Leadership

Essar Ports Limited

Essar Ports Limited

Rajiv Agarwal
Chairman of board, CEO and Managing director

Amit Bapna
Chief financial officer & Wholetime director

Tarkesh Tiwari
Head – Business development and Technology

Bhaven Bhatt
Resident director Gujarat

Essar Ports Limited

Essar Bulk Terminal (Salaya) Limited

U Venkat Rao
Chief executive officer

Perumal Konar
Chief financial officer

Bhaven Bhatt
Resident director Gujarat

Stanlow Terminals

Stanlow Terminals

Mike Gaynon
CEO, Stanlow terminals

Raman Jaggi
Chief financial officer

Mr. Rajiv Agarwal
Chairman of board, CEO and Managing director

Rajiv Agarwal is the Chairman of board and Managing director of Essar Ports Ltd. Essar Ports is one of the largest private sector port & terminal developer and operator in India. Rajiv is a Chartered Accountant with over 38 years of experience and has held various leadership positions in industries like ports, shipping, telecom, retail and Business Processing Outsourcing (BPO).

Under him the ports business of Essar has grown manifold increasing port capacity in India alone from 46 MMTPA in fy10 to 110 MMTPA presently and expanding. Under his astute leadership the company also saw successful divestment worth more than USD 2 billion.

He is recipient of Port Personality of the Year 2019 at International Bulk Journal Awards, Maritime personality of the year’ 17 at Gujarat Star Awards and port personality of the year’ 17 at Maritime & Logistics awards. He has also been conferred with Maritime Standard Excellence Award’ 16 in Dubai for his contributions to maritime sector.  In the past he has also won the CEO of the year award in 2009 at Asia Retail Congress and was among the finalists for Asia Business Leadership Awards, 2015 by CNBC.

Mr. Amit Bapna
Chief financial officer & Wholetime director

Amit Bapna is an accomplished professional with over 21 years of experience in corporate finance and treasury, accounting, taxation, incubating and developing businesses, mergers & acquisitions, valuations & structuring and investor relations. Prior to Essar, he was president and chief operating officer of Reliance Capital Limited, overseeing capital allocation and overall strategy and business plans for Reliance capital’s key businesses, including reliance nippon life asset management ltd., Reliance general insurance co. ltd., Reliance life insurance co. ltd. etc. Prior to Reliance Capital Ltd., Amit Bapna has held leadership positions at Reliance Nippon life asset management ltd. and Reliance industries ltd.

Mr. Tarkesh Tiwari
Head – Business development & technology

Tarkesh Kumar Tiwari has 19 years of experience primarly in infrastructure and manufacturing sector. Tarkesh Tiwari is a metullurgical engineer from IIT Kharagpur  and Management graduate from IIM Calcutta. He has exposure in diverse businesses like ports, steel and power. He has worked on various functions like business development, project development, assessment of potential mergers and aquistions opportunities, project financing and operations.

Tarkesh Tiwari is currenly working as Vice President in ports business of Essar and having responsibility for development of new businesses for Essar Ports through organic (Brownfield and Greenfield expansion) and inorganic growth. For last 13 years he has been associated with ports business of Essar and prior to that he has worked with power business of Essar for one year. He has also worked with steel authority of India limited at its integrated steel plant at Bhilai, Chattisharh, India.

Mr. Bhaven Bhatt

Bhaven Bhatt has 28 years of rich experience in international trade and government relations. He has master’s degree in geology and MBA (marketing). At Essar, he has held multiple roles including being part of the team for acquisition of new trinity incorporated, USA. He has been part of Essar Ports and is associated with EBTSL port since its inception. He is Resident Director – corporate relations Gujarat for group level activities. Previously, was associated with adani exports and metdist industries ltd.

Mr. U Venkat Rao

U. Venkat Rao is a Mechanical engineer and MBA with over 30 years of experience in the ports and logistics industry. U. Venkat Rao has served in logistics and port sectors with leading companies such as N.R. International limited, Mundra port and SEZ ltd., and Krishnapatnam port company limited.

Venkat has been associated with the Essar group for over 12years. During his first stint with Essar, he was the whole time director Essar Bulk Terminal and CEO of Essar Bulk Terminal Pradip Limited, Odisha and was actively involved in the development of the port project at Pradip. In his second stint currently, he is working on various new projects and business initiatives as the CEO of Essar Bulk Terminal (Salaya) Limited.

Mr. Perumal Konar
Chief financial officer

Perumal Konar is a qualified Chartered accountant with approximately 15 years of extensive experience in corporate finance, accounts, corporate restructuring, and statutory audits. He has demonstrated his expertise across diverse sectors, including shipping, ports & port logistics, and audit firms. Perumal Konar possesses significant proficiency in finance, accounts, taxation, costing, and budgeting. In his role as a finance professional, he played a key role in the Essar group’s M&A team, contributing to the monetization of its ports assets in a transaction valued at USD 2.2 billion. Additionally, he has been actively involved in fundraising initiatives with VTB, securing funds totaling around USD 1 billion. Perumal Konar has a rich background, having been associated with esteemed organizations such as Essar group and Deloitte, where he made valuable contributions to financial strategies and transactions.

Mike Gaynon
CEO, Stanlow terminals

Michael Gaynon was promoted to Chief executive officer of Stanlow terminals limited (STL) on 1st July 2021.

Michael was a core part of the STL team since Essar first developed plans for and set up the subsidiary infrastructure and distribution company and has a wealth of experience in the oil and energy sector, working internationally across Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East, prior to joining Essar at Stanlow in 2011.

As the UK transitions to a low carbon energy economy, Mike will oversee STL’s focus on delivering the energy storage solutions of the future, drive third party business growth and continue to provide EOUK with critical infrastructure support.

Mr. Raman Jaggi
Chief financial officer

22 years’ experience in Corporate finance, M&A, Capital markets (HYBonds, IPO on LSE (Main market).

Experience in credit rating, credit structuring, project finance etc. Extensive experience in ports, energy infrastructure, oil & gas, steel & mining space. Have raised capital and closed transactions in excess of $12Bn.