Zinc and Silver mining major, Hindustan Zinc Ltd, a subsidiary
of India’s largest diversified natural resources company
Vedanta Ltd, announced the appointment of Anjani K Agarwal, a former senior partner
of EY and Akhilesh Joshi, former CEO of HZL as Directors on its Board effective
August 1, 2020.
The Udaipur-headquartered HZL is the largest producer
of zinc, lead and silver in India and has ambitious growth plans.
Anjani Agrawal retired from EY in June 2019after a 40
year long professional career, 26 of which were spent as Partner at the global
consulting firm.He has worked with the Union Government and NITI Aayog on
several policy matters and has been guest faculty at the Indian School of
Business and SDA Bocconi.
Said Agrawal on his appointment, “Hindustan Zinc is amongst the
most successful value-creation stories post privatization and has made
significant progress over the years. I look forward to working with the Board
of Directors, Management team and its young talent pool for sustainable
development of the business for the benefit of all stakeholders.”
Akhilesh Joshi is a first-class minemanager, whobegan
his career at HZL in 1976 and was appointed as COO and whole-time director in
the period between 2008-2012. Further, he took over as the company’s CEO and
whole-time director in the period between 2012-2015. He was designated as
President of Vedanta’s Global Zinc Business during 2015-2016. He is the
recipient of National Mineral Award 2006, by Govt. of India for his outstanding
contribution in Mining Technology and Business Today Best CEO Award (Core
Sector) 2013.
Said Joshi, “Hindustan Zinc has
a great legacy, it has been in the forefront in leveraging best in class technology
and innovation. It is my privilege to be part of this great company again and
contribute to its growth vision.”
