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Lloyd Mathias is an Independent Director, Board Committee Chair, Angel Investor and Business Strategist with over 35 years of leadership experience across technology, telecom and consumer sectors in India and Asia-Pacific.

He currently serves on the Boards of listed and unlisted companies spanning digital public infrastructure, financial services, media and technology. Lloyd chairs and serves on Audit, Nomination & Remuneration, Risk, Stakeholder Relations and Strategy Committees, bringing governance depth and operating perspective to board deliberations.

During his executive career, Lloyd has led multi-billion-dollar businesses, driven brand transformations, and built high-impact marketing and strategy organisations across India and Asia-Pacific.

As Marketing Head for Asia-Pacific & Japan at HP Inc., he led marketing for HP’s PC business and helped accelerate digital transformation initiatives while strengthening category leadership.

As President & Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer at Tata Teleservices, he steered strategy and customer acquisition in one of the world’s most competitive telecom markets. Earlier leadership roles at Motorola and PepsiCo involved P&L ownership, category creation and brand expansion across South Asia.

Lloyd has been Chairman of MRUCI, publishers of the Indian Readership Survey. He was Chairman of Mobile Asia – Asia’s largest mobile phone expo and Co-Chairman of the Device Strategy Council of the Mobility Development Group, USA – a body of worldwide CDMA Telecom operators. He was also on the Advisory Council of St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai between 2018-20.

Lloyd actively invests in and mentors early-stage ventures in AI, digital technology, EdTech, consumer internet and data analytics.

A recognised thought leader, he writes extensively on governance, digital infrastructure, strategy and public policy in leading national publications.

An acknowledged thought leader in the areas of Corporate Governance, Marketing & Strategy; Lloyd has written op-eds, columns on and has been quoted on business and policy issues in The Times of India, Economic Times, Hindustan Times, Mint, Business Standard, Financial Express, CNBC, ET Now and The Straits Times, Singapore. He writes on Governance; Internet Policy, Business Ethics; AI and the Future of Work. His writings can be accessed here: https://muckrack.com/lloyd-mathias

Independent Director:

  • Protean eGov Technologies Ltd (formerly NSDL e-Gov) (NSE: PROTEAN BSE: 544021) | June 2022 – present
    • Chairman, NRC & Stakeholder Relations committee
    • ID & Member, Audit committee, and Strategy & Growth Committee
  • Digicontent Ltd. (NSE: DGCONTENT | BSE: 542685) | Dec 2021 – present
    • ID & Board Member, Audit Committee
  • Quantum Asset Management Company Ltd. | Oct 2020 – present
    • ID & Board Member, Risk | Unit Holder Protection | NRC
  • DreamFolks Services Ltd.| NSE: DREAMFOLKS | BSE 543591 | Aug 2026 – present
  • HT Digital Streams Limited | Dec 2021 – present
    • ID & Board Member, Audit Committee
  • Next Radio Limited | Dec 2021 – May 2026
    • ID & Board Member, Audit Committee |
  • Auxano Capital | Nov 2019- present Member, Advisory Board
  • Bonds Brain Technologies Ltd. | April 2025 – present
    • ID & Board Member
  • Next MediaWorks Ltd (NSE: NEXTMEDIA | BSE: 532416) | 2021- 2025
    • ID & Board Member, Audit Committee | NRC
  • Shorebird Technologies Ltd. | March 2019 – May 2023
    • ID & Board Member

Lloyd Mathias is an angel investor and business strategist. He is an Board Member, Independent Director, and advisor to companies in the technology and consumer space. He invests, partners and collaborates with founders of early stage companies in the areas of AI, EdTech, Consumer Internet, Data Analytics and Digital Technology.

Lloyd has held senior leadership roles in Fortune 500 companies across India & the Asia Pacific. Lloyd was the marketing head of HP Inc’s PC business for the APAC region, based in Singapore, till 2018.

In previous corporate roles he was President & Chief Marketing Officer of Tata Teleservices, Country Sales Director of Motorola India & South-West Asia and Executive VP Marketing and Category Director for PepsiCo India & South Asia.

Lloyd has been Chairman of MRUCI the publishers of the IRS Indian Readership Survey; Chairman of Mobile Asia; Co-Chairman of the Device Strategy Council of the Mobility Development Group, USA and Asia Board Member of the CMO Council.

Lloyd is a science graduate from Mumbai’s St. Xavier’s College; has an MBA from Bombay University and did a Senior Executive Program at the London Business School.

He is among India’s best known marketers and in 2007 he was named among the world’s top 15 marketers, by Inter national list magazine – a list that celebrates those international marketers behind outstanding cross border campaigns. He was also chosen as Asia’s Marketer of the Year in 2016.

An acknowledged thought leader, Lloyd has written op-eds, columns and has been quoted on business and policy issues in The Times of India, Economic Times, Hindustan Times, Mint, Business Standard, CNBC, and The Straits Times, Singapore. His writings can be accessed here: https://muckrack.com/lloyd-mathias

Independent Director:

  • Independent Director and member of the Audit Committee on the board of
    • Next MediaWorks Ltd. (NSE: NEXTMEDIA)
    • Digicontent Ltd. (NSE: DGCONTENT)
    • HT Digital Streams Ltd
    • Next Radio Ltd.
  • Independent Director and member Board Audit and Investment Committee, Quantum Asset Management Company
  • Independent Director and member Board Growth & Strategy Committee; ESG Committee; & Audit Committee of Protean eGov Technologies Ltd. (formerly NSDL e-Government Infra Ltd.)
  • Independent Director: Shorebird Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
  • Member, Advisory Council: Larsen & Toubro Infotech
  • Advisory BoardAuxano LLP 

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