Shri Hital R. Meswani - Executive Director

Shri Hital R. Meswani graduated with honours in the Management & Technology programme from the University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics from the Wharton Business School, both from the University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

He joined Reliance Industries Limited in 1990. He is on the Board of the Company as Whole-time Director designated as Executive Director since August 4, 1995, with overall responsibility of the Petroleum Business and all manufacturing and project activities of the group.

He is a Director of Reliance Industrial Investments and Holdings Limited and Reliance Commercial Dealers Limited. He is the Chairman of the Audit Committee of Reliance Industrial Investments and Holdings Limited and is a member of the Audit Committee of Reliance Commercial Dealers Limited. He is a member of the Finance Committee, the Shareholders'/Investors' Grievance Committee and Health, Safety and Environment Committee of the Company.

He has been instrumental in the execution of several mega projects of the group including the Hazira Petrochemicals complex and the world's largest refinery complex at Jamnagar.

He also serves on the Board of Overseers at the University of Pennsylvania.

He holds 2,11,886 shares of the Company in his name as on March 31, 2011.