Mukesh Gupta (62) joined the ITC Board as a Non-Executive Director effective October 27, 2021, representing the Life Insurance Corporation of India ('LIC').

Gupta holds Degrees of Bachelor in Science and Masters in Business Administration (Human Resources). He joined LIC as a Direct Recruit Officer in 1984 and retired as its Managing Director on September 30, 2021. During his long tenure of 37 years, he worked across diverse set of roles building multi-dimensional experience in different capacities, especially in Insurance and Marketing. Gupta held prominent positions in the Corporate Office and three major zones of LIC, including Executive Director (Personnel) and Executive Director (Bancassurance) at Corporate Office, Marketing Manager of Bikaner Division, Senior Divisional Manager of two Divisions viz., Amritsar and Hyderabad, Regional Manager (Bancassurance & Alternate Channels) of LIC's South Central Zone, Regional Manager (Marketing) of Western Zone, and Zonal Manager of the Central Zone.

Gupta is presently on the Boards of IDBI Bank Limited and Jindal Worldwide Limited.