Sanjay Samaddar

Sanjay was appointed chief executive officer (CEO) of ArcelorMittal Europe Long Products in April 2022. He remains chairman of the Board of Directors of ArcelorMittal Poland and country head of Poland.

Background

Sanjay joined the group in December 2003 as director, sales & marketing of Mittal Steel Galati, Romania. In 2005, he was appointed director, sales & marketing and member of the board of Mittal Steel, Poland. After the merger of Mittal Steel and Arcelor in 2006, he was promoted to vice president and chief marketing officer, Eastern Europe. Sanjay moved to the Czech Republic in 2008, as CEO and chairman of the board of ArcelorMittal Ostrava. In 2009, Sanjay became CEO and chairman of the board of ArcelorMittal Poland, and CEO of Flat Carbon Europe business division East - covering operations in Poland and at Eisenhüttenstadt in Germany. In 2011, through to 2019, Sanjay’s responsibilities in business division east were extended to Ostrava in Czech Republic and Galati in Romania. At the same time Sanjay took on additional responsibility as country head of Poland, in charge of government affairs.

In 2019, Sanjay became head of human resources and IS/IT, with additional responsibilities as head of the European shared service centre and country head of Poland. In 2020 he was appointed chief executive officer (CEO) and Chairman of the Board of ArcelorMittal Poland, responsible for Dabrowa and Krakow.

Further information

Sanjay has a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Panjab University (India). He has also completed the accelerated development program for business leaders from London Business School, United Kingdom.