Rajeev Jhawar- A man of strategic and tactical insights

 

G Steel Public Company Limited (“G Steel”) was founded in late 1995 by Dr Somsak Leeswadtrakul, a key leader nationally recognized in this industrial sector and a pioneer of the Thai and Southeast Asian steel industry with more than 40 years of experience. G Steel is a producer and distributor of Hot Rolled Coil (“HRC”) aiming at substituting imports and meeting domestic customers’ demands. Its products serve as raw materials for such downstream industries as cold-rolled coils, galvanized steel, steel pipe, structural steel products for construction, LPG container, automobile, electrical appliance as well as steel furniture industries.

Rajeev Jhawar is the chief financial officer at G Steel Public Company Limited. He pursued his Bachelor of Commerce, Accounting & Financial Management from St. Xavier’s College, Maharashtra. From the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), he cleared Chartered Accountant, Financial & Management Accounting, Taxation, Law, Auditing & Systems etc. He also completed PGCBM, General Management from XLRI Jamshedpur.

Rajeev Jhawar is a seasoned and hands-on Finance and Business leader holding positions of CFO and Vice President commercial with exposure to various industries. Example: Tobacco, Steel, Agrochemicals, FMCG, Hotels etc. He has a rich global work experience having worked in India for over 14 years and ASEAN\ South East Asia (Indonesia and Thailand) for over 10 years with multi-cultural teams.

Rajeev Jhawar is partnering with CEOs and the management teams and providing strategic and tactical insights to achieve set bottom-line expectations of stakeholders. He has worked in both private and listed entities and is deeply engaged with Non-Executive & Independent Directors of Audit Committees and Boards. He has experience in handling portfolio companies of private Equity\ Investment Fund.

 

Mr. Rajeev to be a hands-on CFO who was detail-oriented. his ability to solve complex financial issues and present them in a cogent fashion consistently.

Rajeev is a target-oriented leader. The best thing about him was he knew how to develop his subordinate's potential. His leadership created a culture where others should leave their comfort zone and take the higher challenges. As a person, Rajeev Jhawar has a pleasant personality. He has good communication skills and a positive attitude needed in work.

Rajeev is diligent and hardworking and can simplify the situation at hand and provide innovative and out-of-the-box ideas to the problem at hand. He has taken pains to learn the management finance ropes, being a CA, it was relatively easy for him, as he's very good with numbers. He is an easy-going personality and a very amiable person to interact with.

 

As a CFO for over 15 years, Rajeev Jhawar has handled the entire gamut of Strategy formulation & Implementation, Investor relations, M&A, Risk Management, Finance & Banking, Accounting, Controlling, Legal & Compliance etc. He also handled customer\supplier relations, commercial negotiations, contracts, supply chain etc. in his role as a commercial head.