Kanaiya Thakker joins Adani Enterprises as SVP – Head Legal

Kanaiya Thakker joins Adani Enterprises as SVP – Head Legal

Kanaiya Thakker who was working with Ambuja Cements, a Group Company of Holcim as their Joint President – Head Legal and Compliance has joined the flagship entity of Adani Group i.e. Adani Enterprises Ltd. as SVP – Head Legal for Natural Resources Business.

At Adani Enterprise, Kanaiya will be heading the Legal function of the Natural Resources business which comprises of Integrated Resource Management, Coal mining and trading, Cement and aggregates, Iron Ore, Copper, Bunkering and ATF.

Kanaiya was working with Ambuja Cements Ltd. from 2013 till 2022. During his stint at the organization, he successfully achieved multiple milestones on high stake litigations like CCI , Sales tax, environmental issues, potential M&A, and also implemented some of the best compliance & legal processes. He has also handled mega merger projects, both domestic and cross border, various infrastructure and energy projects and has also been responsible in introducing and implementing top class legal and compliance processes at his workplace.

Mr. Thakker is both a qualified lawyer and a company secretary and his career began in 1993. Mr. Thakker has previously worked as a general counsel with the Indian Conglomerates like Asian Paints, Aditya Birla Group and also with a few US and German MNCs as well.