Mr. Rajnish Sarna

Chairperson

Mr. Rajnish Sarna is a qualified Chartered Accountant and has a diverse experience of over 29 years in the areas of Business Development & Strategy, Customer Relationship Mgt., Operations, Finance, Risk Mgt, Legal Contracting & Compliances, Investor relations, Mergers & Acquisition, Fund raising, Information Technology and Process Reengineering, etc. He is currently on the Board of PI Industries Limited, PI Life Science Research Limited, PILL Finance and Investment Limited, Solinnos Agro Sciences Private Limited, PI Kumiai Private Limited, PI Bioferma Private Limited, PI Fermachem Private Limited and PI Health Sciences Limited.

Mr. Prashant Hegde

Managing Director

Mr. Prashant Hegde holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) from Monsash University, Melbourne, Australia and Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture Sciences from Dharwad, Karnataka. He has vast experiences in the area of seeds, Fertilizers, Agro chemicals and specialty fertilizers in both domestic and international markets. His last assignment was with Bayer Crop Science as a head of Vegetable Seed business for Asia Pacific. He was a member of Asia Pacific Bayer Crop Science and Global Vegetable leadership teams. He served as a Board of Director in Monsanto Holdings and Mahyco- Monsanto Biotech between 2012 and 2015. Mr. Prashant Hegde is known for his ability to provide strategic and operational leadership in a complex and multicultural environment.

Mr. Samir Dhaga

Director

Mr. Samir Dhaga holds a bachelor’s degree in science from Military College of Telecom Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi and a master’s degree in field of Industrial Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He has over 33 years of experience. He has worked with IBM India Private Limited, Videocon d2h Limited and has served in the Indian Army. He is currently associated with PI Industries Limited as Chief Transformation Officer.

Ms. Bhawana Mishra

Additional Director

Ms. Bhawana Mishra has over 25 years of experience across industries, as a talent and leadership development specialist. She started her career in talent management, strategic change and organisational transformation, and over the years, has been an advisor to multiple boards, CEOs and business leaders of Indian and multinational companies, on aligning their people strategy, culture and systems with the business strategy and context.

She founded BasilTree Consulting (www.basiltreeconsulting.com) to further this cause by coupling international best practices with the strength of solutions derived from local and contextual insights. BasilTree works with clients in defining their talent strategy, identifying and building leadership acumen and supporting individuals and teams to actualise their potential. She is an Independent Director on the board of GMM Pfaudler, a listed global leader in corrosion-resistant technologies, systems, and services. She is a member of several professional bodies.