Top-9 Independent Directors with Huge Pay Scales in India

M Damodaran

Meleveetil Damodaran, a Business Executive and former Government Official, is presently an Advisor and Chief Representative in India for the ING Group of Netherlands. Sixty-six-year-old Damodaran is the former SEBI Chairman and sits On Board of Tech Mahindra, by earning about 2 Crore from the company in the year 2015.

Aman Mehta

Aman Mehta is the former HSBC Asia-Pacific CEO with over 36 years experience in various positions. Mehta is being on board in the country’s leading IT outsourcing company, Tata Consultancy Services and received Rs 2.3 Crore in the year 2015.

Albert Joseph Hieronimus

Followed by Aman Mehta, comes Dr. Albert Joseph Hieronimus, 68, an Independent Director at Coffee Day Enterprises Ltd. Albert received Rs 1.72 Crore for being Vice Chairman at Mindtree Ltd, a Bengaluru based software.

Ron Sommer

Dr. Ron Sommer is on the Board of several companies in different countries like MTS OJSC in Russia and Munich Reinsurance in Germany. Dr. Sommer received his PhD degree in Mathematics from the University of Vienna, Austria. The 66-year–old German Citizen earned Rs 2 Crore, by serving on Board of Tata Consultancy Services in the year 2015.

Robin Ann Abrams

The highest-paid foreign woman Independent Director at an Indian company, Robin Ann Abrams, 64, is the former CEO of US-based Palm Computing. Ms. Robin earned around 1 Crore, being on board in HCL Technologies.

​These Independent Directors have played a very important role on Board, working with the top notch companies in India.

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