Naina Lal Kidwai
Designation: Founder, India Sanitation Coalition. Chair, ISC Steering Committee
Naina Lal Kidwai is Chairman Rothschild India, senior Advisor Advent Private Equity and a non executive director on the boards of Holcim, Gland Pharma, UPL and Biocon. She has been Past President of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), and retired in December 2015 as Executive Director on the board of HSBC Asia Pacific and Chairman HSBC India, and in April 2018 as Non Executive director on the global board of Nestle.
She chairs the Primary Markets Advisory Committee of SEBI. She is a member of the INDO-ASEAN Business Council, the Army Group Insurance Fund’s investment advisory committee, the Harvard Business School’s South Asia Advisory Board, Standard Chartered Bank’s International Advisory Council and, The Mission board of EQT Future Fund.
An MBA from Harvard Business School, she is the recipient of several awards and honours including the Padma Shri for her contribution to Trade and industry. She is engaged with institutions in environment, water and sanitation and has authored 3 books including the bestsellers “30 women in Power: Their Voices, Their Stories” and “Survive Or Sink: An Action Agenda for Sanitation, Water, Pollution, and Green Finance”.
She has been a member of the Government of India’s Industry Task Force, the Prime Minister’s Trade and Industry Council, the National Manufacturing Council, the National Trade Council, the Working Group on Banking, Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission and the National Institute of Bank Management. Her interests in Water, Sanitation and the environment and empowerment of women are reflected in her engagements at Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation, International Advisory Council of the Inquiry of United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), Commissioner for the Global Commission on Economy & Climate, Advisory Board Wildlife Conservation Trust, The Rockfeller Foundation Economic Council for Planetary Health, Chair of FICCI’s Water Mission and founder and Chair of the India Sanitation Coalition.
She chairs the Primary Markets Advisory Committee of SEBI. She is a member of the INDO-ASEAN Business Council, the Army Group Insurance Fund’s investment advisory committee, the Harvard Business School’s South Asia Advisory Board, Standard Chartered Bank’s International Advisory Council and, The Mission board of EQT Future Fund.
An MBA from Harvard Business School, she is the recipient of several awards and honours including the Padma Shri for her contribution to Trade and industry. She is engaged with institutions in environment, water and sanitation and has authored 3 books including the bestsellers “30 women in Power: Their Voices, Their Stories” and “Survive Or Sink: An Action Agenda for Sanitation, Water, Pollution, and Green Finance”.
She has been a member of the Government of India’s Industry Task Force, the Prime Minister’s Trade and Industry Council, the National Manufacturing Council, the National Trade Council, the Working Group on Banking, Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission and the National Institute of Bank Management. Her interests in Water, Sanitation and the environment and empowerment of women are reflected in her engagements at Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation, International Advisory Council of the Inquiry of United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), Commissioner for the Global Commission on Economy & Climate, Advisory Board Wildlife Conservation Trust, The Rockfeller Foundation Economic Council for Planetary Health, Chair of FICCI’s Water Mission and founder and Chair of the India Sanitation Coalition.
