About

Anand Srivastava started his career as a management trainee with India Aluminium Company (or Indal, the then subsidiary of Alcan) in 1997. After working for about a year and half with Indal, he joined PwC India in 1999 and made a gradual progression from associate to manager roles, and then from manager to director roles before attaining his current level as a senior director since April 2018. In addition to his associate general counsel role Srivastava has been in the role of company secretary since April 2007. He leads key domestic and international projects on corporate compliance, shares and shareholder issues, the operation of general meetings, M&A and sales, the governance of joint ventures and wholly owned subsidiaries in India as well as abroad. He has also handled civil and criminal litigation strategy in his role. Srivastava is an expert in the drafting and review of a variety of contracts and agreements including: purchase orders, HR and CSR policy, litigation policy, prevention of sexual harassment policy, data privacy, memorandum and articles of association, LLP agreements and leadership-level notes on legal issues. He can also provide strategic inputs in freezing the overall business framework in accordance with local law requirements. Srivastava describes his leadership as being ‘focused on getting basics rights [because] if the basics are right, most of the things automatically fall in place’. For the legal function he has set up clear priorities, and rotates individuals in different roles whilst ensuring that each one develops a core competence. This exposes them to public platforms, ensures they take ownership of their actions and provides them with the freedom to interact at the highest level. He adds that she ‘has been able to develop very good internal legal competence which has resulted in less reliance on external opinions. This includes critical and high stake projects. This has not only reduced cost but also resulted in a belief in the ability of own staff’.