Koushik Chatterjee
Group Executive Director
Civil Engineering
Tata Steel Company
India
Biography
Mr Koushik Chatterjee joined Tata Steel in 1995 and was appointed Vice President (Finance) in 2004. During his tenure, Mr Chatterjee led the first overseas acquisition of a steel manufacturer by the Company - NatSteel Asia and subsequently led the acquisition of a 1.7 MnTPA Millennium Steel (now Tata Steel Thailand) in Thailand. In 2006-07, he played a critical role in the acquisition of Corus Group Plc. As the Group Executive Director (Finance, Corporate & Europe), Mr Chatterjee is responsible for the Tata Steel Group’s finance function as well as corporate functions, which include Legal and Regulatory Affairs, Corporate Communications, Strategic Procurement, Information Systems, Group Investments, Global Mining Projects and Assurance. Mr Chatterjee is on the board of several Tata Steel Group companies. He was declared India's ‘Best Executive’ for 2009 by Asia Money. A frequent speaker at various conferences in India and abroad, he is a member of the Primary Market Advisory Committee on Capital Markets of SEBI, a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and has been appointed as the first Indian on the Global Preparers Forum, which is an advisory body of the International Accounting Standards Board, London.
Research Interest
Business Management, Infrastructure and Architecture
