Mumbai, Oct 15 (IANS): Piramal Enterprises Limited has announced the appointment of Kunal Bahl, CEO, Snapdeal and Suhail Nathani, Managing Partner, Economic Law Practice, as Independent Directors to its Board.

The appointment comes into effect from October 14, the company said in a statement on Thursday.

They would hold office as Independent Directors of the company for a five-year term, subject to the approval of the shareholders.

Kunal Bahl, the CEO and Co-Founder of e-commerce player Snapdeal, is also an active angel investor having invested in over 120 technology companies in India, the US and South East Asia, across consumer internet, fintech, direct to consumer brands, AI and deep-tech.

He has also been serving on the Board of Governors of ICRIER, a Delhi-based economic think-tank since 2015 and is a member of the Nasscom Executive Committee since 2019 and the current Chairman of the CII National E-commerce Committee.

Suhail Nathani, Managing Partner, Economic Law Practice (ELP), has expertise across merger and acquisition, regulatory, trade and competition laws. He has successfully represented India in WTO disputes before the Panel and Appellate Body in Geneva and was also part of the Competition Commission of India's Working Group on Competition Policy, Advocacy and Advisory Functions, the statement said.