An experienced, dedicated management team
Styrenix Performance Materials Limited brings together a team of industry executives who understand the challenges facing customers in their specific markets. Their commitment to excellence and decades of experience in the styrenics industry offer genuine added value.
Rakesh S. Agrawal
Chairman
Rakesh S. Agrawal is the Chairman of Shiva Group of Companies promoted by the family, having business interests in Acid Chlorides, Alkyl Chlorides, Polymers, Engineering Services, Trading etc and having manufacturing facilities in India and Europe. He is a Post Graduate (Master of Engineering – Chem) from Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey. A first-generation entrepreneur, Mr. Agrawal introduced Engineering Thermoplastics in India by setting up ABS Plastics Ltd, the first plant in the country to manufacture ABS and SAN resins and pioneered the market for these products in India. During his reign as Managing Director from 1973 to 2012, the Company had grown from 2000 TPA to 100,000 TPA in terms of ABS/SAN manufacturing capacity and Rs. 110 Mio to more than Rs. 11,000 Mio in terms of turnover. Mr. Agrawal plays a major role in various Industries Associations and he is currently a Managing Committee Member of Federation of Gujarat Industries, where he also served as President for 2 years. He has also served as an Executive Committee Member of FICCI for several years. He is also involved with various educational, social and charitable activities and he is a Trustee of United Way of Baroda where he also served as Chairman. He is also on the Board of Governors of GSFC University and had served as Senate Member of the MS University of Baroda for 4 years.
Rahul R. Agrawal
Managing Director
Rahul Rakesh Agrawal is the Director and Promoter of Shiva Pharmachem Limited, company situated in Vadodara, Gujarat. Shiva Pharmachem Limited is a global supplier and one of the leading manufacturers of multi-functional intermediates in pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals and performance chemicals, and has three manufacturing sites and exports various products globally. He holds a bachelor’s degree of science in chemical engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and a masters’ degree in Business Administration from Harvard Business School, Harvard University. He has an experience in the field of Chemical Manufacturing Industry for almost 23 years. He has also promoted Shiva Performance Materials Pvt. Ltd., a Company situated in Vadodara, Gujarat, which is actively engaged in producing specialty polymers such as acrylic resins used in ink, coating, semi conductor and optical fibre industry. Shiva Performance Materials is one of the largest suppliers globally in the graphic arts and toner industries and provides a clean alternative to hazardous solvent based chemistries used in packaging industry.
Vishal R. Agrawal
Joint Managing Director
Vishal Rakesh Agrawal is the Managing Director and Promoter of Shiva Pharmachem Limited, a company situated in Vadodara, Gujarat. Shiva Pharmachem Limited is a global supplier and one of the leading manufacturers of multi-functional intermediates in pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals and performance chemicals and has three manufacturing sites and exports various products globally. He holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering and a masters’ degree in Information Management from Stevens Institute of Technology. He has an experience in the field of Chemical Manufacturing Industry for over 23 years. Post qualifications he started Shiva Pharmachem Limited, with a focus on chlorination chemistry, which now is a multiproduct company practicing multiple chemistries. He also acquired a chemical company in Europe in 2015, which manufactures speciality chemicals, and is now a part of Shiva Pharmachem Ltd.
Ravishankar Kompalli
Whole-time Director
K. Ravishankar has over 45 years’ experience in manufacturing of Styrenic polymers i.e. ABS, SAN, PS and Styrene Acrylics and managed multiple chemical plant sites involving highly hazardous process. He graduated in Chemical engineering from Andhra University in 1977 and started his career in Polystyrene Plant of Polychem ltd. During his more than four decades of working in polymer industry he has worked in companies with UB group, Bayer ABS Ltd, Sumitomo(Indonesia), INEOS Styrolution and Shiva Performance Materials Ltd. Till recently he was with Supreme Petrochem Ltd as consultant for their upcoming mass ABS project. Technology is his core strength and had hands on experience with JSR, Bayer, Sumitomo, Monsanto and BASF processes in Styrenic polymers. He has co-patented High Rubber Graft ABS powder technology for INEOS Styrolution presently in operation at Nandesari Plant, Gujarat. He also holds safety management diploma from Central Labour Institute, Mumbai of Govt of India and is well versed in advanced process safety concepts.
Milin Mehta
Independent Director
Milin Mehta leads the practice of the firm K. C. Mehta & Co. for over three decades. Under his leadership, he has steered the firm to expand in its scope of services and geographic presence. He has been instrumental in instilling the spirit of high ethical standards in the firm and quality drive growth. Besides being a Chartered Accountant, he is also a Law Graduate. His multi-faceted and meritorious academics and experience gives him opportunity to serve clients in the areas ranging from accounting to tax, valuations to strategies and governance to law. Milin has earlier led the tax practice of the firm and was responsible in setting up the international tax and transfer pricing practice. Milin presently focuses on the Transaction Advisory Services of the firm, while also providing technical leadership to the Tax practice. Milin’s ability to articulate a point and his fair approach has enabled him to negotiate very complex cases. He cherishes arguing in complex tax litigation and has to his credit several reported decisions, some of which are path breaking. He was invited by the Finance Ministry, Government of India, through CBDT to be member of the committee appointed for formulation of ICDS as well as MAT Computation under Ind-AS scenario. Due to his active participation in the activities of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and contribution in the seminars and conferences throughout the country, Milin has developed an excellent network amongst the professionals. He serves as Independent / non-executive Director in various listed and unlisted companies and chairs their audit committees. He is a prolific speaker and has presented papers and delivered talks in seminars at national level.
