1. ArjunBharathan
March’11 to date
Essar Projects (India) Ltd., Mumbai and Chennai
CEO – Power Asset
 Re-joined the Essar Group subsequent to their failed takeover of AE&E Group’s
Indian assets
 Initially tasked with building a boiler manufacturing business from scratch
 Since Sep’13 – CEO of EPC business developing projects in the power sector
worldwide
 Current order book size of ~ 330 million USD
 Target for FY 15 of USD 600 million of order intake of which 83% from overseas
and 100% non-Essar jobs
 3-5 year goal of building the business into a USD 1 billion firm
 To take it to the IPO market in a similar time frame
 Independent reporting to the Board with a team of CXOs reporting to me, with
a total of 309 permanent staff and ~2000 contract staff at sites
 Executive Director on the Board – the SBU will soon become an independent
legal entity
Nov ’07 to Feb ‘11
AE&E Group Austria ( erstwhile Austrian Energy & Environment Gmbh) Chennai
Senior Vice President ( worldwide level) , Vice Chairman - India
 Joined in Nov ’07 as Country Manager for India for their two legal entities –
Chairman of the Board of one entity and Vice Chairman of the Board of the
other
 Tasked with setting up three new business verticals from scratch and to
introduce AE&E’s product portfolio in India
 Built teams over 18 months to introduce the products
 Significant value engineering efforts to tailor European designs for the Indian
market
 After 12 months of intense customer negotiations booked the largest ever
3-B The South Gate
35 Kasturi Rangan Road
Chennai 600 018.
Ph: +91-44-2498-3408
M: +91-98407-63334
E-Mail:
arjun.bharathan@gmail.com

2. boiler order in the history of the AE&E Group – for > 110 Million Euros – a joint
initiative of the German and Indian entities, spearheaded by me
 This order increased the Indian operations’ sales turnover by a factor of 10x
and the order intake budget for the division by a factor of 15x. Was also a
significant order for Germany – for the basic process design
 Worldwide bankruptcy of the AE&E Group in Nov 2010, led to liquidation of all
its subsidiaries and the sale of the Indian entities to third parties.
Sep’04 – Nov ‘07
Murugappa Group, Chennai
Vice President – Corporate & Strategic Planning ( Since Jan ’06)
 Was Head of corporate planning and strategy for the Group which had a
turnover in excess of USD 3 billion with 28 SBUs
 Spear headed business planning and reviews, long term strategy, approval of
all capital expenditure and new investment proposals. This included goal
setting via the Balanced Score Card, evaluation of performance against the BSC
and incentive payout determination.
 Acted as an ‘internal consultant’ bringing in external and global perspectives
for the diversified businesses of the Group and kept the Board updated on
latest trends and developments.
 Reported to the Vice Chairman of the Group and supported other members of
the Group Corporate Board.
 An earlier role in the Group, encompassed identification of target business
areas for diversification; identification of acquisition targets or JV partners,
techno-commercial evaluation, the actual M&A process (including mandating
investment banks and writing the search brief/s) and ultimately integration and
execution. This was at Tube Investments of India Ltd. This role reported to the
Managing Director of the Company.
Mar’2000–Sep’04
Clickforsteel Services Limited, Mumbai (an Essar Group Company)
Director &Chief Executive Officer
 Founded and set up the company in March 2000
 Steel retailing arm of Essar’s Steel Business Group (SBG)
 Turnover growth from 0 to 750 crores (US$ 164mln) annualized
 More than 150% growth in retail sales with equivalent market share increases.
 Customer base increased from 10 dealers to over 300.

3.  Order size broken down from 1000 MT to 10 MT
 All-time high top & bottom-line performance
 Additional responsibility of New Business Development for the Steel Business
Group looking at value addition projects and acquisitions.
July 1993 – March 2000
Essar Steel Limited, Mumbai
Deputy General Manager
 Responsiblefor 85% of Company’s exports ofover Rs. 600 crs (US$ 150 mln)/ year.
 Jointly responsiblefor raising trade finance ofover Rs. 1600crs (US$ 400) million in
a 2 year time span
 Put Company’s products on the world map - mainly the Western world
 Well-traveled and experienced in international business
For over a year was Executive Assistant to one of the Promoter Directors
July 1990 – March 1992
DCM Shriram Industries Ltd. Daurala
Assistant Purchase Officer
 Handled purchase function for engineering items in a sugar factory
 Annual value of purchases dealt with – Rs. 10 crores (US$ 2 mln)
Education
1998: - Harvard Business School, Boston, MA, USA.
 Programfor Management Development: - advanced three month residential, executive
education program for senior managers.
1993: - International Management Institute, New Delhi
 PGDIM (International Management) – One year full time “Executive MBA” program
1990: - Loyola College, Chennai
Bachelors in Economics (First Class)
Date of birth
20th July 1969