Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas appointed former Competition Commission of India (CCI) chairman Ashok Chawla as its strategic advisory board member, effective 15 January 2016. He will also assist CAM with advocacy and policy advice.
Chawla retired from the CCI on Thursday, after a 43-year career as a civil servant from the Indian Administrative Service batch of 1973. He was the CEO of various Gujarat state-owned companies, was the economic counsellor in the Indian embassy in the US, was a member of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority, was the permanent secretary in various Indian ministries including finance, economic affairs and civil aviation, was on the board of the Reserve Bank of India and alternate governor at the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, according to CAM’s press release.
Chawla has also held the role of chairman and managing director at Indian Petrochemicals and directorship at ONGC, added the release.
CAM managing partner Cyril Shroff commented in the release: “We are delighted to have Mr Chawla being part of our strategy advisory board. Given his rich and diversified experience, including various leadership positions, his guidance to the firm, would add immense value and depth to the firm.”
Full content: The Economic Times
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