Board of Director’s profile

1. Name Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla

Position Chairman

Age 40 year old

Directorship April 28, 1994 – Present

Education F.C.A, M.B.A. , (Institute of Chartered Accountants of India /

London Business School)

Work experience in Listed Company - 2 companies

Director; Thai Carbon Black Pcl

  Director; Thai Rayon Pcl

 Non- Listed Companies- 5 companies

Director ;Thai Acrylic Fibre Co.,Ltd.

  Director ;Thai Peroxide Co.,Ltd.

  Director ;Indo-Thai Synethetic Co.,Ltd.

  Director ; Thai Polyphosphate & Chemicals Co., Ltd

  Director ;Aditya Birla Chemical (Thailand) Co.,Ltd.

Company may have conflict of interest - Nil

Number of TCB shares Nil

Board meeting attendance in 2007 Nil (Being foreign director)

Family relation among the management Son of Mrs. Rajashree Birla,
Company Director

2. Name Mrs.Rajashree Birla

Position Director

Age 62 year old

Directorship October 24, 1995 – Present

Education Bachelor of Arts (Chennai University , India)

Work experience in Listed Company - 2 companies

  Director ;Thai Carbon Black Pcl

  Director ;Thai Rayon Pcl

 Non- Listed Companies- 5 companies

Director ;Thai Acrylic Fibre Co.,Ltd.

  Director ;Thai Peroxide Co.,Ltd.

  Director ;Indo-Thai Synethetic Co.,Ltd.

  Director ;Thai Polyphosphate & Chemicals Co., Ltd

  Director ; Aditya Birla Chemical (Thailand) Co.,Ltd.

Company may have conflict of interest - Nil

Number of TCB shares Nil

Board meeting attendance in 2006 Nil (Being foreign director)

Family relation among the management Mother of Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla,
Company Chairman

3. Name Dr. Rakesh Jain

Position Executive Director

Age 46 year old

Directorship April 28, 2005 – Present

Education -Ph.D. in Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Akron

  -M. Tech from IIT, Kharagpur in Rubber Technology

Work experience in Listed Company - 1 company

  Director ; Thai Carbon Black Pcl

Non- Listed Companies- 1 company 

  Director ; Lioaning Birla Carbon Co..Ltd , China

Company may have conflict of interest Nil

Number of TCB shares Nil

Board meeting attendance in 2007 2 out of 4 Board of Director Meetings

Family relation among the management Nil

4. Name Mr. S. S. Mahansaria

Position Independent Director

Age 72 year old

Directorship April 28, 1994 – Present

Education B. Com., F.C.A. (Institute of Chartered Accountants of India)

  Attended Directors Certification Program (DCP 21/2002) of IOD

Work experience in Listed Company - 2 companies

  Director ; Thai Carbon Black Pcl

  Director ; Thai Rayon Pcl

 Non- Listed Companies – 4 companies

Director ; Thai Acrylic Fibre Co.,Ltd.

  Director ;Thai Peroxide Co.,Ltd.

  Director ;Indo-Thai Synethetic Co.,Ltd.

  Director ;Thai Polyphosphate & Chemicals Co., Ltd

Company may have conflict of interest - Nil

Number of TCB shares 1,870 shares (0.0006%)

Board meeting attendance in 2007 3 out of 4 Board of Director Meetings

Family relation among the management Nil

5. Name Mr.R.K. Rathi

Position Independent Director / Chairman of Audit Committee

Age 66 year old

Directorship April 27, 1995 – Present

Education Advanced Accountancy, Economic & Law

  (University of Bombay & European University)

Work experience in Listed Company - 2 companies

  Director ; Thai Carbon Black Pcl

  Director ; Thai Rayon Pcl

 Non- Listed Companies - Nil

Company may have conflict of interest - Nil

Number of TCB shares Nil

Board meeting attendance in 2007 1 out of 4 Board of Director Meetings

Family relation among the management Nil

6. Name Mr.Prakit Pradipasen

Position Independent Director / Member of Audit Committee

Age 66 year old

Directorship April 28, 2000 – Present

Education - Bachelor of science in Business Administration,

  Silliman University, Dumaguete, Phillippines,1964

-Master of Business AdminstrationWayne State University,

Detroit, Michigan, USA.,1966

- Qualified Director Accreditation Program (DAP 1/2003) of IOD

Work experience in Listed Company – 3 companies

 Director ;Thai Carbon Black Pcl

  Chairman ; Asian Marine Service Pcl

  Chairman of Audit Committee ; Supalai Pcl

 Non- Listed Companies - Nil

Company may have conflict of interest - Nil

Number of TCB shares 15,000 shares (0.005%)

