Leadership Team

DBO’s leadership team brings together deep industry expertise, operational insights, and strategic foresight, guiding the organisation on the path of ethical and sustainable growth. Equipped with decades of collective experience across agri-processing, manufacturing, energy, and finance, the team steers the organisation with clarity and accountability. Prioritizing strong governance, long-term value creation, and stakeholder trust, the team ensures every decision balances scale with sustainability, supporting DBO’s vision of purpose-driven growth.

This leadership approach is reinforced by a culture of transparency, collaboration, and continuous improvement across the organisation. By empowering teams, investing in talent development, and aligning operational goals with sustainability priorities, DBO’s leadership is committed to building resilient systems that adapt to evolving market, regulatory, and environmental expectations. The result is an organisation that’s not only positioned to respond to change, but consistently delivers value to all stakeholders across the value chain.

Our Board brings together experienced and diverse members, who provide us deep domain expertise, varied functional strengths, and a global mindset.

Vijay Kumar Goel

Chairman

Vijay was the promoter of the undivided company and was on the Board since 1960. He has been the President of the Indian Sugar Mills Association and the Indian Sugar Export Corporation.

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Ashwani Kumar Gupta

Vice Chairman

Ashwani is a chartered accountant with over 40 years of experience in finance, treasury management and capital markets.

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Gautam Goel

Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer
(MD & CEO)

Gautam Goel is the Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer (MD & CEO) of Dhampur Bio Organics Limited (DBO) and was a promoter of the undivided company.

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Sandeep Kumar

Whole-time Director

Sandeep is the Whole-Time Director of the Company, having joined the engineering team in 1980.

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Bindu Vashist Goel

Non-Executive Director

Bindu is a promoter of the Company. She is a qualified lawyer and has spearheaded the Company’s CSR endeavors in education and supports our efforts to achieve diversity in the workplace.

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Ruchika Mehra Kothari

Independent Director

Ruchika has over 30 years of experience in the woolen textile industry . She has domain knowledge in purchase and import of wool, conversion and marketing and exports of finished yarn.

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Vishal Saluja

Independent Director

Vishal has over 20 years of experience as a fund manager. He founded and successfully managed 2 healthcare focused hedge funds in the USA.

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Samir Thukral

Independent Director

Samir has been involved since 1982 in commodity trading with a focus on sugar. He has worked with leading international commodity trading companies and has also represented them in India.

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Kishor Shah

Independent Director

Kishor is a Chartered Accountant with domain expertise in the sugarcane processing industry. He was a Director and CFO of a leading sugar company in India from 1994 to 2015.

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Audit Committee
  • Kishor Shah Chairman
  • Ashwani K Gupta Member
  • Gautam Goel Member
  • Samir Thukral Member
  • Vishal Saluja Member
Nomination and Remuneration Committee
  • Samir Thukral Chairman
  • Ashwani K Gupta Member
  • Kishor Shah Member
  • Ruchika M Kothari Member
Stakeholders Relationship Committee
  • Ashwani K Gupta Chairman
  • Bindu Vashist Goel Member
  • Kishor Shah Member
  • Ruchika M Kothari Member
Risk Management Committee
  • Ashwani K Gupta Chairman
  • Gautam Goel Member
  • Vishal Saluja Member
  • Sandeep Kumar Member
Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
  • Sandeep Kumar Chairman
  • Ruchika M Kothari Member
  • Bindu Vashist Goel Member

Our management team has a successful track record and brings continuity and energy to our day-to-day operations. Our senior executive leadership comprises Gautam Goel and Sandeep Kumar ;(both of whom serve on the Board of Directors), along with Nalin Kumar Gupta, Mukul Sharma and Charu Koharwal.

Nalin Kumar Gupta

Chief Financial Officer

Nalin is a Chartered Accountant with over 25 years of experience in finance, accounts, taxation, and treasury management.

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Mukul Sharma

Chief of Staff

Mukul has over 25 years of experience in operations. He has domain expertise in sales and trading of the Company’s products.

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Charu Koharwal

Chief Operations Officer (COO)

Charu has vast experience of nearly three decades in operations of sugar and cogeneration.

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Sudeep Banerjee

Chief Human Resources Officer

Sudeep is a highly accomplished HR professional with over 29 years of extensive experience in human resources. He is renowned for his exceptional ability to drive strategic HR initiatives and foster inclusive workplace cultures.

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