The aforesaid appointments are in addition to that of Mr SJ Scarff, the MD who has been appointed as chairman of the board, the company said in a notice to the Bombay Stock Exchange. Mr Scarff would hold office till May 31, 2003. The company has also appointed Mr A Chatterjee, Mr Ashok Dayal, Ms AS Lakshmanan, Mr Kunal Kashyap, Mr PS Mukherjee, Mr P Murali, Ms Sangita Reddy and Mr SS Dugai as directors under a system of proportional representation, the notice added.