Kalpana Morparia
Independent non-executive Director
Appointed to the Board: 1 March 2023
Skills and experience: Kalpana is a skilled business leader with significant experience gained through a 45-year career in banking across Asia, primarily in India.
Career: Kalpana’s most recent executive role was as Chair of J.P. Morgan, South and Southeast Asia and a member of J.P. Morgan’s Asia executive committee, held until her retirement in 2021. Before J.P. Morgan, she was the Joint Managing Director of ICICI Bank, India’s second-largest bank, from 2001 to 2007. She has previously served as a non-executive Director on the boards of Hindustan Unilever Limited, Dr.Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd and Meesho Inc. Kalpana also serves as a board and governing council member of several non-profit organisations in the education sector.
She graduated from the University of Bombay in 1970 with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Microbiology and then in 1974 with a Bachelor of Law.
External appointments:
– Independent non-executive Director of The Great Eastern Shipping Company Limited
– Independent non-executive Director of Philip Morris International Inc
– Independent non-executive Director of Curefit Healthcare Private Limited
– Member of the Mentor Council of the Institute for Sustainability, Employment and Growth (ISEG Foundation)
– Governing Board member of the Bharti Foundation
– Governing Board member of the Generation India Foundation
