Shilpa Shridhar Divekar is the Managing Director of Monsanto India Limited (MIL) with effect from1 September 2014.

An accomplished professional with over 18 years of experience across Consulting and Food & Agriculture sectors, Shilpa during her seven years at Monsanto, has successfully led several teams in Business, Strategy and Corporate Affairs.

Prior to this role, Shilpa was leading the Corporate Engagement function that included engagement with external stakeholders including Central & State Governments, Media, Industry and Farmer Associations, focusing on Corporate Marketing & Communications, developing Monsanto’s Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility programs focused on India and working on key strategic levers of growth through partnerships. An MBA, Chartered Accountant, Cost Accountant and Post Graduate in Commerce, Shilpa has extensive and diverse career experience across the agriculture and food sector at Bunge & Monsanto and the consulting industry at Arthur Andersen & KPMG. She developed her passion for the Agriculture sector during her consulting career and decided to be part of the Agriculture & Foods industry

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PROFILE OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Sekhar Natarajan has spent almost 30 years in Monsanto, guiding and building its contributions to Indian agriculture. Mr. Natarajan provides strategic counsel, offers business guidance and represents the Company at industry forums. Prior to this role, he held several leadership positions across functions – Chief Financial Officer, Business Development Head, Sales and Marketing Head, and Global Corporate Strategy Lead at Monsanto’s headquarters in St. Louis, USA. Mr. Sekhar Natarajan is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Cost Accountant. He is a strategic thinker with rich global experience in Business Development and Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A). Currently, he is also a Managing Partner of M/s. S. N. Consultants that provides advice and strategic directions to several local and international companies.

Sekhar Natarajan, Chairman

Mr. H. C. Asher holds M.A. and LL.B. degrees from the Mumbai University. He is a Senior Partner of M/s. Crawford Bayley & Co., a leading firm of Advocates and Solicitors in Mumbai, and is a well-recognized expert in corporate and commercial laws.

Mr. Asher is also a Director on the Boards of many other reputed companies. He joined the Board of MIL in 1973.

H. C. Asher, Independent Director

Shilpa Shridhar Divekar, Managing Director

Mr. C. Ravishankar is the Supply Chain Lead for and has been with Monsanto since September 2009. He has a rich and diverse experience of over 18 years in manufacturing, commercial and consulting. Prior to Monsanto, Mr. C. Ravishankar has worked with Hindustan Unilever in manufacturing and sales & marketing, and in various roles with strategy consulting firms Accenture, the Boston Consulting Group and KPMG.

At Monsanto, Mr. C. Ravishankar has been instrumental in delivering tools critical for customer-connect and planning like Dr. Dekalb Farm Care and IDEA. In his role as Category Lead-Maize, Mr. C. Ravishankar has led our business growth in Maize segment. Over the past few months, in order to effectively support the growth of India Region, Mr. C. Ravishankar has undertaken a number of supply chain initiatives to renew India Supply Chain Team in alignment with our Global Supply Chain structure.

C. Ravishankar, Director

contribution to the food industry. Mr. Poddar is a Chemical Engineer from UDCT, Mumbai, and

Mr. Pradeep Poddar is currently the Managing Director of Mount Everest Mineral Water Limited, a Tata Enterprise, and is leading the Tata’s foray into water and functional beverages globally. He represents the Tata’s interests on the Boards of Nourishco – the Joint Venture Company with Pepsico and the Rising Beverage Company (Activate Beverages) in the US. He is also a trustee on the Board of United Way, Mumbai. He joined the MIL Board in January 2006.

Mr. Poddar has vast experience in the consumer goods industry, having served in senior management at Glaxo, Heinz and the Tata Group. The Wisitex Foundation and Karnataka Government conferred on him the Udyog Ratna Award in 2001 for his distinguished

has an MBA from IIM, Ahmedabad.

Pradeep Poddar, Independent Director