Chairman and Managing Director    

Mr. Jindal holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Bangalore University. He is also the principal promoter of the Company. Mr. Jindal’s dedication to the cause of a self-reliant India is reflected in the technological innovations that define and set apart each JSW company. Under his leadership, JSW Group over the years has expanded in other core sectors of the economy, such as power generation, infrastructure building and cement manufacturing. Today, the JSW Group runs some of the most energy efficient and eco-friendly manufacturing facilities in the country.

Mr. Jindal is also on the Board of JSW Steel Limited, JSW Infrastructure Limited, Jindal Aluminium Limited, JSW MG Motor India Private Limited, The Indian Institute of Metals and Invest Karnataka Forum.

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Non-Executive, Non-Independent Director

Mr. Parth Jindal, earned his MBA from Harvard Business School in 2016 and his Bachelor in Arts in Economics and Political Science from Brown University in 2012. Mr. Jindal joined the $22 Bn JSW Group in 2012, prior to which he spent 2 years working abroad, starting with a hedge fund in New York before spending considerable time in Japan working for JFE Steel.Upon joining the JSW Group, Mr. Parth Jindal was appointed as an Economic Analyst within the Group’s Corporate Strategy team to lead all strategic projects. He was instrumental in devising a new retail strategy for JSW Steel and additionally took up the challenging task of turning around some of JSW Group’s loss-making entities where he continues to remain involved namely, JSW Cement and JSW Steel USA.

Presently, Mr. Parth Jindal is the Managing Director of JSW Cement Limited, Managing Director of JSW Paints Private Limited, Founder of JSW Sports and is the Chairman and Co-Owner of IPL team Delhi Capitals. Under his stewardship, JSW Sports was honored with the “Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar 2018”, by the President of India, for Encouragement to Sports through Corporate Social Responsibility. He is the youngest Business Leader on the ‘2019 Economic Times 40 under Forty’ list, ‘GQ’s 50 Most Influential Young Indians for 2018’ and felicitated by News24 as 2018 Youth Icon for his contribution to the Nation.

Mr. Jindal is also on the Board of JSW Paints Limited, JSW Cement Limited, JSW One Platforms Limited, JSW One Distribution Limited, Svamaan Financial Services Private Limited, JSW IP Holdings Private Limited, JSW Sports Ventures Private Limited, Muso D Innovation Lab Private Limited, Centre Court Capital Investment Managers Private Limited, JSW GMR Cricket Private Limited, JSW Bengaluru Football Club Private Limited, JSW Recharge Sports Private Limited, JSW MG Motor India Private Limited, JSW Gecko Motors Private Limited, JSW Ventures Fund Managers LLP and Centre Court Capital Fund Managers IFSC LLP.

Joint Managing Director & CEO 

Mr. Sharad Mahendra, aged 57 years, has completed his B. E. in Mechanical Engineering from NIT, Allahabad and brings with him 33 years of rich experience in organizational strategy, driving business growth, execution, sales and marketing, and people development across steel, power, chemicals as well as automobile sectors. He has worked with the JSW Group for 15 years.

Immediately prior to this appointment, Mr. Mahendra was the CEO of JSW Steel Coated Products Limited (a 100% subsidiary of JSW Steel Limited). His term was marked by successful project execution to expand capacities organically, as well as acquisition and integration of two assets. The business witnessed a sharp volume growth as well as market share gains under his leadership.

Earlier, Mr. Mahendra had joined JSW Energy Limited as the Chief Operating Officer (Energy Business) in 2017 where he led the power sales, mining, corporate commercial, legal, coal procurement, regulatory and corporate affairs functions. In 2019 he was appointed as a Whole-time Director of the Company. During this stint with JSW Energy, he was instrumental in ground-breaking of the greenfield Kutehr hydroelectric project as well as various efficiency and performance improvement initiatives across the operating thermal and hydro assets. He was also closely involved in building organizational capability and laying the foundation for the business to diversify into renewable energy. In 2020, he left JSW Energy to join as CEO of JSW Steel Coated Products Limited.  

