Three decades at the furnace and the boardroom.

Susanta Ghosh is a techno-commercial steel industry leader with rich experience and global exposure of over 30 years in Iron and Steel (long & flats) and new projects, across India and abroad, including the GCC, South-East Asia, East Africa and the MENA region.

He has held proven roles as Project Director, Mega-Projects Planning, Operations Director, and leader of process engineering, new products, green steel and hydrogen steelmaking, for decades at CTO, COO and CXO level. His success in achieving transformation is defined through technology, product positioning, digitisation, a progressive mind-set, sound problem-solving and decisive leadership.

Core strengths

Strategic planning, project leadership, technology selection, process de-bottlenecking and implementation, product development, operations, and contract negotiations across iron and steel (long/flats), downstream and new projects, backed by hands-on command of iron- and steel-making technology, process selection, product engineering and process economics.

What drives the work

Process optimisation and change management; increased revenue and profit; penetration of new markets; cost-reduction measures; and the purchasing and sourcing of raw materials. His global expertise focuses on identifying and solving the issues and gaps in the operation and maintenance of steel plants, working hand-in-hand with the management team.

Across a 30-year career the single objective has stayed constant: world-class performance through continuous improvement: raising availability, simplifying operations via process and product re-engineering, and reducing the cost of manufacturing.