Mr Anil Sardana is the Managing Director of Adani Energy Solutions Limited since May 10, 2018. Before joining Adani Energy Solutions, he served as the CEO & Managing Director of Tata Power for over seven years and prior to that he held the role of the Managing Director & CEO at Tata Teleservices.

Mr Sardana has also served as Executive Director on the Board of Tata Power. He was also the founding CEO & Managing Director of Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (TPDDL/NDPL) having taken over as founding chief when the company was set up in 2002 to take over from state-owned DISCOM. He is credited with having spearheaded the dramatic turnaround of Tata Power Delhi Distribution, having achieved benchmark performance standards – including world record Reduction of Aggregate Technical and Commercial Losses and making discoverable changes in deliverables to customers. Tata Power Delhi Distribution was also bestowed the prestigious ‘Silver National Award for Meritorious Performance’ for two consecutive years, 2004-2005 and 2005-2006, in Power Distribution by the Prime Minister.

He spearheaded two major M&A’s namely with NTT DOCOMO of Japan and a reverse equity swap & merger to create most valuable Telecom-Tower Infrastructure company VIOM with the highest tenancy in the industry. He also led the transition of Tata Tele by launch of very successful Tata DOCOMO & Tata Photon brands. These brands achieved stupendous off take. He also launched several innovative schemes including pay-per-use & per-second billing.

Mr Sardana has more than 40 years of experience in the infrastructure space, particularly in the Energy and Telecom sectors having managed complex transitions, developments & operations as well as Engineering, Procurement and Construction assignments. He had also worked at NTPC (14 years) and BSES (7 years) prior to joining Tata Group where he spent 18 years. He held Chairman’s position at CII National Committee on Power from 2012 onwards till April 2018, whereafter he again Chair's CII’s National Power Committee.

Mr Sardana holds a degree of bachelor’s in engineering from Delhi College of Engineering. He also holds a Post-Graduate degree in Cost Accountancy (ICWAI) and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Management and has attended Top Management Programme at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He received several recognitions from Indian & International fora’s and was also conferred with “Global Alumni Excellence Award” by his alma-mater Delhi College of Engineering in 2012. Anil did his schooling from Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, New Delhi.

Mr K. Jairaj, a member of the 1976 batch of the Indian Administrative Service, has held distinguished appointments in the infrastructure, energy, transport and urban development sectors, including a role as Additional Chief Secretary, Energy Department and Chairman, BESCOM, Managing Director, Bangalore International Airport Ltd; Managing Director, Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd; Managing Director, Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation; Commissioner, Bangalore City Corporation for two terms; Commissioner for Commercial Taxes and Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister. With N.R. Narayana Murthy, Chairman Emeritus of Infosys, Mr Jairaj established the Bangalore International Airport Limited, India’s first greenfield airport on public private partnership basis with Siemens, Germany.

Mr Jairaj served with the World Bank, Washington D.C. USA, as senior public sector management specialist in the Africa region between 2004-2006. He has academic background in economics, public policy and management. He has a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree from Bangalore University, Master of Arts degree in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics, M.P.A. Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University and M.P.A, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, U.S.A, where he was Edward’s Mason Fellow. Mr Jairaj is active in the National Management Movement and served as President, All India Management Association (AIMA), the only IAS officer to have done so; Past President Bangalore Management Association; currently on the Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Management, Kashipur.

He was on the Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore from 2000 to 2004. He is associated with several educational and not-for-profit institutions. He has been an Independent Director of Adani Energy Solutions since June 17, 2015.

Mrs Meera Shankar joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1973 and had an illustrious career spanning 38 years. She served in the Prime Minister's Office for six years, from 1985 to 1991 working on foreign policy and security matters. Thereafter, she led the Commercial Wing in the Indian Embassy in Washington as Minister (Commerce) till 1995. She returned as Director General of the Indian Council of Cultural Relations overseeing India's cultural diplomacy. She has had extensive experience in South Asia having worked in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Maldives as Under Secretary and Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs. Later, as Joint Secretary, she headed divisions dealing with neighbours, Nepal and Bhutan, and the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC). As Additional Secretary, she handled the UN and international security issues. She served as Ambassador of India to Germany from 2005 to 2009 and then to the United States from 2009 to 2011. She has been on the Board of Adani Energy Solutions since June 17, 2015.

Mrs Lisa Caroline MacCallum, an Australian citizen, began her professional life in Accounting, Finance and Consulting with KPMG in Australia and the USA. She enjoyed a long career at NIKE Inc (2001-2014) based in the USA, serving on the executive leadership team in commercial and brand strategy roles and as Vice President of NIKE’s Corporate Philanthropy and Global Community Investments. Prior to joining NIKE, Mrs Lisa co-founded a Tokyo-based multi-media and executive education company, Business Breakthrough, Inc. She currently serves as an ESG Advisory Board member of KAO Corporation Japan and is an Independent Non-executive Director of Bond University Australia Limited and Seattle based employee experience company Limeade Limited. She has been on the Board of Adani Energy Solutions.

Mrs Vijaylaxmi Joshi has served in key positions both at the State and Centre levels. From 2011 to 2014, she served as a Joint and Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Commerce. Thereafter, she was appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj on May 1, 2014. She had also served as Officer on Special Duty in the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation. Lastly, she headed the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India programme). At the State level, she has also been deputed as Managing Director of Government-owned Companies such as Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Limited.