In the past, Mr. Mahendra has been on the Board of APL Apollo Tubes Limited and has worked with Phillips Carbon Black Limited, JSW Steel Limited, Escorts Limited, Yamaha Motors Limited in various capacities.

Mr. Sharad Mahendra is also on the Board of JSW Energy (Barmer) Limited, JSW Hydro Energy Limited, JSW Neo Energy Limited, JSW IP Holdings Private Limited, Barmer Lignite Mining Company Limited, JSW Energy (Utkal) Limited and KSK Mahanadi Power Company Limited.

Director ( Finance )

Mr. Pritesh Vinay is a B.E. (Computer Science & Engineering) from Bihar Institute of Technology, Sindri and Master of Management Studies (Finance) from Sydenham Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai University.

He has around 22 years of rich and varied professional experience across Corporate Finance, Fund Raising (both onshore and offshore), Investor Relations, M&A and Equity Research, having worked with reputed Indian and Multinational corporations.

He has worked with the JSW Group for over 10 years and prior to JSW Energy, he was Vice President – Corporate Finance with JSW Steel Limited and Head – Group Investor Relations for the JSW Group. Prior to the JSW group, he worked with Goldman Sachs (India) Securities Private Limited and the Aditya Birla Group.

Mr. Vinay is also on the Board of JSW Energy (Barmer) Limited, JSW Hydro Energy Limited, JSW Neo Energy Limited, Barmer Lignite Mining Company Limited, JSW Energy (Utkal) Limited and KSK Mahanadi Power Company Limited.

Independent Director 

Independent​ Director

Mr. Sunil Goyal, a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, is the Founder and Managing Partner of Kreston SGCO Advisors LLP and the Founder and Mentor of SGCO & Co., a well-known accountancy firm based in Mumbai. Mr. Goyal leads a team of more than 300 professionals in his group and is a former member of the Global Board of Kreston International Limited, UK, headquartered in London.

With 33 years of experience, Mr. Goyal specialises in the field of financial and business consultancy with core strengths in funds raising, business restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances and capital markets. Mr. Goyal is also on the Boards of other reputed companies.

Mr. Goyal is also on the Board of JSW Hydro Energy Limited, Ladderup Finance Limited, Indigo Paints Limited, Ladderup Corporate Advisory Private Limited, Ladderup Asset Managers Private Limited, Waterproof Corporation Private Limited, Lotus Spaces Private Limited, Shree Vinayak Organics (India) Private Limited, Ladderup Wealth International Limited, Epilson Carbon Private Limited, Ladderup Foundation, Agarwal Foundation and Ladderup Fund Management IFSC Private Limited.

Independent​ Director

Mr. Munesh Khanna has over 30 years of experience in the corporate advisory and financial services domain. He is a CA, ex-Country Head of NM Rothschilds & Sons and is an experienced Investment Banker, a Board Member and an Advisor to many companies.

As a corporate advisory professional, Mr. Khanna specializes in providing strategic advice to corporates, businesses, owners and seniors managers for enhancing the value of their businesses through initiatives such as, raising resources from Capital Markets and Private Equity, Mergers & Acquisitions, divestitures and corporate restructuring.

He has worked closely with large conglomerates, mid-sized companies as well as with start-ups. Since 2018, Mr. Khanna is a Director in Backbay Advisors Private Limited, a strategy advisory and investment banking firm.

Mr. Khanna brings to the board extensive advisory experience across a variety of industries and ownership structures, in the areas of strategic thinking, corporate finance, financing and structuring. In addition, he has a large network of relationships across industry, professional and financial services, regulators and promoters.

Mr. Khanna is also on the Board of NDL Ventures Limited, Hinduja Global Solutions Limited, Gulf Oil Lubricants India Limited, JM Financial Asset Reconstruction Company Limited, Oneott Intertainment Limited, JM Financial Products Limited, Backbay Advisors Private Limited, Caption Advisors Private Limited, Hinduja Global Solutions UK Limited, Black Box Limited, Finolex Industries Limited, JSW Neo Energy Limited and K.P.H. Dream Cricket Private Limited.

