The Mittals’ man in India
Once regarded as close to the Ruias of Essar, Dilip Oommen is now ArcelorMittal’s point man in an increasingly critical and competitive market.
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Editor's note: In February, a significant executive move at ArcelorMittal went completely under the radar. There wasn’t even a press release. It was to do with Dilip Oommen, chief executive officer of ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India), the erstwhile Essar Steel in which the world’s second largest steelmaker holds a 60% stake. Oommen was appointed as an executive vice president of ArcelorMittal and became one of the only 11 “executive officers” at the company. That's an elite group of the most senior executives at the Luxembourg-headquartered company, who work closely with executive chairman L.N. Mittal and his son Aditya Mittal, ArcelorMittal’s chief executive officer. Oommen was already a part of the company’s management committee, another select group composed of divisional and function heads of the steel behemoth. These roles are apart from the chief executive officer’s position that Oommen has held at AM/NS India since December 2019. The elevation thus underlines the importance of the man and the market he is heading, one where the company faces tough competition from the likes of Sajjan Jindal’s JSW Steel and bellwether Tata Steel. …
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