Prior to joining Gerdau, a global leader in steel, Sridhar was Vice-President Project Development with SENAAT, an Abu Dhabi-based industrial group, which also owns and operates Emirates Steel Industries in the UAE.
 
Mark Anthony Marcucci, Executive Director, Gerdau Special Steel said, “As Gerdau ramps up operations in India, his experience and capability will be important. Our vision is to be the leading special steel producer to meet India’s growing market needs in transportation, energy, distribution, and infrastructure.”
 
Sridhar has a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from IIT Madras, a Masters in Energy Technology from the Asian Institute of Technology Thailand and an MBA from Monash University Australia. He also speaks Mandarin, Chinese and Russian and some Indian languages.
 
Gerdau’s Indian steel plant is situated at Tadipatri, Andhra Pradesh, and has an installed capacity of 300,000 tonnes of SBQ (Special Bar Quality steel) products annually, focused on automotive, defence, railways and related industries.