Board meeting attendance in 2007 4 out of 4 Board of Director Meetings

Family relation among the management Nil

7. Name Mr. Deepak Mittal

Position Independent Director

Age 64 year old

Directorship April 27, 2001 – Present

Education - B.Sc., Chartered Accountant, Cost & Work Accountant

  - Qualified Directors Certification Program (DCP 21/2002) of IOD

Work experience in Listed Company - 1 company

  Director ; Thai Carbon Black Pcl

 Non- Listed Companies – 2 companies

Director ; Thai Acrylic Fibre Co.,Ltd.

  Director ; Indo-Thai Synethetic Co.,Ltd.

Company may have conflict of interest - Nil

Number of TCB shares 453,120 shares (0.15%)

Board meeting attendance in 2007 4 out of 4 Board of Director Meetings

Family relation among the management Nil

8. Name Mr.Rajinderpal Singh Thakralbutra

Position Independent Director

Age 51 years old

Directorship April 28, 1994 – Present

Education Mathayom Suksa 6

Work experience in Listed Company - 1 company

Director, Thai Carbon Black Pcl

 Non- Listed Companies – 4 companies

  Director ; Punjab Development Co.Ltd.

  Director ; Thai Punjab Co.,Ltd

  Director ; Lotus Power Ltd

  Director ; Altea Regency Park Bangkok Ltd

Company may have conflict of interest - Nil

Number of TCB shares Nil

Board meeting attendance in 2007 4 out of 4 Board of Director Meetings

Family relation among the management Nil

9. Name Mrs. Rachani Kajiji

Position Independent Director

Age 67 year old

Directorship April 28, 2000 – Present

Education -Business Administration (York College, Nebraska, USA.)

- Qualified Directors Certification Program (DCP 21/2002) of IOD

Work experience in Listed Company - 2 companies

  Director ; Thai Carbon Black Pcl

  Director ; Thai Rayon Pcl

 Non- Listed Companies – 5 companies

Managing Director ;Thevaraya Co.,Ltd

Managing Director ; Kores Thailand Limited

  Managing Director ; Krungthep General Marketing

  Managing Director ; Banglaine Farming Company

  Director ; Thai Acrylic Fibre Co.,Ltd.

  Director ; Maskati Foundation

Company may have conflict of interest - Nil

Number of TCB shares 618,250 shares (0.21%)

Board meeting attendance in 2007 4 out of 4 Board of Director Meetings

Family relation among the management Nil

10. Name Mr. Arvind K. Newar

Position Independent Director

Age 63 year old

Directorship April 28, 2000 – Present

Education - B.A. (Hons) – Political Science

Work experience in Listed Company - 1 company

  Director ; Thai Carbon Black Pcl

Non- Listed Companies – 1 company

  Director ; Thai Acrylic Fibre Co.,Ltd.

Company may have conflict of interest - Nil

Number of TCB shares Nil

Board meeting attendance in 2007 Nil (Being foreign director)

Family relation among the management Nil

11. Name Mr.Sachin Jitendra Mehta

Position Independent Director / Member of Audit Committee

Age 41 year old

Directorship October 24, 1995 – Present

Education B.A.

Work experience in Listed Company - 1 company

  Director ; Thai Carbon Black Pcl

 Non- Listed Companies – 1 company

  Director of J.Gems Co.,Ltd.

Company may have conflict of interest - Nil

Number of TCB shares Nil

Board meeting attendance in 2007 3 out of 4 Board of Director Meetings

Family relation among the management Nil

12. Name Mr. S. Srinivasan

Position Director / President

Age 56 year old

Directorship April 27, 2006 – Present

Education - B.E. (Mechanical Engineering), MBA

  - Qualified Directors Certification Program (DCP 65/2007) of IOD

Work experience in Listed Company - 1 company

  Director ; Thai Carbon Black Pcl

 Non- Listed Companies –1 company

  Director ; Liaoning Birla Carbon Black Co., Ltd., China

Company may have conflict of interest - Nil

Number of TCB shares Nil

Board meeting attendance in 2007 4 out of 4 Board of Director Meetings

(Being appointed in April 06)

Family relation among the management Nil