Jegadeesan Duraipandian

Professional with experience of over 30 years in Compressed Industrial & Medical Gases Industry / Electrical Systems with major period ( < 25 years) spent in Linde India Limited (A listed entity of Linde plc), the leader in industrial & medical gases business across the globe. Key functions covered are Plant Operations/Technical Services/General Management/Business Development/

Annual Plan ( Capex & Opex) / Compliances/ Project Management / HSE/

Manufacturing / Supply Chain Management / Productivity Improvement / Losses

Control / Functional P & L monitoring / CX ( Customer Experience) / ERP (SAP)

Roll out for business etc.

Listed Company Requirements & Board Dynamics

Familiar with listed company requirements & understanding of the core director competencies such as Leadership/ Strategic insights/ Understanding of industry, safety,operations,governance and regulatory landscape/ Basic finance literacy etc. Also have a good understanding of Internal financial controls/Functions of Audit/CSR/Risk Management committees of the Board / Code of Ethics. Certified Independent Director by Institute of Corporate Affairs ( IICA)

Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs, IDDB-NR-202311-053522, 01/19/24

• APAC India,Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Singapore & Australia
• Middle East UAE,Qatar & Saudi Arabia
• Africa Nigeria, Egypt & South Africa

• Member of institute of Directors, India (IOD)
• Member of CHD- 6 Industrial Gases Committee of BIS ( involved in revising the IS standards related to industrial gases industry) since Jan 2018
• Chairman of Packaged Gases Workgroup of Gas Industries Association of India (GIA) till July 2020
• Chartered Engineer, India

B.E (EEE) from Government College of Technology, Coimbatore affiliated to Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

• Date of Birth: 04/05/66
• Nationality: Indian
• Marital Status: Married

English, Tamil, Kannada & Hindi

• Mr.Nitin Chabria, Managing Director, Mysore Ammonia & Chemicals Limited, Mumbai, India, +91 93230 34433
• Mr. Pawan Marda, Non-Executive Director (Ex-Company Secretary), Linde Global Support Services Private Limited, Kolkata, India, +91 98310 98656
• Mr.K Manoharan, Managing Director, Spec & Cal Gases Private Limited, Bangalore, India, +91 97695 77885
• Mr. Ramana Vutukuru, Associate DirectorPGP Engineering & Special Gases, Linde plc, SIngapore, +65 9476 8040
• Mr. Arnab Das, Director-Business, Global Gases Group, Dubai UAE, +971 50 624 5155

I hereby declare that the above-mentioned information is true and correct to the best of my knowledge.