Deepak Parekh, Chairman of HDFC Life, Resigns; Keki Mistry Will Lead Board

Deepak Parekh, Chairman of HDFC Life, Resigns; Keki Mistry Will Lead Board

HDFC Life Insurance’s chairman, Deepak S. Parekh, stepped down from his position, the company said in a trade recording on Thursday. “Deepak S. Parekh has chosen to step down as the Chairman and Non-Executive Executive of the Company, with an impact from nearing trade hours on April 18, 2024,” the company said. The company also said that they have named Keki M. Mistry as the Chairman of the Board.

“The board has consistently endorsed the arrangement of Keki M. Mistry as the Chairman of the Board with prompt impact, subject to the endorsement of the Protections Administrative and Improvement Authority,” the company said. Mistry has been related to the company since December 2000 and is right now acting as a non-executive director. “With the amalgamation of HDFC Restricted with HDFC Bank, Mr. Mistry superannuated from HDFC Constrained and has been named as a non-executive executive on the Board of HDFC Bank Constrained.

He is also an executive on the sheets of a few other noticeable companies,” the trade recording stated. The backup plans also said that VK Viswanathan and Prasad Chandran should desist from being autonomous chiefs of the company after completing their two continuous terms of five years each on April 24, 2024.

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Moreover, the company also named Venkatraman Srinivasan as its autonomous chief. “The board has affirmed the arrangement of Mr. Venkatraman Srinivasan as an Extra-Autonomous Director effective April 18, 2024, for a term of five continuous years, subject to the endorsement of the shareholders in the resulting Yearly Common Assembly of the Company,” it said.