Naina Lal Kidwai
Additional Director (Category: Non-Executive and Independent Director)
Member of the Board of Directors since 2022
Professional Experience
- Additional Director and Senior Advisor, Rothschild India
- Senior Advisor, Advent International
- Non-Executive Director on the boards of Holcim, Max Financial Services, Nayara Energy, Gland Pharma, UPL
- Chairperson, Financial Services Working Group of the BRICS Business Council
- Member, INDO-ASEAN Business Council
- Member, Harvard Business School’s South Asia Advisory Board
- Member, Standard Chartered Bank’s International Advisory Council
- Member, Mission Board of the global EQT Future Fund
- Member, India Advisory Council of U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC)
- Member, Army Group Insurance Fund’s investment advisory committee
- Trustee, Asia House in the UK
- Member, Board of Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation
- Member, International Advisory Council of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)
- Chairperson, FICCI Water Mission and India Sanitation Coalition
- Commissioner, The Global Commission on the Economy and Climate
- Member, Advisory Board, Wildlife Conservation Trust
- Member, The Rockefeller Foundation Economic Council for Planetary Health
- Former Executive Director, HSBC Asia Pacific
- Former Chairperson, HSBC India
- Served 12 years as a Non-Executive Director on the global board of Nestlé
- Past President, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry
Recognitions
- Padma Shri (2007)
- Alumni Achievement Award, Harvard Business School (2022)
Education
- MBA, Harvard Business School (1982);
- BA, Economics, Lady Shri Ram College for Women (1977)
