Central airconditioning and commercial refrigeration major, Blue Star Limited has announced the appointment of M K Sharma as an Additional Director of the Company with effect from May 13, 2013.

M K Sharma is a Bachelor of Arts and Law, and holds Post Graduate Diplomas in Personnel Management and Labour Laws. He has also completed the Advanced Management Programme at the Harvard Business School. He has 35 years of diverse corporate experience to his credit across fields of law, human resources, corporate communications and corporate affairs in India as well as abroad.

M K Sharma started his illustrious corporate career in 1968 with DCM Limited. Thereafter, in 1974, he joined Hindustan Lever, beginning his managerial career in the legal and secretarial arena here. He grew rapidly in the Company, eventually joining the Board of Hindustan Unilever as a Wholetime Director in 1995. He retired from the Company in 2007 as the Vice Chairman, having assumed this position for seven years.

Presently, Sharma runs his own legal practice, M K Sharma & Associates. He is a Director on the Boards of several major companies. He is also actively involved with several industry associations and respected academic institutions.

M K Sharma, with his impressive list of professional accomplishments and firm belief in the highest standards of Corporate Governance, will bring rich experience and wise counsel to the Board of Blue Star.