routine board-level personnel announcement. The update gives a detailed professional profile of the appointee and the effective date, which lets investors see the background of the person taking over the compliance and secretarial function. It does not contain any financial results or business updates.
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More numbers
- Experience of the appointeemore than 25 years
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