Ashok M Advani is an MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, an Electrical Engineer from MIT, USA and a B.Sc (Honours) from Mumbai University. He joined Blue Star in 1969 and held a variety of senior positions in manufacturing and finance in the Company before he took over the Company’s affairs as Chairman & Chief Executive in 1984.

He was redesignated as Chairman & Managing Director in 2005 and Executive Chairman with effect from July 2009.

Ashok is the Vice Chairman of Blue Star Infotech Limited and on the Board of Alfa Laval (India) Limited. He has been a member of the Local Advisory Board of The Chase Manhattan Bank and a past President of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Suneel M Advani is a double graduate in Electrical Engineering and Economics from MIT, USA. He also holds a degree in Law from Mumbai University.

He joined Blue Star in 1969 as a Management Trainee and moved up steadily by holding responsible positions before he was elevated to the position of President and Vice Chairman in 1984. He was redesignated as Vice Chairman & Managing Director in 2005.

Suneel is also the Chairman & Managing Director of Blue Star Infotech Limited, Chairman of Blue Star Design & Engineering Limited, Blue Star Infotech (UK) Limited and Blue Star Infotech America, Inc and a Director of Blue Star Electro-Mechnical Limited.

Suneel is a Member of the CII National Council, the apex governing body of CII. Besides, he is also associated with other trade associations and was the President of the Refrigeration & Airconditioning Manufacturers' Association (RAMA).

Satish Jamdar is a Mechanical Engineering graduate from IIT Bombay and also qualified in Systems Management from NIIT and Management Studies from UK and USA.

He joined Blue Star in 1996 as Vice President - Manufacturing and has over 35 years of experience in manufacturing, materials management and IT projects having worked for companies such as Siemens, BPL-Sanyo and Alstom. After joining Blue Star, Satish spearheaded the establishment of Blue Star's modern manufacturing facilities in Dadra, Himachal and Wada. He was also responsible for corporate financial services, airconditioning and refrigeration service, international operations as well as the customised OEM business.

Satish was promoted as Executive Director in 2003, Deputy Managing Director in 2007 and Managing Director in 2009. Satish is also a Director of Blue Star Electro-Mechanical Limited.

Vir S Advani holds a BS degree in Systems Engineering and a BA degree in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. He has also completed a comprehensive Executive Management Programme on Leadership Development at Harvard Business School.

Vir has been in the Blue Star Group for over a decade, after a 2-year working stint in New York. In 2000, he joined Blue Star Infotech, and then founded Blue Star Design & Engineering in 2003, designated as its Chief Executive Officer.

In 2007, he moved to Blue Star as Vice President - Corporate Affairs, where he made valuable contributions in a company-wide profit improvement programme as well as in electro mechanical projects, in a short span of time. He was promoted as Executive Vice President in 2008; President Corporate Affairs & Special Projects in 2009 and Executive Director in 2010. In July 2011, he took over the business operations of the Electro Mechanical Projects Group and was re-designated as President, Electro Mechanical Projects Group and Executive Director.

Vir is also a Director of Blue Star Design & Engineering Limited, Blue Star Electro-Mechanical Limited and J T Advani Finance Private Limited.

Shailesh Haribhakti is a Fellow member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.He is the Managing Partner of M/s Haribhakti & Co, Chartered Accountants and Chairman of BDO Consulting Pvt Ltd.

He served a three-year term on the Standards Advisory Council of the International Accounting Standards Board. Shailesh joined the Board of Blue Star in 2005. He is a Committee member of Futures & Options segment of National Stock Exchange of India and a Member of the SEBI Committee on Disclosures and Accounting Standards.

He serves as Member of Managing Committees of ASSOCHAM and IMC and Corporate Governance Committees of ASSOCHAM and CII and is the Chairman of the Global Warming Committee of IMC. He is on the Board of Directors of several listed and private companies.

Pradeep Mallick is a B. Tech from IIT Madras and Diploma holder in Business Management from UK. He is also a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Engineering & Technology, London.

Pradeep was the Managing Director of Wartsila India Limited from 1988 to 2003, prior to which he worked with several leading companies in the field of electrical power transmission and distribution. He joined the Board of Blue Star in 2003.

Pradeep is also on the Boards of several other leading companies including Automotive Stampings & Assemblies, Elantas Beck India, ESAB India, Mount Everest Mineral Water and Tube Investments of India. In addition, he is associated with Industry Associations such as CII, Bombay Chamber of Commerce & Industry and social organizations like Population First.

Gurdeep Singh is a Chemical Engineering Graduate from IIT Delhi. After his graduation, he joined Hindustan Lever Limited as a Management Trainee.

He held various responsible positions in the Company before he was expatriated to Brazil as Technical Director of Unilever Detergents business. Gurdeep returned to Hindustan Lever in 1998 as Director - Human Resources , Corporate Affairs and Technology, and retired from the Company in October 2003.

He joined the Board of Blue Star in 2003. He is also on the Boards of several leading companies including Halonix, Gabriel India, Everest Kanto Cylinder, Renuka do Brazil S A and Tecnova India.

Suresh N Talwar is a Commerce & Law Graduate and Solicitor and Partner of M/s Talwar, Thakore & Associates, Mumbai. Before setting up this firm in April 2007, he was the Senior Partner of Crawford Bayley & Company. He joined the Board of Blue Star in 1986. In addition to Blue Star, he is also on the Boards of several leading companies such as Merck, Larsen & Toubro, Greaves Cotton, Sandvik Asia, Esab India, Johnson & Johnson and Uhde India, amongst others.