Ms Bali joined the SATS Board on 10 May 2021 as a Non-Executive and Independent Director. She currently serves as the Chairperson of the SSRC and is a member of the AC. She was last re-elected on 19 July 2024.
Ms Bali is a business leader with extensive experience in leading large companies both in India and overseas, having held senior marketing and chief executive officer roles with Cadbury Schweppes, The Coca-Cola Company and Britannia Ltd., in India, the UK, Nigeria, South Africa, USA and Chile. Currently, she serves as a non-executive director of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation, a company listed on NASDAQ; Syngene International Ltd. and Bajaj Auto Limited, both listed on the BSE/NSE. Her present principal commitment is her role as a non-executive independent director of Rhea Healthcare Private Limited.
Ms Bali has previously served as a non-executive director on the boards of several public listed companies, including Bunge Ltd, listed on the NYSE; CRISIL Ltd, listed on the BSE/NSE; and Smith & Nephew plc, listed on the LSE.
Ms Bali is recognised for her contributions to business and society, having received numerous awards, including recognition at The Clinton Global Initiative in 2009 for nutrition work in India, The Teachers Leadership Award in 2009 and the Best Woman Director Award in 2010 from The Asian Centre for Corporate Governance & Sustainability. The Financial Times ranked her 18th among the top 50 businesswomen in the world in 2011.
She has also received awards from The Economic Times, Forbes, Fortune, Business Today and Business World for her contribution to business. Ms Bali holds a Bachelor of Economics from Delhi University and a Master of Management Studies from the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Bombay University.
