Mr. Subhash Chandra promoted the Company in 1982. He is the Chairman of the Company as well as other Companies of Essel Group. He has taken Essel Group from a family-owned business to a global entity in the fields of Packaging, Media, Entertainment, Satellite communication and Online gaming.

Mr. Chandra has been the recipient of numerous honorary degrees, industry awards and civic honors, including being named 'Global Indian Entertainment Personality of the Year ' by FICCI for 2004, 'Business Standard 's Businessman of the Year ' in 1999, 'Entrepreneur of the Year ' by Ernst & Young in 1999 and 'Enterprise CEO of the Year ' by International Brand Summit. The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) chose Mr. Chandra as the Chairman of the CII Media Committee for two successive years.

Mr. Chandra has made his mark as a philanthropist in India. He set up TALEEM (Transnational Alternate Learning for Emancipation and Empowerment through Multimedia), an organisation which seeks to provide access to quality education and to promote research in various disciplines relating to health & family life, social & cultural anthropology, communication and media. He is also the trustee for the Global Vippassana Foundation a trust set up for helping people in spiritual upliftment.

Mr. Chandra is also the Chairman of ZEE Entertainment Enterprises Limited, Zee News Limited and Wire & Wireless India Ltd. He also serves on the Board of Essel Infraproject Limited, Dish TV India Limited, Zee Multimedia Worldwide, Bvi, Asia Today Limited, Mauritius, United News of India, Adhikar Foundation, Agrani Satellite Services Limited and Agrani Holdings (Mauritius) Limited.

Mr. Ashok Kumar Goel has been associated with the Company as a Director since 1984 and is a Vice- Chairman & Managing Director. Mr. Goel holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and is an experienced businessman who also oversees the management of the Essel Group's three existing leisure properties; viz., EsselWorld, Water Kingdom and Fun Kingdom.

He has led the turnaround of an engineering tools company in the Essel Group and achieved manufacturing efficiencies. Mr. Goel also serves on the Boards of Pan India Paryatan Ltd., ASC Enterprises Ltd., Intrex India Ltd., Solid Containers Ltd., Essel Overseas Ltd., Essel International Ltd., Rankay Investment & Trading Co. Pvt. Ltd., Pan India Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. and Orbit Cyber Tech Pvt. Ltd.

He is the President and Founder Member of the Indian Association of Amusement Parks & Industries and the Vice-President of the Organisation of Plastic Processors of India. He is currently also a member of the Investors' Grievance Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors.
 

Mr. D. Ahuja has served as the Company’s Director since March 1984. In 1980, Mr. Ahuja promoted the 20th Century Group of Companies involved in activities such as Merchant Banking, Industrial Equipment Leasing, Auto Finance, Commercial Vehicle Financing and Consumer Durables Financing. 20th Century was one of the first few groups to have been accorded approval by SEBI for setting up a mutual fund in the country. 20th Century was also granted a license to set up a bank.

Mr. Ahuja has been involved in setting up the Equipment Leasing Association of India and Asia Leasing as a member of the Executive Committee. Prior to 1980, Mr. Ahuja was a senior consultant with Citibank N.A. for about 10 years. He set up the entire Management Consultation and Merchant Banking Operations of Citibank. Subsequently, he took over as the Head of Corporate Banking for the Western Region of Citibank. Mr. Ahuja holds a degree in M.A. (Economics) and is a M.B.A. from USA.

Mr. Ahuja is also Chairman/ Managing Director of Greenstone Investments Pvt. Limited and TCFC Finance Limited. He also serves on the Board of HB Estate Developers Limited and Orbit Corporation Limited. Mr. Ahuja is Chairman of Audit Committee of Orbit Corporation Limited, Member of Audit Committee of Essel Propack and Member of Audit Committee and Shareholders Grievance Committee of TCFC Finance Ltd.

Mr. Tapan Mitra, Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Essel Propack, obtained his Masters degree from the Calcutta University and post- graduate studies at McGill University, Canada. He obtained a Masters degree in Business Administration from the University of Geneva. Mr. Mitra is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

Mr. Mitra joined the Board of Essel Propack in April 2003. Prior to joining Essel Propack, he was the Finance Director and later Managing Director & Vice-Chairman of INDAL. He was also the Non-executive Chairman of Haldia Petrochemicals during its project implementation and commissioning. Mr. Mitra is also associated with various industry associations and government bodies like Confederation of Indian Industries and is a Member of the State Planning Boards of the Governments of West Bengal and Tripura. Mr. Mitra is on the Board of Directors of Thermax Ltd. and Tube investments of India Ltd.

Mr. Mukund Chitale has over 35 years of experience as a practising chartered accountant. He was the President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) in 1997-1998. He has been aMember of The International Auditing Practices Committee of The International Federation of Accountants, Verma Committee on Restructuring of Weak Public Sector Banks, , Dr. Tarapur Committee on Procedures & Performance Audit of Public Services appointed by Reserve Bank of India and Company Law Advisory Committee of Central Government.

He is the Chairman of Principal PNB Asset Management Company Pvt. Ltd., Governing Council Member of Banking Codes and Standards Board of India and Chairman of The Ethics Committee of The Stock Exchange, Mumbai.

He is also the member of Advisory Board on Bank, Commercial and Financial Frauds. Member of the Group for Amalgamation of Urban Co-operative Banks and Member of Board of Supervision of NABARD