State-run Steel Authority of India (SAIL) appointed Anil Kumar Chaudhary as its Director, Finance

State-run Steel Authority of India (SAIL) on 1 Septemebr 2011 announced the appointment of Anil Kumar Chaudhary as its director, finance. He succeeded Soiles Bhattacharya who retired on 31 August 2011.

Prior to being appointed as Director (Finace), he served as the Executive Director (Finance & Accounts) at SAIL’s Bokaro Steel Plant. After completing his graduation in commerce from Delhi University, Chaudhary joined SAIL Corporate Office in New Delhi in 1984 as Junior Manager (F&A), and rose to the rank of Executive Director (F&A).

Chaudhary made significant contributions in the areas of treasury and banking operations, foreign exchange management, capital budgeting, cost & operations budget, financial concurrence and administration of centralised gratuity and superannuation funds during his tenure.

An Associate Member of the Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India (ICWAI) & Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), Chaudhary is an alumni of Faculty of Law Studies (FLS), from where he completed his bachelor's degree in law.

SAIL’s general manager (Business Planning) Dinesh Kumar Likhi on the other hand was appointed as director (Production & Marketing) of Mishra Dhatu Nigam Ltd, another public sector undertaking. Likhi had played key role in formulating and implementing corporate plans in SAIL, such as the Investment Plan in 1995, Turnaround Plan in 2000 and the Corporate Plan-2012.