Board of Directors

Mr. P. Ranjit is the Promoter Director of Archean Chemical Industries Limited and has been associated with the Company since its inception. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago, Illinois, USA, and has over two decades of experience in the Chemical and Specialty Materials Industry.

Over the years, Mr. P. Ranjit has played a pivotal role in shaping the Company’s growth strategy, guiding its transition from a single-product operation into an integrated chemical enterprise with global presence in bromine, industrial salt, and niche chemical products. He has been instrumental in steering large-scale capacity expansions, modernizing production operations, and strengthening the Company’s customer and market footprints.

Under his leadership, the Company has developed a strong culture of operational excellence, safety, governance, and sustainability. His strategic insights and focus on long-term value creation have significantly contributed to Archean’s position as a leading player in the specialty chemicals sector.

His skill set includes Strategy Management, Business Management, knowledge in Speciality Chemicals/Industrial Salt, Bromine Derivatives, Technology etc.

Mr. Rampraveen Swaminathan has 28 years of experience in Business & Operations Leadership, managing Strategic Turnarounds and Technology Lead Transformations across multiple geographies. His primary focus has been on scaling up businesses across multiple industry domains with experience across industrials, energy, discrete and process manufacturing. He is passionate about corporate governance, sustainability and community empowerment.

Before joining with Archean, in his capacity as MD & CEO of Mahindra Logistics (2019-2025), Ram has led a transformation to reposition the company towards a technology lead, integrated solutions provider with aggressive growth and had doubled the revenue.

In his capacity as SVP/Zone President Schneider Electric, Ram headed the Strategy Development Program for SE’s International Operations. In his capacity as Corporate Vice President / President – International Paper Co. (2012-17), Ram had strategic and operational responsibility for India operations, including a listed 75% subsidiary and during his tenure, the Printing Papers Business (IP APPM) had a successful turnaround operationally and became an industry leader in profitability and the company initiated a $300 Million expansion project for Industrial Packaging. Prior to International Paper he had played multiple leadership roles in Cummins Inc. including leading the Global Power Systems & Electronics Business and Power Generation Business India.

Mr. Rampraveen Swaminathan holds a bachelor’s degree in Commerce, a Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) with a specialization in Finance and Strategy, and Executive Education from Harvard Business School.

He is also a Non-Executive Independent Director of Dodla Dairy Limited and Advisory Board Member of several other Companies.