Ireena vittal biography of martin

Ireena Vittal, 45 years

Education: MBA from IIM-Calcutta

Spouse: Gopal Vittal, CEO of Bharti Airtel

Career Path

1990-95: Coffee/bever ages manager, Nestle

1995-96: Head of Mar keting, Max Touch (now Vodafone)

1996-2012: Partner, McKinsey
MUMBAI: “I have achieved nothing.

Why do you want to write about me?” That refrain from Ireena Vittal, declining to be interviewed for a profile, was one thing when she was approached soon after she unexpectedly quit McKinsey early this year after logging about 16 years in the consulting firm.

It is quite another thing now. When Tata Global Beverages, in late-October, inducted Vittal onto its board, it became the sixth company this year to draft her as an independent director, the others being Axis Bank, GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare, Wipro, Godrej Consumer Products and Titan.

Five of these six companies — Wipro being the exception — are consume