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HUL chairman Harish Manwani appointed independent director on Tata Sons Board
•Harish Manwani (64), Hindustan Unilever's (HUL) long-serving non-executive Chairman, will retire in June this year
Ravi Venkatesan steps down from Infosys Board; plans to pursue an ‘exciting new opportunity’
•An independent director since 2011, Ravi Venkatesan also served briefly as Infosys' co-chairman before successfully transitioning this responsibility when Nandan Nilekani became chairman in August 2017
Government says Lok Ranjan to continue on ICICI Bank Board despite transfer to personnel ministry
•The Finance Ministry on Friday said senior bureaucrat Lok Ranjan will continue to serve on the board of ICICI Bank as independent director despite his transfer to the personnel ministry
Nuslia Wadia voted out as independent director of Tata Chemicals
•Out of the total of 25.48 crore shares of the company, 14.91 crore shares were voted. Out of this, 11.28 crore were in favour of the resolution to remove wadia
4 Tata firms to vote on Mistry's removal as director this week; Nusli Wadia's ouster also sought
•All eyes will be on the outcome of voting by shareholders of Indian Hotels Co Ltd (IHCL), Tata Steel, Tata Motors and Tata Chemicals at their EGMs to be held on 20-23 December
Tata-Mistry spat: Tata Chemicals Director Bhaskar Bhat resigns
•After independent directors "unanimously" backed Cyrus Mistry as Chairman, Tata Chemicals Director Bhaskar Bhat has resigned from the company's board saying concerns raised by him were "totally ignored".
Diageo shows Mallya who is boss at United Spirits: Raises default issue, curbs his powers
Fp Staff •Following a reduction in its shareholding in USL, United Breweries (Holdings) Ltd, is no longer entitled to recommend an independent director
More pink slips? After IOC, govt to sack ind directors of ONGC, HPCL, MRPL
Fp Archives •The NDA government is reviewing all appointments made by the previous UPA regime during its last year in office and is removing the political appointees wherever possible