Leadership
Divisional Management Committees
Lifestyle Retailing Business Division
Atul Chand - Divisional Chief Executive
Atul Chand is the Chief Executive of ITC's Lifestyle Retailing Business Division. He has been with this business since its early days and spearheaded several strategic initiatives to create strong lifestyle brands and actualize the business growth objectives.
Atul has popularised fashion by associating Wills Lifestyle with the prestigious India Fashion Week and by championing the country's largest  ever Corporate - Designer tie-ups, to retail the co-creations in the stores nationally.
Before assuming charge as the Chief Executive in 2008, Atul was the Vice President - Marketing & Retail. In this role he anchored the creation of new Brands, established a nationwide Retail footprint, pioneered new concepts and redefined excellence in Customer Shopping experience.
An MBA from IMT Ghaziabad with an Economics Honours degree from Delhi University and schooling from St. Columbas Delhi, Atul joined ITC in 1988 in the Marketing function of the Tobacco Division.
During his tenure in the division, he handled a wide range of responsibilities in Brand management, Sales and was given the charge of pioneering Trade Marketing in ITC in the mid 90s. He had various stints in different geographies, held national roles and was responsible for driving the FMCG business in North India. In 2001, Atul moved to ITC’s new initiative in Lifestyle Retailing, to head the Marketing & Retail function.
Atul is a member of the CII National Committee on Retail and a Board member of Retail Association of India. He is associated with several industry forums and actively participates at management institutes.
Riaz Ahmed - Member and Secretary
Samindra Roy - Head, Marketing & Retail
Samindra Roy is Head, Marketing & Retail, Lifestyle Retailing Business Division. He is responsible for the Retail operations including Retail Development of the Wills Lifestyle chain and John Players retail outlets., as well as sales and distribution of both the brands in the Trade Channel and Key Accounts . He is also Head of Brand Marketing for both the brands.
Prior to this, he was Vice President, Marketing, Surya Nepal Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of ITC, handling sales and marketing of cigarettes as well as readymade apparel.
A graduate in Economics from St Xavier's College, Kolkata and MBA from FMS Delhi, Samindra has been with ITC since 1996. He has held various positions in Brand Marketing and has also been District Manager, East, driving ITC's FMCG businesses in the region.
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