Leadership

James McIntosh

James McIntosh, holder of a Master’s Degree in Technological Marketing, has experience of more than three decades in the Refractory industry, particularly manufacturing and marketing of high quality Isostatically pressed flow control Refractories for the Iron and Steel industry. Prior to his appointment as Managing Director of the Company with effect from 01.09.2021, he has been President of the Company’s step-down subsidiary, EI Ceramics LLC based in OHIO, USA.

Arasu S

Arasu comes with 30+ years of experience in the refractories industry. A Post-Graduate (M.Tech.) in Ceramic Technology from Anna University and a Life Member of the Indian Ceramic Society, he is specialises in operations and sales services. He has previously been associated with industry heavyweights like Tata Refractories and Dalmia OCL Refractories Ltd, and has a proud track record of involvement in the Steel, Cement & other Non-ferrous market segments.

Mihir Bajoria

Manoj Rakhecha

Manoj Rakhecha, a Mandarin-speaking, multilingual Chartered Accountant and First Class B.Com (Hons) graduate, is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in operations, commercial, and supply chain management. With over two decades in the industry, Manoj has previously held key positions including Dy-CEO India at IFGL Refractories, General Manager at IFGL Refractories Visakhapatnam Plant, Commercial Director at Monocon UK, and General Manager at Tianjin Monocon China. Manoj’s notable projects include the greenfield setup of IFGL’s latest state-of-the-art plant in Vizag to produce monolithics, large precast shapes, casting flux granules, and mag carbon bricks. He has worked in foreign subsidiaries within multicultural environments in China and the UK. He also possesses comprehensive knowledge of various refractory minerals and equipment and is actively involved in their procurement from China.

Rajesh Agarwal

Rajesh Agarwal is Fellow Member of The Institute of Company Secretaries of India. He has been Company Secretary of erstwhile Indo Flogates Limited and IFGL Refractories Limited, and the Company prior to being appointed as Whole-time Director and designated as Director – General Counsel of the Company, on and from Saturday, 12th November, 2022. He has experience of more than three decades in Corporate Laws, Taxation and Legal matters.

Thorsten Reuther

Thorsten Reuther is a highly experienced foundry engineer and Certified Mechanical Technician (CMT), with particular expertise in gating, risering technologies, automotive & large DI castings, and holds a main course engineering degree from the University for Applied Sciences Gießen-Friedberg.. He has more than 10 years of experience as the key account manager in the field of executive function and international operations. Mr. Reuther has been associated with Hofmann Ceramic since 2001, and is presently the managing director of the company.

Mukesh Rawal

Mukesh Rawal has been associated with the IFGL Group since 1983. A Bachelor of Engineering in Metallurgy: Faculty of Engineering & Technology from MS University of Baroda, India, Mr. Rawal has over 4 decades of experience in the refractory industry – with specialisation in ladle slide gate systems, ladle inert gas purging systems, and flow control in continuous casting. Having started his journey at IFGL as a service engineer for ladle slide gate system, Mr. Rawal has held multiple positions and currently takes care of the business of IFGL Group in North & South America.

Hirdesh Sehgal

Hirdesh Sehgal is an IIT Graduate and a veteran in refractories industry with over 36 years of experience. He has held diverse roles spanning projects, production, maintenance and engineering, product design and business development. Hirdesh has completed several management development programs from IIM-Ahmedabad, TMTC and ISB, Hyderabad. He has lead the successful execution of ₹600 cr projects in last 6 years including robotics and automation, High temperature furnaces, Tap hole clay and Black refractories projects.

Navin Das

Navin Das is a HR leader with prior hands on experience in Plant Operations, Sales, Business Excellence and TQM. He comes with 30 years of experience in organizations viz. Tata Steel, Calderys India Refractories, Dalmia OCL, Dalmia Cement, Prism Johnson and Ispat Corp. A BE(Mechanical Engineering) from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, General Management from XLRI, Jamshedpur and certification in Advanced HRM from IIM, Ahmedabad, Navin’s expertise lies in strategic HR, organizational transformation, change management and leadership development.

Mr. Amit Agarwal

Amit Agarwal joined IFGL back in 2012 as a Senior Manager (Accounts and Finance), and is presently the Chief Financial Officer of the organisation. A holder of the Bachelor of Commerce (Hons.) degree from St. Xavier’s College (Kolkata), and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Mr. Agarwal has over 12 years of experience in Accounts and Finance, as well as in the domain of manufacturing.

Dr. N.K Mishra

Dr. Narendra Kumar Mishra brings over 38 years of refractory industry experience to IFGL. Holding a Ph.D. in Refractories from Sambalpur University, M.Sc & B.Sc degrees in Chemistry from Utkal University and an MBA from IGNOU, New Delhi, he is a respected member of the research fraternity. His previous engagements include significant roles at RHIM India & West Asia, Calderys India Refractories Limited, and OCL India Limited, where he has been instrumental in product innovation and technological advancements.

Mansi Damani

Mansi Damani is a fellow member of The Institute of Company Secretaries of India and has Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (Finance) from Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning, Pune. She joined S K Bajoria group of Companies in the year 2002 and is presently designated as Company Secretary of IFGL Refractories Limited. She has more than two decades of working experience in Refractory Industry and currently handles Legal, Taxation and Secretarial Compliances.