Appointment of Independent Directors, Removal of CFO and Appointment of CFO.
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At a board meeting on September 3, 2025, GDL Leasing & Finance appointed two new Independent Directors — Ms. Payal Agarwal (CA with ~10 years of experience in accounting, audit and taxation) and Mr. Prashant Kumar Jha (CA with ~7 years in advisory and assurance). The board also removed Mr. Arvind Kumar Baid as CFO and appointed Mr. Ashish Jain, a postgraduate in Marketing/Administration with over 10 years of finance experience, as the new Chief Financial Officer. Notably, Ashish Jain is the son of the company's Managing Director, Mr. Prem Kumar Jain, making this a promoter-family placement in a key finance role.
Significant board and finance-team churn in a single sitting. While adding two chartered accountants as independent directors could strengthen governance, replacing the CFO with the MD's son may raise corporate governance concerns among minority shareholders and could invite scrutiny from regulators or proxy advisors.