Board of Directors including Directorship

Mr. Parmod Sagar Chairman, Managing Director & CEO

Mr. Parmod Sagar comes with more than three decades of extensive experience of serving the steel and refractory industry. A mechanical engineer, Mr. Parmod started his career in the steel industry and worked in the sector for over seven years gaining valuable insights. Thereafter, he transitioned to the refractories business joining Orient Refractories Limited (ORL) as a Manager -Technical Marketing in 1992.

In 2013, after RHI AG acquired ORL, he was appointed in the role of Managing Director & CEO of ORL. He currently holds the position of Chairman, Managing Director and CEO of the RHI Magnesita India Limited and the Regional President of India, West Asia, Africa Business Unit.

Mr. Parmod Sagar serves as the Chairman, Managing Director, and CEO of RHI Magnesita India Refractories Limited. He also holds the positions of Chairman and Director at RHI Magnesita Seven Refractories Limited and Intermetal Engineers (India) Private Limited. Additionally, he is a Director at the Indian Refractory Makers Association.

Mr. Nazim Sheikh Non-Executive - Independent Director

Mr. Nazim Sheikh is a metallurgical engineer with over 44 years of varied experience in Ferroalloys, Manganese and Iron Ore mining operations, procurement, and raw materials management.

Mr. Sheikh served as the Managing Director of Sandur Manganese & Iron Ores Ltd. (SMIORE) before he retired in 2020. He played a key role in strategizing mining and ferroalloy operations for the company along with setting up of a new 32 MW thermal power plant. He led the efficient implementation of a Coke Oven Plant to produce 0.4 mn ton of Metallurgical Coke, a WHR Boiler Unit to provide alternate free fuel for the 32 MW Power Plant and setting up a new 25 MW Submerged electric arc ferroalloy furnace.

Mr. Sheikh had also been involved in the direct administration of the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities in Sandur and neighboring villages. He is a Bachelor of Engineering in Metallurgy from National Institute of Technology, Surathkal, Karnataka (1976).

Apart from RHI Magnesita India Limited, Mr. Nazim Sheikh holds directorship of board of directors of RHI Magnesita India Refractories Limited and RHI Magnesita Seven Refractories Limited.

Ms. Sonu Chadha Non-Executive - Independent Director

Ms. Sonu Chadha is an entrepreneur with an extensive experience of more than 25 years in managing all aspects of business operations. Ms. Chadha is the Founder Director of Impressions Services Pvt. Ltd. She has been responsible for expanding the company’s geographic service footprint to over 45 cities and towns throughout the country. She has also facilitated the establishment of a single-window procurement experience as a Partner at Wildflower Mercantile.

In addition, Ms. Chadha serves as a principal advisor to the founder of Cartellagroup.com, an HR technology start-up. She is associated with Unnayan Foundation as its Trustee and is committed to the cause of clean, Open Defecation Free India and promoting dignity of women. She is a Bachelor of Arts degree holder from University of Delhi (1992). She has a diploma in Interior Design from South Delhi Polytechnic (1993) and has a CPSS Certification from British Institute of Cleaning Science (2011).

Apart from RHI Magnesita India Limited, she holds directorship of Board of Directors of Impressions Services Private Limited, Digiveritas Outsourcing Solutions Private Limited and Cartella India Private Limited.

Mr. Kamal Sarda Non-Executive - Independent Director

Mr. Kamal Sarda is a prominent figure in the manufacturing industry, with approximately 35 years of professional experience. He has been with IFGL Refractories Limited, a leading refractory company for nearly 26 years, driving the company’s growth through various leadership roles, including Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Executive Officer, and Director. In addition to his extensive experience in the refractory industry, Mr. Kamal has worked as an independent financial consultant and has been associated with Shristi Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited, Stone India Limited, and Incab Industries Limited. He has also served as the Chairman of the Indian Refractory Makers Association for two terms, further solidifying his influence in the industry.

Mr. Kamal is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, a law graduate, and holds a B.Com. (Hons.) degree from Calcutta University. Currently, he serves as the CEO of The Alumina Industrial Company LLC in Abu Dhabi, a greenfield project dedicated to manufacturing alumina-based raw materials, a primary raw material required by the refractory industry.

As on date, except RHI Magnesita India Limited, He does not hold directorship in any other Company.

Mr. Gustavo Lucio Goncalves Franco Non-Executive – Non- Independent Director

Mr. Gustavo joined Magnesita in 2001. During the first years of his career, he progressed through various technical and sales managerial roles in South America, North America and Europe, resulting in a vast international experience, having lived in Brazil, USA, Germany, Netherlands and Austria. During the last two decades he has also built an extensive understanding of the refractory industry and the market forces within it. He has deep familiarity with customers of RHI Magnesita and brings a tactical as well as strategic view to his executive role.

In 2017 he led the go to market integration of RHI and Magnesita. He was appointed Chief Sales Officer in 2019 and since 2022 the Regional Presidents, responsible for the regional P&Ls, as well as the Global Business Units and the Global Procurement. Supply Chain and Commercial organization have reported to him in his role as Chief Customer Officer.

Apart from RHI Magnesita India Limited, Mr. Gustavo also holds directorship in RHI Magnesita India Refractories Limited and RHI Magnesita Seven Refractories Limited. Along with this, he also holds the position of Managing Director of Magnesita Refractories S.R.L., Radex Vertriebsgesellschaft m.b.H., RHI Magnesita (China) Co. Ltd. and Veitscher Vertriebsgesellschaft m.b.H.

Ms. Ticiana Kobel Non-Executive – Non- Independent Director

Ms. Ticiana Kobel is an Executive Vice President Legal & Digital Transformation in RHI Magnesita N.V. She has extensive legal experience in a wide range of global businesses, such as SR Technics Group and Buhler Group, leading legal departments in manufacturing, aviation, technology, the service sector and engineering industries. In those roles, she was in charge of crucial projects pertaining to varied matters, such as complex strategic procurement, spinoffs, sales and acquisitions and corporate governance issues and assisted with the design and implementation of compliance functions, merger and acquisitions and partnerships.

Ms. Ticiana has a law degree with an emphasis in corporate law from the Federal University of Minas Gerais and an LLM in International Economic Law and European Law at the University of Geneva.

She also holds directorship of Board of Directors of RHI Magnesita India Refractories Limited and RHI Magnesita Switzerland AG. She also holds the position as Managing Director of RHI Magnesita HELP -Verein zur Unterstutzung von Arbeitnehmern in Notsituationen, RHI Refractories Raw Material GmbH and Veitscher Vertriebsgesellschaft m.b.H.