About Us

Mr. Jayakumar Krishnaswamy joined Nuvoco as Managing Director in September 2018; responsible for its Cement, Ready-Mix Concrete and Modern Building Materials business divisions. This is his second innings with Nuvoco; having previously helped establish the green-field site for the Chittor Cement Plant in Rajasthan and its distribution system.
Mr. Krishnaswamy has over thirty years of experience across the Automotive, Building Materials, Engineering, and FMCG Industries. His last assignment was as Managing Director of AkzoNobel India; where he was responsible for Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan.
Prior to that, Mr. Krishnaswamy was General Manager Supply Chain at Hindustan Unilever; where he worked in various positions and across manufacturing sites in the Home & Personal Care, and Foods segments. He was also responsible for setting up green-field plants, managing the supply chain and leading the organisation’s transformation agenda for the South Asia region.
Mr. Krishnaswamy started his career in manufacturing with M/s Brakes India Limited and was later associated with Eicher Tractors Limited; where he was also part of a task force involved in introducing TQM concepts.
Mr. Krishnaswamy is a Mechanical Engineer and alumnus of Delhi College of Engineering. During the course of his career, he developed expertise in integrated supply chain management, kick-starting new initiatives, and transforming organisations.

Ms.Shruta Sanghavi is Vice President and Company Secretary of Nuvoco Vistas Corp. Ltd. She is also a Board Member of Nu Vista Limited.
Ms. Sanghavi has rich experience of over twenty five years in Company Secretarial, Corporate Governance, Fund Raising, and Amalgamation and Merger activities, Buyback of Equity Shares, Foreign Collaboration and Joint Ventures.
Her last assignment was with Allcargo Logistics Ltd. as Company Secretary and Compliance Officer. Prior to that, Ms. Sanghavi was with Tata Motors Ltd. as Deputy Company Secretary and has also worked with Punjab Chemicals. She started her career with Bank of Baroda.
Ms. Sanghavi holds a Post Graduate degree in Commerce from Mumbai University and has completed her Company Secretarial course from the Institute of Companies Secretaries of India, New Delhi. Her hobbies include travelling, listening to music, reading, playing badminton and socializing, as well as keeping abreast with financial and market developments.

Vivek Chawla is a Whole-time Director and Chief Executive Officer of our Company. He holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Ravishankar University, Raipur and a diploma in management from Indira Gandhi National Open University. He has also completed a Senior Leadership Program from International Institute for Management Development, Lausanne, Switzerland and Advanced Management Program at INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France. He joined our Company on September 29, 2016 as our Chief Executive Officer and was appointed as a Whole-time Director with effect from January 12, 2017. Prior to joining our Company, he was the regional chief executive officer, West & Central Africa, Dangote Cement Plc. and president and location head of Hindalco, Hirakud and the chief executive officer of ACC Limited, eastern region. He has over 30 years of experience in the cement industry.

Vinit Kumar Tiwari is the Chief Marketing Officer of our Company, He joined our Company with effect from March 31, 2016. He is presently involved in the sales, marketing and logistics functions of our Company. He holds a bachelor’s degree in science from Doctor Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar and a master’s degree in business administration from the Faculty of Management Studies, Doctor Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar. Prior to joining our Company, he held the position of senior vice president, at UltraTech Cement Limited and country head – sales and marketing (ply and board division), at Greenply Industries Limited.

Rajiv Ranjan Thakur is the Chief Financial Officer of our Company. He holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce (honours) from the University of Ranchi. He was appointed as our Chief Financial Officer with effect from December 13, 2016. He is a qualified cost and works accountant and a fellow member of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India. He has over 21 years of experience in finance related functions in various companies in the cement industry. He has previously been associated with ACC Limited across their regional offices in India, in various management roles, including as the vice president - regional finance-south and west of ACC Limited and the head - regional finance, ACC Kymore Cement Works. He has formerly worked at the erstwhile JK Corp. Limited and J.K. White Cement Works, a division of the erstwhile J.K. Synthetics Limited.

Samar Banerjee is the Vice President, Human Resources of our Company. He joined our Company with effect from November 2, 2016. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Utkal University and a postgraduate diploma in personnel management from the Xavier Institute of Social Services, Ranchi. Prior to joining our Company, he was associated with Eicher Limited, ICI India Limited, ACC Limited, Bennett Coleman and Company Limited in various management roles. He was also the general manager (human resources), Kolkata, at Ambuja Cement Limited.