A career measured in plants built and transformed.
From running DRI plants and launching green-steel complexes to turning companies from loss to profit. Here is the track record.
Oct 2024 – Present
Chief Operating Officer & BU Green Steel
ACME Group
Gurugram, India · On-site · Full-time
Green SteelHydrogenDRI–EAF
Launched a green-steel project using captive green hydrogen and captive solar, with an NG-based DRI, smelter and zero-power furnace complex to produce slab and plates.
Phase-1 hot commissioning fixed for Sept 2027, producing green metals with substantially reduced CO₂ emissions.
Product designed as HBI and green iron with tailored chemistry for Electric Arc Furnace needs.
Dec 2022 – Nov 2024
VP Steel & Chief Process Technology, 6 mtpa Greenfield Project
Powerworx Steel
Dubai, UAE · On-site · A large 6 mtpa green-steel project in the GCC
Mega-ProjectProcess Technology
Process-technology leadership for a 6-million-tonne-per-annum greenfield green-steel project in the GCC.
Dec 2021 – Oct 2022
CEO / CTO, Steel Division
Tembo East Africa
East Africa
C-SuiteOperations
Dual commercial and technical leadership of the steel division across East African operations.
May 2016 – Oct 2021
Manager / Sr Manager, Technical & Improvements
Emirates Steel Arkan
UAE · Full-time · 5 yrs 6 mos
Green SteelProduct DevelopmentRaw Materials
Ran an HYL DRI plant on non-conventional pellets, mitigating pellet metallurgical, cost and DR-EAF technology issues, and growing wire-rod exports to the Far East / Israel from ~10 kt to ~100 kt per year via new pellet coating.
Established a green-steel process route with CO₂-footprint certification and exports to Europe and Israel.
Actively managed a McKinsey transformation programme for EBITDA improvement across SCM and operations.
Led Flat HSM technology selection with detailed market study and consultant reviews.
Developed a new CO₂-friendly high-tensile ES 600 rebar from concept to operation, with SOPs and full approval.
Drove a 5 mtpa iron-ore pelletizing feasibility study for capex approval.
Developed special-application wire rods (electrical, welding, low-fatigue wire rope and high-tensile fasteners), mainly for Taiwan and the Far East.
Finalised long-term iron-ore technical contracts with Vale, LKAB, BSC and Samarco, with spot-purchase feasibility to reduce cost.
Sep 2012 – Jun 2015
Chief Executive Officer
ISPAT Group
Kolkata / Mumbai · 2 yrs 10 mos
CEOP&L TurnaroundInternational
Full P&L ownership across finance, HR, operations, procurement and marketing, turning the company from loss to profit in 2013–14 through quality improvements, de-bottlenecking and cost reduction.
Led international business and projects across Latin America, USA, GCC, South Africa, Turkey, SE Asia and CIS.
Delta Steel, Nigeria: built the roadmap to restart the plant, through detailed project report and basic engineering for mines, pelletizing, DRI, EAF, LF and rolling mills.
Earlier roles and the full history are available on LinkedIn →