Reliance Industries, Infosys, TCS and Bharti Airtel are among the 291 listed companies that will have to appoint a non-executive chairperson on their boards by April 1, 2020, to comply with regulator Sebi's directive and most of these firms will need to split the roles of chairman and managing director for compliance.
Currently, many companies have merged the two posts as CMD (chairman-cum-managing director), leading to some overlapping of the board and management, which could lead to conflict of interest.
Under the new Sebi norms, the top