Mr Sudhir Maheshwari has been appointed in Arcelor Mittals management committee board last month as Head of Finance, M&A.

Mr Sudhir Maheshwari previously was the MD Business Development & Treasury of Mittal Steel and has 20 years of experience in steel and related industries. Prior to this he was the CFO of LNM Holdings NV since January 2002 until its merger with Ispat International in December 2004. Mr Maheshwari has worked for Mittal Steel for 18 years. He had also held the positions of CFO at Mittal Steel Europe SA, Mittal Steel Germany & Mittal Steel Point Lisas and director of finance & M&A at Mittal Steel. Mr Maheswari also serves on the board of various subsidiaries of Mittal Steel.

He has played an integral and key role in all the recent acquisitions by Mittal Steel including turnaround and integration activities. He has also played a key role in various corporate finance and capital market projects including the initial public offering in 1997.

Mr Maheshwari is an honors graduate in accounting and commerce from St Xavier's College Kolkata and a Fellow Member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants and The Institute of Company Secretaries in India.