board of Directors

Mr. Arun Agarwal is a Chartered Accountant from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Mr. Arun joined APL Apollo Tubes in 2009 at Bangalore, as Finance Controller. Having 14 years of professional experience in APL Apollo Tubes Limited, he has worked in plant maintenance, power management and total quality management functions. In 2019, he was nominated as the Chief Operating Officer at Head Office. Since then, he has been actively involved in all strategic decision making within the group and has over the years grown with APL Apollo Tubes, a pioneer in the structural steel tubes manufacturing segment in India with a dominant 50% market share, progressively shouldering higher responsibilities. He was responsible for driving all the 11 plants under APL Apollo Tubes Limited. As a Joint Managing Director at Apollo Pipes, he shall use his expertise and experience to scale up PVC pipes business similar to steel tubes business.

Mr. Sameer Gupta has graduated from Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University. He joined the family business in an early age and established the PVC Pipes unit business. Under his able leadership, the Company continues to reach newer heights, nurturing the values of hard work, commitment to quality, excellence & growth.

Mr. Ashok Kumar Gupta holds a Master’s degree in Physics and completed his PGDBA from AIMA. He is an industry veteran with over three decades of experience in working in critical management positions in reputed organisations like SAIL, Jindal, Bhushan Steel, The L.N. Mittal Group and Shalimar Paints Limited.

A Chartered Accountant by profession, Ms. Abrol has about four decades of rich professional experience in various sectors and positions. She worked for 26 years with Steel Authority of India Ltd at various critical management positions which have provided her with in-depth knowledge of the steel industry and its work flow. She is also the former Chairperson and Managing Director and Director Finance of National Fertilizers Ltd. Ms. Abrol is currently serving as Director at TCNS Clothing Co Limited, APL APOLLO Tubes Ltd, Apollo Tricoat Tubes Ltd. and other companies. She is also associated with a couple of NGOS. She is recipient of multiple awards over her illustrious career including twice ‘Business Achiever‘ by ICAI, ’Outstanding Woman Manager in Public Sector Enterprises‘ by SCOPE.

Mr. Pradeep Kumar Jain was the Executive Director in Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC), an Indian national oil and gas company, i.e., Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) of the Government of India. He is a Postgraduate in Petroleum Technology and has graduated (B. Tech) from Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad (Now IIT, Dhanbad). Degree in Leadership Development Programme from Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad.

A mechanical engineer and postgraduate from IIM Bangalore, Mr. Abhilash Lal has 31 years of professional experience in senior roles across financial services, including banking, consulting, real estate, private equity and restructuring. He has led institutions across business development, strategy as well as operations.