Senior Management Changes: CEO Home Textiles and Group General Counsel Resign, Two Elevated

Senior management rejig effective September 30, 2026.

Wed 30 Sep 2026

CEO Home Textile Solutions Resignation

Akanksha Himatsingka resigns as CEO – Home Textile Solutions (personal reasons)

Group General Counsel Resignation

Debasmita Gupta resigns as SVP (Legal) – Group General Counsel

Jithendra K Elevation

Jithendra K elevated and appointed as SMP (28+ years' experience)

Chandra Bhan Kataria Elevation

Chandra Bhan Kataria elevated and appointed as SMP (37+ years' experience)

Effective Date

September 30, 2026

What was announced

Himatsingka Seide has intimated the stock exchanges about changes in its Senior Management Personnel (SMP), all effective September 30, 2026.

Exits

• Akanksha Himatsingka resigned as CEO – Home Textile Solutions, stating personal reasons and that there are no other material reasons. Her resignation letter is dated September 7, 2026.
• Debasmita Gupta resigned as Senior Vice President (Legal) – Group General Counsel, requesting to be relieved by end of September 30, 2026, and stating there are no other material reasons.

Elevations

• Jithendra K has been elevated and appointed as SMP on account of a change in reporting structure. He holds a Post-Graduate Diploma from the National Institute of Fashion Technology and has over 28 years of experience.
• Chandra Bhan Kataria has been elevated and appointed as SMP on account of a change in reporting structure. He holds a Master in Management Sciences and a B.Tech in Textile Technology from TIT&S, Bhiwani, Haryana, with over 37 years of experience.

Cessation as SMP

• Brian Delp ceases to be an SMP on account of the change in reporting structure.

How to read this

This is an organisational-level change, not a board-level one. Two senior leaders are leaving, including the head of the Home Textile Solutions business, while two long-experience internal leaders move up into the senior management layer as the reporting structure is reorganised. Investors typically watch such transitions for continuity in the company's core home textiles operations and legal function.

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