Independent​ Director

Mr. Rajeev Sharma is a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Master’s in Engineering from University of Roorkee and Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from University of Delhi.

Mr. Sharma has more than 35 years’ of experience across the power sector value chain as acquired during his association with Energy Efficiency Services Limited, Power Finance Corporation Limited, Rural Electrification Corporation Limited, Power Grid Corporation of India Limited and Ministry of Power & Central Electricity Authority. He has more than 11 years of experience at the Board level, with more than 8 years as the Chairman and Managing Director.

He has strong technical and financial expertise in the power sector given his varied experience in implementing, monitoring and stress resolution of projects / schemes including implementing power sector reforms as well as appraisal and fund raising. He was adjudged the BEST CEO in PSU category by Business Today in February, 2016. Mr. Sharma also serves as an advisor / consultant and is a director on the Board of various reputed companies.

Mr. Sharma is also on the Board of TP Renewable Microgrid Limited, TP Western Odisha Distribution Limited, TP Central Odisha Distribution Limited, Polaris Smart Metering Private Limited, Barmer Lignite Mining Company Limited, Sarda Energy & Minerals Limited, Madhya Bharat Power Corporation Limited and KSK Mahanadi Power Company Limited.

Independent​ Director

Mr. Verma, a post graduate in Physics from Allahabad University and an MBA from Australia in International Business, is a retired 1978 batch IAS Officer.

During his 45 years long illustrious professional career, he occupied top positions in the Government and public sector undertakings of U.P. and at the Centre including as the Chairman of U.P. Electricity Regulatory Commission and the Secretary General, Rajya Sabha. At the State level, he has been Principal Secretary in the key Departments of Commercial Taxes, Registration, Transport, Cooperatives and Tourism. At the Joint Secretary and Special Secretary level, he dwelled into policy formulation for MSMEs and agro-processing industries.

At the Government of India level also, he has handled assignments like Joint Secretary, Ministry of Environment & Forests; Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; Director General, Sports Authority of India (SAI) and Secretary to Government of India, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.

Mr. Verma is also on the Board of Ginni Filaments Limited

Independent  Director

Mr. Chaudhri is a Master in Public Administration from Harvard University (1983), a Master of Business Administration from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India (1980) and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from St. Stephens College, Delhi, India (1978).

Mr. Chaudhri has over 35 years of professional experience in the investment management business in a variety of leadership capacities. He is the Founder and CEO of Sunsara Capital, that invests in the solar energy food chain, from components to utility scale projects. Prior to founding Sunsara, Mr. Chaudhri was the Founder and President of Digital Century Capital for 15 years. He was an early investor in companies like AOL, Yahoo, EBAY, Inktomi, SanDisk, Blackberry, VMC, PayPal and Google. During his stint at Goldman, Sachs & Co., he created the “Goldman Sachs Tech Index” and spearheaded the Global Semiconductor Research team.

He was a financial and strategic advisor to Motorola, Texas Instruments, Intel, SanDisk, AMD, Altera, Micron Technology, TSMC, NEC, Toshiba and other Asian high technology companies. He served as Co-Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of the World Policy Institute.

Independent  Director

Mr. Ajoy Mehta is from the 1984 batch of I.A.S. He is a B. Tech in Civil Engineering from IIT, BHU and a MBA in Finance from UK. He also holds a degree in Law from Mumbai University. Mr. Mehta’s 10 years’ experience in the power sector includes a 4-year stint as the Chairman and Managing Director of Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited. Mr. Mehta was the Commissioner, Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai for 4 years. He has also been the Chairman and Managing Director of the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited for 6 years and the Chairman of Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority.

Mr. Mehta has held positions as Collector, Commissioner of various municipalities, Chief Secretary, Government of Maharashtra, etc.

Mr. Mehta is also on the Board of JK Files & Engineering Limited, Advent Hotels International Limited and Prestige Hospitality Ventures Limited.