Jindal Steel has appointed Gautam Malhotra as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective immediately.

The announcement of the appointment was made via a company filing on the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE), along with the steelmaker’s results for the quarter ending September 2025.

Gautam Malhotra joined the company in May 2024 and has since collaborated closely with the business in all sectors: mining, production, HR, logistics, technology, AI integration, and sales. In the last eighteen months, he has been instrumental in enhancing the organization’s commercial value chain throughout Sales & Marketing, Logistics, IT, and HR,” the official statement indicated.

It mentioned, “He has specifically concentrated on sales generation, market entry strategy, logistical assistance, and human resources development within the commercial sector.”

Malhotra has almost twenty years of leadership experience in the financial services, energy, and manufacturing industries. Prior to his tenure at Jindal Steel, he worked as Founder and Advisor at FuelBuddy and was involved with DePuy International and significant initiatives under the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).

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Malhotra has an MBA from Alliance Manchester Business School, along with specializations in Operations and Strategy from Indiana University and IIM Ahmedabad. He obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from Savitribai Phule Pune University.

"He has gained acknowledgment as a TEDx speaker and was honored with the esteemed Economic Times Leadership Excellence Award in 2022," the company stated in its submission.

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Notably, Malhotra assumes the CEO position after Sudhanshu Saraf, who resigned in 2020. Moreover, Bimlendra Jha, who has held the position of Managing Director since 2022, has also stepped down recently.

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Malhotra's hiring is in line with the firm's renewed emphasis on digital transformation and operational resilience while it maneuvers through a fluctuating commodities landscape. He is anticipated to bring new insights and dynamism to the firm’s strategy for long-term growth and transformation.