TV Narendran
MD – Tata Steel India and South East Asia
TV Narendran is a Mechanical Engineer from REC (NIT), Trichy. He joined Tata
Steel after completing his MBA from IIM Calcutta in 1988. He is a Chevening
Scholar and has also attended the Advanced Management Programme in
CEDEP - INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France. He became Managing Director of
Tata Steel India and South East Asia w.e.f. November 1, 2013.
Narendran worked in the International Trading Division of Tata Steel from
1988 to 1997 wherein he spent five years in Dubai looking after Tata Steels’
exports to the Middle East. From 1997 to 2001 he was in Tata Steels’
marketing and sales division and was involved in market development of
cold rolling mill project, supply chain management, sales planning etc. From
2001-03, he was the Chief of Marketing & Sales (Long Products) and played
a key role in building Tata Tiscon brand and the distribution network for the
same. From 2003-05, he worked with B. Muthuraman, the then managing
director of Tata Steel, as his Principal Executive Officer.
He was actively involved in Tata Steel’s first overseas acquisition, NatSteel,
and was seconded there as an Executive Vice-President in 2005. He ran
operations in NatSteel thereafter as the Deputy President (Operations) and
took over as the President and CEO on January 1, 2008. He played a key role
in the integration of NatSteel and Tata Steel.
Before being appointed as MD – Tata Steel India and South East Asia, on
November 1, 2013, Narendran was the Vice-President – Safety, Flat Products
and Long Products Divisions of Tata Steel.
During his stint in NatSteel, Narendran was the Director on the Board
of South East Asia Iron & Steel Institute (SEAISI) and also served as the
President of the ASEAN Iron & Steel Federation (AISIF) from 2007-09. He
was also the Vice-Chairman of the CII (India Business Forum) in Singapore.
He is currently on the boards of Tata Steel Limited, Tata Steel Europe, CEDEP,
XLRI and World Steel Association. He is currently the Chairman of CII,
Jharkhand.
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