Mr. Piyachai Karnasuta is a Director of the Company since 2015. He has been appointed as the Non- Executive Chairman of the Company with effect from 1 April 2019. He has experience and knowledge in Civil Engineering and Construction of over 19 years. He is an Executive Vice President of Italian- Thai Development Public Company Limited, Thailand, the promoter of the Company. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Washington University, USA and a Masters in Business Administration from Waseda University, Japan.
Mr. Santi Jongkongka has been appointed as the Director of the Company in May 2019 and is currently the Executive Vice Chairman of the Company. He is a Bachelor of Engineering (Production Engineering), King Mongkut University of Technology, Thonburi, Thailand and has also been through the training courses like Director Accreditation Program (DAP) and Director Certification Program (DCP). He has experience of over 32 years in Civil Engineering and Construction Project Management. He holds a vast experience of working in India and is well acquainted with Indian culture and ethos. In fact, he was one of the pioneer members representing Italian-Thai Development Public Company Limited (ITD) in India for ITD – SDB JV in the year 2001-2003. After a brief hiatus, he was back in India from the year 2005 to 2012 and was associated with the Company in various capacities like Coordination & Monitoring Executive assisting to Managing Director. During his association with the Company, he had monitored and coordinated execution of work such as Airport Terminal, Tunnel, Port, Barrage, Spillway, Highway, Mass Transit System, Diaphragm Wall, Box/Pipe Pushing Micro tunnelling, Bored/Precast Pile and foundation. Mr. Jongkongka was last associated with Bangkok Steel Wire Company Limited, Thailand holding the position of Managing Director.
Mr. Jayanta Basu assumed the position of Managing Director of the Company on 23rd April 2019. A graduate in Civil Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science and Technology (formerly Bengal Engineering College), Calcutta University, he has over 36 years of hands-on experience in Engineering, Construction, Project Management and Contracts Management of Heavy Civil Engineering Projects. He started his career with the Company as a Graduate Engineer Trainee in 1986 and rose through the ranks to take over the mantle of Chief Operating Officer of ITD Cementation in the year 2017. Mr. Basu is a domain expert in the area of Engineering and Construction of Maritime Structures in India, has been instrumental in creation and growth of this sector in the Company.
His core competencies are in the area of Project Management, Contracts Management, Advancement of Tendering, Estimation models on assigned benchmarks and Business Development. He has a proven track record as an operation strategist to meet growth objectives and in leading multiple improvement initiatives within the Company by way of providing strategic direction, diverse perspectives and a positive leadership. He has successfully contributed and led the Company to its growth trajectory. He is also a National Council member on the Construction Federation of India (CFI) for the year 2021-2023, which is an apex representative body of the leading infrastructure construction firms of the country. He is also a member of the Board of Governors, NICMAR, Mumbai.
Mr. Sunil Shah Singh was appointed as an Independent Director of the Company in the year 2018. He has served as the Managing Director of ITD Cementation India Limited from June 2000 to December 2009 and thereafter as its Corporate Advisor from January 2010 to December 2013. Mr. Singh has been the President of Kirloskar Pneumatic Company Limited, Pune and Tetra Pak Processing and also served as Country head of Energy Works India. He has over 54 years of experience in Industry with Engineered product manufacturing and construction companies covering varied fields. He has served on a number of national level industry bodies and on government panels including for ‘Standards’ setting and ‘Industry development’ and has been a National Council Member of Construction Federation of India, Construction Industry Development Council and on the Governing Body of National Institute of Construction Management and Research.
He currently serves on the boards of several companies in the position of Chairman/ Director. He is a B.Tech. from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
Mr. Pankaj I. C. Jain has been appointed as an Independent Director of the Company in the year 2018. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and is the Managing Partner at Khandelwal Jain & Company – Chartered Accountants. He has wide knowledge of Tax Litigation, Tax Advisory & Audits of large Corporates, Stock Exchanges, Government Corporations, Financial Institutions, Banks & Insurance Companies. He was a Council Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India from 2001 to 2016. He has been a member in many committees constituted by SEBI, RBI, ICAI etc.
Currently, he is also an Independent Director and Chairman of Silver Bank, Mauritius and Member of Audit Advisory Board of Office of Director General of Audit (Central), Mumbai.
Ms. Jana Chatra has been appointed as in Independent Director of the Company in the year 2022. Ms. Chatra currently serves in the position of Partner of Excelus Capital Advisers LLP that she has held since 2015. Ms. Chatra had served as Chairperson & Managing Director of Innovassynth Investments Limited from February, 2020 to February, 2022. Previously, she worked as Senior Vice President-Global Sales, Knowledge Services in WNS Global Services and, as Manager, Business Development in Zurich Risk Management Services. She started her career with the consulting firms pwc and KPMG. She has worked in areas such as corporate strategy, business development, process redesign and risk management, across financial services, industrial products and offshoring.
She holds an MMS from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, University of Mumbai, India and B.Sc. (Chemistry) from Women’s Christian College, Chennai, India.
Mr. Sunil Shah Singh (C)Mr. Piyachai KarnasutaMr. Pankaj I. C. Jain
Mr. Pankaj I. C. Jain(C)Mr. Piyachai KarnasutaMr. Santi JongkongkaMr. Jayanta Basu
Mr. Sunil Shah Singh (C)Mr. Piyachai KarnasutaMs. Jana Chatra
Mr. Piyachai Karnasuta (C)Mr. Sunil Shah SinghMr. Santi JongkongkaMr. Jayanta Basu
Mr. Santi Jongkongka (C)Mr. Jayanta BasuMr. Pankaj I. C. JainMr. Manish Kumar