Introduction to JSSL

Mr. Derek Randall

Derek Randall, is the Managing Director of JSW Severfield Structures Ltd (JSSL), since December 2013.

He is a Master of Business Administration (Warwick Business School), a Doctor of Business Administration (Nottingham Business School) and is the visiting Professor of International Management and Development at Birmingham City University’s Business School.

Before joining Severfield, most of Derek’s career was with Corus Group (now Tata Steel) where his last position was as Commercial Director of the Long Products Division, responsible for a sales portfolio of circa £5 billion.

Derek has held a number of international board positions with Corus and served on the Executive Council of the Steel Construction Institute.

Mr. Luke Ellision

Luke Ellision is the Head of the Erection Department of JSW Severfield Structures Ltd (JSSL) since 2009.

Luke has over 23 years of experience in erection of structural steel buildings, and engineering industries. Prior to joining JSW Severfield Structures Ltd, he has worked with Severfield Rowen group in the United Kingdom in various positions related to Erection Department.

Mr. Mariappan Arun Kumar

Mariappan Arun Kumar is the Head of Design & Engineering department of JSSL since 2015. He has over 26 years of experience in the field of structural engineering. He has been engaged in project management, resource management, value engineering of design and construction, budget preparation, guiding the technical and project execution teams, preparation of quality plans, TQM, risk management, automation of works, verification and validation of design documents, construction engineering, variation claims, repair & rehabilitation of structures, scheduling & monitoring the works, evaluation and tendering.

Prior to joining JSSL, Mariappan has worked with leading consultants, steel contracting firm in Eversendai Engineering in UAE, Malaysia and Qatar. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil and Structural Engineering from Annamalai University and Master of Engineering in Structural Engineering from Annamalai University.

Mr. Tirthankar Roy

Tirthankar Roy is the National Head – Sales, Marketing & Business Development and Projects of JSSL. He has over 13 years of experience in the field of sales, marketing and business development. He holds a PGDBA-Finance from ICFAI Business School, Hyderabad and M.Phil-Commerce from Annamalai University. Starting his career in Ambuja Cement as a management trainee and later on moving up the corporate ladder fast, he joined JSW Severfield Structures Ltd.(JSSL)