Blue Star Limited

Blue Star Limited | 15 INTRODUCTION | INTEGRATED REPORT | STATUTORY REPORTS | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SAM BALSARA Independent Director RUMJHUM CHATTERJEE Independent Director SamBalsara is Chairman of MadisonWorld,which is amongst India’s largestmedia and communication agencies.He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce and a Post Graduate diploma fromJamnalal Bajaj Institute ofManagement Studies.He has over 45 years of extensive experience inmarketing,advertising and media. Sam started his career at Sarabhai’s in 1972, with stints thereafter at Cadbury India Ltd, Contract Advertising Company (WPP) andMudra Communications,before foundingMadison in 1988. Mr Balsara has won many accolades such as ‘The Most Influential Person in Media’ by Economic Times-Brand Equity for 10 consecutive years; IAA Leadership Award for Media Agency Professional of the Year, 2013;‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ in 2009 from Advertising Agencies Association of India; and has been a jury member at the International Festival of Advertising in Cannes in 2005 as well as 2014; to name a few. He has held prestigious positions in several associations such as President of AAAI of which he continues to be an Executive Committee member; Chairman of The Advertising Standards Council of India, 2000-2001 and presently its Advisor; amongst others. Sam joined the Blue Star Board in June 2017. Rumjhum Chatterjee is one of the co-founders of Feedback Infra Group and serves as its Managing Director and Head-Human Capital, and is its Chief Compliance Officer. She is also Chairperson of the Feedback Foundation Trust. She is a member of the Board of Somany Ceramics Limited. She is also the Vice Chairperson of HelpAge India and a member of its Governing Board. She holds a degree in Psychology fromCalcuttaUniversity.She joined the Boardof Blue Star with effect fromFebruary 5,2019. As an activemember of CII,Mrs Chatterjee has served as the first woman Chairperson for CII Northern Regional Council (2016-17). She is currently a Member of the National Council of CII, and co-chairs the National Committee on CSR. ANIL HARISH Independent Director Anil Harish is a Partner at the law firm, D M Harish & Co, and his practice includes many diverse areas of law including Property, Exchange Control, Foreign Investments, Trusts, Wills, and Indian as well as International Taxation. He has been on the Managing Committee of Indian Merchants Chamber, Chamber of Tax Consultants and ITAT Bar Association. He has also been an office bearer of several institutions in the legal field, such as the Society of Indian Law Firms, of which he was the Executive Vice President. He has authored several articles which have been published in leading newspapers and professional journals. Mr Harish joined the Board of Blue Star in November 2017. He is a Director of reputed companies including Hinduja Global Solutions Ltd and NXT Digital Limited, amongst others. . He is also involved with a number of educational and charitable trusts, and is a Trustee of the Hyderabad (Sind) National Collegiate Board. Rajiv R Lulla is a FoundingPartner at DeepBlueAdvisors and is the Founder ofVoltaireAdvisory Services, a technology-enabled financial services firm.He holds a Bachelor’s degree inMechanical Engineering with Electronics from King’s College, London, and a Master’s degree from Imperial College, London. Mr Lulla has over 25 years of experience primarily as an investment banker specialised in merger advisory and corporate finance, and has completed transactions representing a combined value in excess of USD 220 billion across multiple industry sectors and geographies.He has held senior global leadership roles at Merrill Lynch, the Credit Agricole Group, and Deutsche Bank, based in New York, London, Paris and Hong Kong. RAJIV R LULLA Non-Executive Director Board of Directors