Management Team
Chairman and Managing Director (i/c) & Director (Technical and operations)
Dr Anitha Thampi
Dr Anitha Thampi joined HLL Lifecare Ltd. as Director (Technical and Operations) on January 4, 2023. She has an experience of over 30 years in technical and managerial positions with HLL. She has held a variety of roles in the company, including Vice President of HLL Corporate R&D, CEO of HLL Management Academy, the academic and social development division of HLL, CEO of Goa Antibiotics & Pharmaceuticals Limited (subsidiary of HLL), in charge of the HR department at HLL, and Unit Chief of HLL Peroorkada factory.
She graduated from the University of Kerala with a B.Tech in chemical engineering. She obtained her M.Tech in Technology and Development and her PhD in Municipal Solid Waste Management from IIT Mumbai.
Her parents are Late R. Velayudhan Thampi and Seethalekshmi Amma. Mr. Ajayakumar, her husband is a senior designer at Ernst & Young and her daughter Meenakshi A, is a student.
Director (Finance)
Dr Geeta Sharma
Dr Geeta Sharma, joined HLL Lifecare Limited as Director (Finance) on 21st August 2018.
She brings in a rich experience of 27 years of working in Corporate Finance of Steel Authority of India Limited (A Maharatna Company) in various capacities, handling most of the areas of corporate finance, be it Taxation, Operations budgets, Cost Benefit Analysis and costing of a large steel plants and captive mines, MIS, MOU, financial projections etc.etc.
She is a Cost Accountant, and a Ph.D in Finance & Accounts.
Her husband is an economist by profession having a vide working experience in BICP, Planning Commission, SAIL, MNC and Banks, presently handling his own business of technology and logistics. Her son is pursuing the final year of BA.LLB from OP Jindal Global University and daughter is pursuing B.A. (Liberal Arts) from Ashoka University.
Director (Marketing)
Mr Ajith N
Mr. Ajit.N joined HLL Lifecare Limited as Director (Marketing) on 18 th March 2024. Mr. Ajit N comes with vast experience spanning 3 decades in Sales & Marketing and has been working at HLL for the past 24 years. He was working as the Senior Vice President - Marketing and was responsible for the marketing operations of the company.
He joined HLL in the year 2000 as Regional Manager (North) and was responsible for the operations of the Consumer Business, marketing brands like MOODS Condoms, USTAD Condoms, SAHELI Oral Contraceptive pills, and social marketing. In 2016, he was also entrusted with the expansion and management of HINDLABS, the Diagnostic Services Business of HLL, which today handles some of the largest Public Sector Diagnostic Projects in Medical Pathlabs and Imaging.
Mr. Ajit N is a B.Sc. (Hons) Physics graduate and MBA in Marketing. Prior to joining HLL, he had tenure with Bajaj Electricals Ltd. Mr. Ajit's family comprises his wife Mrs. Anupama S, a lecturer in Bangalore. The couple has two children. Son Ayush Kiran, UX Designer, Google and daughter Sritshti, student in Bangalore.
