Sunil Duggal
Vedanta
Group Chief Executive Officer
Sunil Duggal was appointed as the Interim Chief Executive Officer of the Vedanta Group in April 2020 and has been subsequently designated as the Chief Executive Officer effective August 1, 2020. He has been the Chief Executive Officer and Whole-time Director (WTD) of Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (HZL) since October 2015. He was additionally given the responsibility of leading the Base Metal Group comprising zinc, copper, and iron ore businesses. He joined HZL in August 2010 as Executive Director and thereafter became Chief Operating Officer in 2012 and was Dy. CEO from 2014, before becoming CEO & WTD. Mr. Duggal is a result-oriented professional with over 36 years of experience leading high-performance teams and more than 20 years in leadership positions. He is known for his ability to calmly navigate through tough and challenging times, nurture and grow a business, evaluate opportunities and risks, and successfully drive efficiency and productivity while reducing costs and inefficiencies and deliver innovative solutions to challenges. His thrust on adopting best-in-class mining and smelting techniques, state-of-the-art environmentally friendly technologies and mechanization, automation and digitalization of operational activities has added great value. Mr. Duggal also serves as the Vice Chairman, International Zinc Association (IZA); President, Federation of Indian Mineral Industries (FIMI); President, Indian Lead Zinc Development Association (ILZDA). Recently, he has been appointed as the Chair – CII National Committee on Mining. His initial education is from DAV school, Amritsar, and he holds an Electrical Engineering degree from Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala. He is an alumni of IMD, Lausanne - Switzerland, and IIM, Kolkata.