Naina Lal Kidwai is Chairman Rothschild & Co India, Senior Advisor Advent Private Equity, Senior Advisor TPG Rise Climate and Venture Advisor Lightspeed Venture Partners, India.\u00a0 She is a Non Executive Director\u202fon the boards of Holcim, Gland Pharma, UPL and Biocon and Past President of FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry). She retired in December 2015 as Executive Director on the board of HSBC Asia Pacific and Chairman HSBC India and in April 2018 from the global board of Nestle.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She is a member\u202fof the INDO-ASEAN Business Council, Army Group Insurance Fund\u2019s investment advisory committee, Harvard Business School\u2019s South Asia Advisory Board and Standard Chartered Bank\u2019s International Advisory Council. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
An MBA from Harvard Business School, she is the recipient of several awards and honours including the Padma Shri for her contribution to Trade and industry. She is engaged with institutions in environment, water and sanitation and has authored 3 books including the bestsellers \u201c30 women in Power: Their Voices, Their Stories\u201d and \u201cSurvive Or Sink: An Action Agenda for Sanitation, Water, Pollution, and Green Finance\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She chaired the Primary Markets Advisory Committee of SEBI and has been a member of the Government of India\u2019s Industry Task Force, the Prime Minister\u2019s Trade and Industry Council, the National Manufacturing Council, the National Trade Council, the Working Group on Banking, Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission and the National Institute of Bank Management. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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