Rashesh Shah takes over as President of FICCI Sandip Somany elected Senior Vice-President and Sangita Reddy, Vice-President

Dec 14, 2017

 

NEW DELHI, 14 December 2017: Mr. Rashesh Shah took over as the President of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) for 2017-18 at the conclusion of the Chamber's 90th Annual General Meeting here today.

 

Mr. Sandip Somany was elected Senior Vice-President and Ms. Sangita Reddy, Vice President.

 

Mr. Rashesh Shah has spent over 25 years in the corporate and financial markets sector and is one of the leading spokespersons for the industry. Mr. Shah is the Chairman & CEO of Edelweiss Group. Edelweiss started in 1996 that has since grown into one of India's leading diversified financial services conglomerates. The Rs. 270 billion Edelweiss Group is present across all significant areas of financial services including Credit, Housing Finance, Financial Markets, Commodities, Asset Management and Life Insurance. The Group has 240 offices in 125 cities, including eight international offices in New York, Canada, Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Mauritius, Nigeria and Chad with headquarters in Mumbai, India.

 

Mr. Sandip Somany is widely recognized as a pioneer of the Indian ceramic industry in India. Mr. Somany is the Vice Chairman & Managing Director of HSIL Limited, the leading building materials company in India. An entrepreneur at heart, he joined the family business in the year 1982 and is the driving force behind the company today.

 

Ms. Sangita Reddy is the Joint Managing Director of the Apollo Hospitals Group. Passionately committed to transforming healthcare using effective and efficient technology, Ms. Reddy has steered Apollo Hospitals to harness technological advancements in accelerating positive transformation and using Telemedicine. She chairs the CSR activities of Apollo Hospitals Group.

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• Rashesh Shah takes over as FICCI President
• Rashesh Shah takes over as FICCI President
• Rashesh Shah takes over as FICCI President

Event

• 90th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of FICCI