The First V NARAYANAN (Pond's) Memorial Endowment Lecture - 29 Jun 2021

INVITATION

THE FIRST

V NARAYANAN (POND'S) MEMORIAL ENDOWMENT LECTURE

IN ASSOCIATION WITH:

VETERANS

Fragrance of Business DATE: TUESDAY, 29 JUNE 2021 AT 4.15 PM

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VETERANS

Mr V Narayanan was an inspiring visionary. He built a culture of character and competence, and inspired ordinary people to do extraordinary things in the businesses he helmed. His expertise was sought after by a number of corporates, and he significantly contributed to the growth of the manufacturing industry in India, particularly Tamil Nadu.

The President & Managing Committee, Madras Management Association, & POND'S Veterans cordially invite you to the

THE FIRST

VETERANS

V NARAYANAN (POND'S) MEMORIAL ENDOWMENT LECTURE Special address

Recollections – 50 Year friendship with V Narayanan by

N Sankar Chairman, The Sanmar Group

Keynote address

Leadership in Turbulent Times by

Harish Manwani Former, COO, Unilever Date: 29 June 2021

Senior Operating Partner at Blackstone

Time: 4.15 PM

and

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Director of Whirlpool, Qualcomm,

Gilead Sciences and Tata Sons

Meeting ID: 844 8896 9746 Passcode: 311994

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PROGRAMME

VETERANS

04.15 pm

04.25 pm

Floral Tribute to Mr V Narayanan &

Ravichandran Purushothaman

Welcome Address

President, MMA & President, Danfoss Industries

Background to Memorial Lecture

V Balaraman Past President, MMA & Former MD, Pond's India Ltd

04.40 pm

04.45 pm

Introduction of Mr N Sankar Release of V Narayanan Memorial issue

N Sankar

of Mandate

Chairman, The Sanmar Group

Recollections - 50 Year friendship with

N Sankar

V Narayanan

05.05 pm

Introduce and welcome Mr Harish Manwani

V Balaraman

05.10 pm

V Narayanan (Pond's) Memorial

Harish Manwani

Endowment Lecture

Former, COO, Unilever

"Leadership in Turbulent Times"

Senior Operating Partner at Blackstone and Director of Whirlpool, Qualcomm, Gilead Sciences and Tata Sons

05.45 pm

Vote of Thanks

Gp Capt R Vijakumar (Retd), VSM Executive Director, MMA

Harish Manwani retired at the end of 2014 from Unilever as their Chief Operating Officer responsible for managing the P&Lacross Unilever’s global markets. He is currently the Senior Operating Partner to Blackstone and also serves as Director on several international boards.

Harish joined Unilever in India as a management trainee in 1976.

Through his career, he held senior general management

positions in India and internationally. In 1995, he joined the Board of Hindustan Unilever Limited as Director responsible for Personal Products. In 2000, he moved to the UKas Senior Vice President, Global Hair Care and Oral Care.

In 2001, he was

appointed President, Latin America andalso served as Chairman of Unilever’s Latin America Advisory Council.

In 2004, he was appointed President of the North America Business Group (Home & Personal Care) and, in 2005, joined the Unilever Executive Board as President, Asia, Africa, Middle East and the region was later extended to include Central and Eastern Europe. In 2011, he was appointed Chief Operating Officer with worldwide responsibilities for Unilever’s operating companies.

Harish serves on the Board of Directors of Gilead Sciences, Inc, Qualcomm Incorporated, Whirlpool Corporation, Tata Sons Private Limited and EDBI Pte Ltd. He is also Chairman of the Executive Board of Indian School of Business.

In 2008, he received the CNBC Asia Business Leader of the Year Award. In 2012, he was conferred the Public Service Medal by the Singapore Government.

HARISH MANWANI Former COO, Unilever Senior Operating Partner, Blackstone

Harish is an Honours graduate from Bombay University and holds a Masters degree in management studies. He has also attended the Advanced Management Program (AMP) at Harvard Business School.

Mr N Sankar obtained his B.Sc.Tech in Chemical Engineering from the AC College of Technology and thereafter obtained his Masters Degree from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago.

After an eventful career of over five decades, Mr Sankar is currently the Chairman of The Sanmar Group, operating in the core areas of Chemicals, Shipping, Metals and Engineering. Apart from India, the Group has operations in Egypt, USA & Mexico and the Group’s sales - currently around a billion dollars annually.

Over the years, The Sanmar Group has been involved in over thirty joint ventures with leading multi nationals like Flowserve, Crane, Cabot, Emerson, Pentair, Tyco, AMP, B F Goodrich, Bayer, Elf Atochem etc. The number of joint ventures currently is five, all of whom have completed between twenty and forty years of successful operation, bearing testimony to the Group’s uniquely successful joint venture management style.

Mr Sankar serves on the Board of NOCIL Limited, Mumbai, and the India Advisory Board of FLSmidth A/S, Denmark.

Mr Sankar has held office in several public bodies representing trade and industry as: President – Assocham (1991-92), Chairman – Indo-US Joint Business Council (1998-99), Chairman – Madras Chamber of Commerce and Industry (1986-87), President – Madras Management Association (1981-87), etc.

Mr Sankar has received member awards recognizing his services to business and industry.

Over the years Mr Sankar has been involved with the management of a number of educational and charitable organisations.

He is currently a member of the board of The CHILDS Trust. Earlier he was Chairman of The Chennai Willingdon Corporate Foundation and Chennai Heritage, and a member of the Board of Governors of The Indian Institute of ManagementKozhokide.

Keenly interested in sports, he has been Vice President of the All India Tennis Association, and President of the Tamil Nadu

N SANKAR Chairman The Sanmar Group

Cricket and Tennis Associations.

Mr Sankar served as the Honorary Consul General for Denmark in South India from 1989 to 2017, and was been awarded the `Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog, First Class’ by the Danish Government in recognition of his services.

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