M&T SUMMIT

Hital Meswani (M&T ’90)

Hital Meswani is an Executive Director and Member of the Board of Reliance Industries ltd, a fortune 500 flagship company based in India.  The Reliance Group’s businesses include Synthetic fibers, Petrochemicals, Petroleum Refining and Marketing, Oil & Gas Exploration and Production, Retail and recently rolled out next-gen Digital Services.  He joined Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) in 1990.  He is on the Board of the company since 1995.  His overall responsibility spans the Petroleum Refining and Marketing Business and several other functions of the company, including Human Resources Management, Group Manufacturing, Research & Technology, and Capital Projects Execution.  He drives the implementation of several downstream petroleum and petrochemical projects at several locations.  He has also been instrumental in the execution of several mega projects of the group, including the Hazira Petrochemicals complex and the world’s largest refinery complex at Jamnagar.  He lead a company-wide business transformation initiative, which has resulted in the development of the constitution of RIL – the Reliance Management System.

Hital has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the Institution of Chemical Engineers, the international professional body for Chemical, Biochemical and Process Engineers, in recognition of his contribution to the process industries.  He is recipient of the D. Robert Yarnall Award – 2011 from the Engineering Alumni Society of the University of Pennsylvania.  He was also conferred the honorary CEPM-PMA Fellowship Award for Project Management Excellence.  He is a member of the Finance committee, Stakeholders’ Relationship Committee, Risk Management Committee, and Chairman of the Health, Safety and Environment Committee of the company.  He is also a Director of Reliance Industrial Investments and Holdings Limited and Reliance Commercial Dealers Ltd.

Hital graduated from the M&T program in 1990 with a BSE in Chemical Engineering from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and a BS in Economics from the Wharton School concentrating in finance.

Deika Morrison (M&T ’94)

Deika Morrison is the co-founder and managing director of Mdk Advisory and Consulting Ltd. – a boutique advisory and consulting firm in Jamaica. With clients in a wide cross section of the private, public and non-profit sectors, the firm specializes in strategy, operations, business plan development, diaspora engagement, communication and digital mobilization. She is also the co-founder of charitable organizations focused on children, education and building resilient communities – Do Good Jamaica and Do Good International Inc., a not-for-profit 501 (c)(3).

Deika has worked as a Chief Research Officer for a multinational conglomerate and her public sector policy and management experience includes eight years in numerous capacities with the Government of Jamaica.  She has served as a senator, Deputy Minister of Finance & Planning and Chairman of the Anti-Dumping and Subsidies Commission. She has also promoted private sector participation in the water sector with the National Water Commission of Jamaica.

Deika has served on numerous boards and committees in the public, private and non-profit sectors including the American Chamber of Commerce in Jamaica, the Economic Policy Committee of the Private Sector Organization of Jamaica, the Women’s Leadership Initiative (United Way of Jamaica) and the Rotary Club of Kingston. She was recently appointed as an Honorary Research Fellow at the Institute for Sustainable Development (The ISD), The University of the West Indies. She is also the President of the UPenn’s Alumni Club of Jamaica.

Deika graduated cum laude from the M&T program in 1994 with degrees in Applied Environmental Systems and Finance.  In 2001, she returned to Wharton to pursue her MBA, took a leave of absence when asked to serve in the Jamaican government and returned to complete the Executive MBA in 2008. She also has an MS in Engineering Science from Harvard.