Naina Lal Kidwai

"Naina Lal Kidwai is the Chairman of Max Financial Services and Senior Advisor at Advent Private Equity. She is also a non-executive Director on the boards of Nestle SA and CIPLA Ltd. and was the President of FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry). She retired on December 2015 as Executive Director on the board of HSBC Asia Pacific and Chairman HSBC India. She is Chairman of the Harvard Business School, South Asia Board. An MBA from Harvard Business School, she makes a regular appearance on listings by Fortune since 2002 and others of international women in business.

"She has received many awards and honours in India and was awarded the Padma Shri, for her contribution to Trade & Industry, from the Government of India in 2007. Her interest in water, the environment and empowerment of women are reflected in her board positions of not-for-profit institutions like Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation, The Energy Resources Institute, International Advisory Council of the Inquiry of United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), Commissioner for the Global Commission on Economy and Climate, Chair of FICCI’s Water Mission and FICCI’s Inclusive Governance Council and Chair of the India Sanitation Coalition."

Ms Naina Lal Kidwai is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Cipla. "An MBA from Harvard Business School, she makes regular appearance on listings by Fortune and others of international women in business. A recipient of many awards and honours in India, she was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India for her contribution to Trade and Industry. She has authored 3 books, “Survive or Sink - An Action Agenda for Sanitation, Water, Pollution and Green Finance”, “Contemporary Banking in India” and “30 Women in Power: Their Voices, Their Stories.” She possesses rich experience in the areas of banking and finance. She is one of the Government of India’s representatives on the BRICs Business Council and the INDO-ASEAN Business Council. She is also on the Advisory Board of ICRIER, the Rajasthan Chief Minister’s Advisory Council, the investment advisory committee of the Army Group Insurance Fund and on the Governing Board of Lady Shriram College and Harvard Business School South Asia Advisory Board.

• Advisory Board, Wildlife Conservation Trust