Prem Kumar Taneja
Independent Director
Mr. Premkumar Taneja has more than four (4) decades of rich and varied experience in the field of Governance, Administration and Business Management. He was Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Industries & Mines Department, Home Department, Forest & Environment Department and at several other senior administrative positions with Govt. of Gujarat and also Director with Govt. of India. He has also led many Govt. of Gujarat promoted companies as Chairman / Managing Director / Director for more than a decade. Some of them are – GSFC, GACL, GSECL, GIPCL, GNFC, GUVNL and erstwhile BECL. As a Chairman/ Managing Director/ Director, he has gained rich experience in all facets of Business Management. He was instrumental in turning around GACL and the erstwhile GEB, which was unbundled into seven State owned corporations. He was also awarded “Outstanding Manager of the Year Award” by Ahmedabad Management Association (AMA) in 2005 as MD, GACL. Further, other business enterprises were also bestowed with awards instituted by Govt. of India and other reputed organisations when he was heading these Govt. promoted companies.
Mr. P N Prasad
Independent Director
P.N. Prasad ,aged 62 years, is a professional banker with more than 37 years of experience. He joined State Bank of India (SBI) in 1983 as Probationary Officer and retired as Deputy Managing Director of SBI in 2020. At the time of superannuation, he was heading the Commercial Clients Group, the Corporate Banking Vertical of State Bank of India. He was also heading the Project Finance & Structuring SBU of the Bank, the only such SBU focused on Project and infrastructure finance among all the banks in India.
At SBI, he had handled leadership roles for more than 25 years in India and abroad in multiple fields of banking with specialization in corporate banking, project finance & structuring, infrastructure lending, debt syndication, small scale industries, agriculture and rural economy, human resources development, international banking, trade finance operations, treasury management, risk management, audit compliance, stressed asset management and resolution. He was the Chief Executive Officer of SBI’s overseas operations in Belgium covering Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxemburg from 2008 to 2012.
Shri Prasad is an Additional Independent Director on the board of Axis Bank Limited since 20.10.2022 and serves as independent director on the boards of National E-Governance Services Limited (NeSL) and Insolvency Professional Agency of Institute of Cost Accountants of India Ltd ( IPA ICAI) . He served as a shareholder Director in Bank of India from October 25,2020 to October 12,2022. He was a member of the Committee constituted by Reserve Bank of India in April 2021 on functioning of Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs) and regulatory guidelines. Shri Prasad was also the Chairman of the Co-Ordination Committee appointed by the Ministry of Commerce, Govt. of India, to address the issues faced by the Gems & Jewellery Sector in India.
He holds a master’s degree in science and is a Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers . He is a Rank holder in CAIIB examination conducted by Indian Institute of Bankers.
Ms. Radhika Nath
Independent Director
Radhika Nath is a Trustee on the Governing Council, overseeing educational initiatives across all Mahindra schools. She is an Executive Board member of Mumbai First, a nonpartisan body working with civil society, professionals, and captains of industry to improve the quality of life and investment in the city.
Radhika started and led the Synergies division at the Mahindra Group, a platform to coordinate non-core product sourcing and requirement as a strategic enabler of business agility, to raise the Group’s capabilities, performance andultimately – value. She has almost 30 years of experience in the retail industry, export and trade. She has played a pioneering role in developing the Mahindra Group’s retail strategy and was a part of the management team for Mom & Me, the Maternity Division of the Mahindra Retail company. Prior to this, Radhika led the Apparel Division for Mahindra Exports and served as a Director for Avex Pvt. Ltd, a garment export company for the Mahindra Group. Under her leadership as Brand Manager for Mahindra Intertrade, she secured key partnerships for the Group’s retail division with International Childrenswear Brands such as Disney and Ladybird, establishing the group’s global presence. She is a Director on the board of Merchant Commercial and Holdings Pvt. Ltd. a finance and investment company of Naath Exim (India) Pvt. Ltd.
She is also the former President of the Indian Merchants Chamber – Ladies Wing (2016-2017) and led the Chamber’s 50th year commemorations, attended by Shri Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India. Radhika graduated with a BA in Political Science and Economics from Elphinstone College in Mumbai. She is a qualified Nursery Teacher with a diploma from Sophia Polytechnic, Mumbai and is currently a Master in Business Administration degree student at Bombay University. She is an alumnus of the Cathedral & John Connon School and St. Hilda’s, Ooty An avid reader, Radhika enjoys travel, and is a keen wildlife conservationist. She is an accomplished Bharatnatyam dancer and has completed her Arangetram.
