Key Drivers

MANOJ MODI

Modi is Director of Reliance Retail and Reliance Jio. However, he is de facto CEO of the conglomerate. Modi, Ambani’s classmate from engineering college, was in charge of building the Jamnagar refinery and petrochemicals complex. After setting the stage for Reliance Retail growth, he moved on to build the digital ecosystem for Reliance Jio

NIKHIL MESWANI

Nikhil, the elder son of Dhirubhai Ambani’s cousin Rasiklal Meswani, is in charge of the petrochemicals business, which became the largest cash flow generating vertical last year. He spearheaded the ` 1 lakh crore expansion of the petrochemicals business over the last three years. Meswani has been on RIL board since 1988

HITAL MESWANI

The younger brother of Nikhil joined RIL in 1990 and has been on the company’s board since 1995. He was instrumental in execution of the world-class petrochemicals complex at Hazira and the Jamnagar refinery complex. The soft-spoken Wharton graduate oversees refinery and manufacturing operations

ALOK AGGARWAL

Aggarwal heads treasury operations of RIL where he has to shield the company from global fluctuations in currency, crude oil and interest rates. An IIM graduate and a former Bank of America executive, he has an uncanny knack of raising funds even in a bad market. He spearheaded the recent ` 53,125 crore rights issue

P.M.S. PRASAD

He is a Reliance veteran who started working closely with Dhirubhai Ambani in 1981. He joined RIL from Schlumberger’s Africa unit. Prasad, 67, is also on board of RIL, and oversees its oil and gas business. He had taken additional responsibility for rollout of

Jio. His project execution skills are incomparable, seen in the first refinery at Jamnagar