Lalita D. Gupte

Biographical Information
"Mrs Lalita D. Gupte is currently Chairperson of ICICI Venture Funds Management Company Limited. She retired at the end of October 2006 as Joint Managing Director and Member of the Board of ICICI Bank Limited. Mrs Lalita D. Gupte was responsible for setting up the International business of ICICI Bank since 2001.

"Beginning her career with ICICI Limited in 1971 in the project appraisal division, Mrs Lalita D. Gupte has held various leadership positions in areas of Corporate and Retail Banking, Strategy, Resources, and International Banking and other areas. She was instrumental in transforming ICICI Bank from a primarily term lending institution into a technology led diversified financial services group. Mrs Lalita D. Gupte was at the helm of ICICI Bank’s global foray, which includes operations in over 17 countries.

"Mrs Lalita D. Gupte joined the Board of ICICI Ltd in 1994 as Executive Director and remained on the Board including as Joint Managing Director till 2002 when it merged with ICICI Bank and she became Joint Managing Director of ICICI Bank from 2002 – 2006.

"Mrs Lalita D. Gupte has received numerous awards and recognitions.Mrs Lalita D. Gupte holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics (Hons) and a Master’s degree in Management Studies. She did her Advanced Management Programme (AMP) from Insead."

Affiliations

 * Director, Alstom
 * Non-Executive Chairman of Swadhaar FinServe Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai (India);
 * Non-Executive Member of the Board of Bharat Forge Ltd (*), Pune (India);
 * Non-Executive Member of the Board of Kirloskar Brothers Ltd (*), Pune (India);
 * Non-Executive Member of the Board of Godrej Properties Ltd (*), Mumbai (India).
 * She is also Non-Executive Member of Welham Girl's School and a Member of the CAPP (Center for Asia Pacific Policy) Board of RAND.
 * Non-Executive Member of the Board of HPCL-Mittal Energy Ltd, Delhi (India) (ended June 2013);
 * Member of the Dean’s Advisory Board of the Rotman School of Management, University of Ontario (2007 – 2013);
 * Non-Executive Member of the Board of Management of SVKM’s NMIMS University (2003 – 2013);
 * Non-Executive Member of the Indian Advisory Council of Rothschild (India) Private Limited (2007 – 2012);
 * Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors of Firstsource Solutions Ltd (*) (India) (2006 – 2010);
 * Non-Executive Member of the Board of Nokia Corporation (*) (Finland) (2007 – 2011).