INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS

Mr. Ashok Kuriyan (Independent Director)

He holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce. He has over 4 decades of rich experience in business and industry. Some of the other companies where he serves as a board member include Pandalur Plantations Private Limited, Balanoor Plantations and Industries Limited, Stable Investments and Finance Company Limited, Mammen Mappillai and Investments Limited, Indo Roses and Floriculture Limited, M.M. Housing Private Limited, Indo Bloom Limited, Ashok Peter Jacob Investments Private Limited, and Balanoor Printers Limited.

Ms. Susan Kurian (Independent Woman Director)

She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Madras University. She has over eight years of experience in business and industry. Some of the other companies where he serves as a board member include A & A Printers.


Mr. Rohan Kuriyan (Independent Director)

Rohan Kuriyan is the current Manager – Corporate Affairs at Balanoor Plantations & Industries Ltd.  in Bangalore, India.

He has 15 years of experience in the management and business workings of the company.  Before joining Balanoor he worked with Ernst & Young as a tax consultant specializing in International Taxation and advisory.

During his tenure with Balanoor he has completed his Indian Cup tasting for Espresso with the Trieste Coffee Culture which is part of the Indo-Italian Chamber of Commerce in 2013.  In 2018, he was selected by the United States Department of State Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs for the coveted – International Visitors Leadership Program to study Natural Resource Economics on Water Pricing. With his expertise in the coffee industry, he had been selected to adjudicate in the National Latte Art Competition of 2024.

Other posts held are:

  • Current Convenor for the Karnataka Planters Association – Tea Committee
  • Chairman of the Speciality Coffee Association of India – Membership Committee

 

Ms. Roshin Varghese (Independent Woman Director)

Roshin Varghese was a journalist.

She worked as a Journalist - Freelancer and Stringer in SUNDAY MAIL newspaper, Delhi INDIAN EXPRESS newspaper, Delhi, THE AUSTRALIAN newspaper, Sydney, Australia from the year 1986 to 2010.

She has worked as CEO & MD from 2016 - 2023 in DEVON PLANTATIONS & INDUSTRIES LIMITED and GMART LIMITED.