About Reliance Communication Chairman

Reliance Communication Chairman's Profile

Anil D. Ambani

Regarded as one of the foremost corporate leaders of contemporary India,Shri Anil D Ambani, 48, is the chairman of all listed companies of the Reliance ADA Group, namely, Reliance Communications, Reliance Capital, Reliance Energy and Reliance Natural Resources limited.

He is also Chairman of the Board of Governors of Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat.

Till recently, he also held the post of Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), India’s largest private sector enterprise.

Anil D Ambani joined Reliance in 1983 as Co-Chief Executive Officer, and was centrally involved in every aspect of the company’s management over the next 22 years.

He is credited with having pioneered a number of path-breaking financial innovations in the Indian capital markets. He spearheaded the country’s first forays into the overseas capital markets with international public offerings of global depositary receipts, convertibles and bonds. Starting in 1991, he directed Reliance Industries in its efforts to raise over US$ 2 billion. He also steered the 100-year Yankee bond issue for the company in January 1997.

He is a member of:

Wharton Board of Overseers, The Wharton School, USA

Central Advisory Committee, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission

Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

Board of Governors Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

In June 2004, he was elected for a six-year term as an independent member of the Rajya Sabha, Upper House of India’s Parliament a position he chose to resign voluntarily on March 25, 2006.

Awards and Achievements:

Conferred the ‘CEO of the Year 2004’ in the Platts Global Energy Awards

Rated as one of ‘India’s Most Admired CEOs’ for the sixth consecutive year in the Business Barons – TNS Mode opinion poll, 2004

Conferred ‘The Entrepreneur of the Decade Award’ by the Bombay Management Association, October 2002

Awarded the First Wharton Indian Alumni Award by the Wharton India Economic Forum (WIEF) in recognition of his contribution to the establishment of Reliance as a global leader in many of its business areas, December 2001

Selected by Asiaweek magazine for its list of ‘Leaders of the Millennium in Business and Finance’ and was introduced as the only ‘new hero’ in Business and Finance from India, June 1999.

Anil Dhirubhai Ambani

Born on: June 4, 1959

Birthplace: Mumbai, India

Father's name: Dhirubhai Hirachand Ambani

Mother's name: Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani

Education: Bachelor of Science from the University of Mumbai and

MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA

Family: Married to Tina and has two sons Jai Anmol and Jai Anshul

Business address: Reliance Communications Limited, I Block, 2nd

Floor, Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City, Navi Mumbai - 400710, India

Telephone: +91 22 3037 5522, +91 22 3037 5534

Fax: +91 22 3037 5577

E-mail: anil.ambani@relianceada.com

Board of Directors

Shri Anil D. Ambani - Chairman

Prof. J Ramachandran

Shri S.P. Talwar

Shri Deepak Shourie

Shri A.K.Purwar

Corporate Governance

Organizations, like individuals, depend for their survival, sustenance and growth on the support and goodwill of the communities of which they are an integral part, and must pay back this generosity in every way they can...

This ethical standpoint, derived from the vision of our founder, lies at the heart of the CSR philosophy of the Reliance – ADA Group.

While we strongly believe that our primary obligation or duty as corporate entities is to our shareholders – we are just as mindful of the fact that this imperative does not exist in isolation; it is part of a much larger compact which we have with our entire body of stakeholders: From employees, customers and vendors to business partners, eco-system, local communities, and society at large.

We evaluate and assess each critical business decision or choice from the point of view of diverse stakeholder interest, driven by the need to minimize risk and to pro-actively address long-term social, economic and environmental costs and concerns.

For us, being socially responsible is not an occasional act of charity or that one-time token financial contribution to the local school, hospital or environmental NGO. It is an ongoing year-round commitment, which is integrated into the very core of our business objectives and strategy.

Because we believe that there is no contradiction between doing well and doing right. Indeed, doing right is a necessary condition for doing well.