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Company Secretary and Compliance Officer change: retirement of Mr. G. T. Govindarajan, appointment of Ms. Rukmini Subramanian

The Board of Kansai Nerolac Paints Limited approved a change in Key Managerial Personnel at its meeting on 4th November, 2026.

By ScoutQuest · Wed 4 Nov 2026, 7:47 PM IST · 3 min read

Retirement Effective Date: close of business on 30th November, 2026
Appointment Effective Date: 1st December, 2026
Outgoing CS Tenure: around 37 years

What the update says

The Board of Directors of Kansai Nerolac Paints Limited, in its meeting held on Wednesday, 4th November, 2026, considered and approved a change in the company's Key Managerial Personnel. Two things were approved together: the retirement of the existing Company Secretary and Compliance Officer, and the appointment of a successor.

Retirement

Mr. G. T. Govindarajan, Company Secretary and Compliance Officer, will retire from the services of the company with effect from the close of business on 30th November, 2026.
The reason recorded for the change is Retirement.
The Board placed on record its sincere appreciation for his valuable contribution during a long association of around 37 years with the company.

New appointment

Ms. Rukmini Subramanian has been appointed Company Secretary and Compliance Officer with effect from 1st December, 2026.
The appointment was approved by the Board on the recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee.
She is described as a legal and secretarial professional with over 2 decades of experience across listed companies.
She is an Associate Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and holds degrees in Law and Commerce from Mumbai University.
She has been associated with Kansai Nerolac Paints Limited since 2021 in the legal and secretarial function, and has previously worked with Grindwell Norton Limited, Reliance Communications Limited and S. N. Ananthasubramanian & Co., a firm of practicing Company Secretaries.
She will also be the Nodal Officer with effect from 1st December, 2026, in place of Mr. G.T. Govindarajan.

Key Managerial Personnel from 1st December, 2026

Mr. Pravin D. Chaudhari, Managing Director
Mr. Yash Ahuja, Chief Financial Officer
Ms. Rukmini Subramanian, Company Secretary

How to read this

The Company Secretary is the officer who handles secretarial compliance and acts as the Compliance Officer for stock-exchange disclosures, so the role is part of the company's Key Managerial Personnel under the listing rules. Here the outgoing officer retires at the close of business on 30th November, 2026 and the incoming officer takes charge from 1st December, 2026, so the two dates sit next to each other with no interval between the two.

The update records the change as a retirement of a long-serving officer, accompanied by the Board's appreciation, and names an internal candidate who has been with the company since 2021 and has spent over 2 decades in legal and secretarial roles across listed companies. No commercial or financial terms are attached to the change, and nothing in the update changes the company's board composition, share capital or business operations.

What investors may take away

This is a routine succession announcement for a compliance and secretarial role rather than a change in the company's business, financials or management of operations. The Board has named a successor in the same update and has also identified who will hold the Nodal Officer responsibility, which keeps the reporting structure continuous. The update carries no financial figures, so its impact is best read as an administrative, governance-level update.

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