Apollo Tyres Names New Board Member

Former chairman of the State Bank of India, Mr. Arun Purwar, has been named to the board of directors at Apollo Tyres. Company chairman and managing director Onkar S Kanwar, commenting on his appointment, said “It is an honour to have Arun on our board of directors. He brings with him a wealth of global financial and management expertise and his long list of achievements with India’s largest and most successful bank.”

Purwar served as chairman of the State Bank of India between 2002 and 2006, and spearheaded the bank’s retail expansion and modernisation, backed by robust IT systems.