NAINA LAL KIDWAI

Member

Naina Lal Kidwai has been a member of the Board of Directors of Holcim since 2019. She is the Chairwoman of the Audit Committee and she serves on the Health, Safety & Sustainability Committee. She is considered independent according to the Swiss Code of Best Practice for Corporate Governance.

Background

An Indian national born in 1957, Naina holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Naina began her career in 1982 at ANZ Grindlays Bank Plc. From 1994 to 2002, she was Vice-Chairwoman and Head of Investment Banking at Morgan Stanley India, before moving to HSBC. She was Chairwoman of the HSBC Group of Companies in India, and Board member of HSBC Asia Pacific, until her retirement in December 2015.

During her career, Naina also served as President of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) and as Non-Executive Director of Nestlé S.A. in Switzerland. She has received many awards and honors in India, and she has regularly appeared on international women in business lists such as that of Fortune Magazine. Her interests in water and the environment are reflected in her engagements with The Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation, Global Commission on Economy & Climate, and positions as Chair of the FICCI Sustainability, Energy and Water Council as well as Chair of the India Sanitation Coalition.

Other activities and functions

Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors of Gland Pharma Ltd, Hyderabad, India
Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors and Chairwoman of the Sustainability and of the Nomination and Remuneration Committees of Biocon Ltd, Bangalore, India
Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors and Chairwoman of the Sustainability and Stakeholder Committee of UPL Ltd, Mumbai, India
Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors and Chairwoman of the CSR and Sustainability and of the Nomination and Remuneration Committees of Nayara Energy Ltd, Mumbai, India
Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Rothschild & Co Private Limited, Mumbai, India