Mr. Satish Pai is Managing Director of Hindalco Industries. He took over as the CEO of Hindalco's Aluminium Business in August 2013.
Mr. Pai was the driving force behind three mega greenfield projects that established Hindalco as among the biggest producers of primary aluminium in Asia. He is also on the Board of Hindalco subsidiary - Novelis - the world's largest aluminium rolling and recycling company.
In February 2014, he was appointed as the Deputy Managing Director of the company and was also entrusted with Hindalco's copper business.
Mr. Pai became the Managing Director of Hindalco in August 2016, where he oversees the Indian metals business and guides Novelis' operations globally.
Prior to joining the Aditya Birla Group, Mr. Pai worked with Schlumberger, based out of Paris. Over the course of his 28-year-career with the MNC, he held important positions and was responsible for Schlumberger operations globally.
Mr. Pai received an Honorary Doctorate from Utkal University, from the Hon’ble President of India Droupadi Murmu in 2024. He was presented with a D. Litt. in Commerce and Management Studies for extraordinary contributions to the metal industry.
He was honoured with the prestigious BT-PwC India’s Best CEOs award in the Super Large Companies category, for his outstanding contributions in making Hindalco a resilient, high-performance contemporary organisation.
Mr. Pai holds a patent in directional drilling. He received the 'Distinguished Alumni Award' by IIT Madras in 2017. He was conferred the Doctor of Letters Honoris Causa (D. Litt) by Ajeenkya DY Patil University in 2020.
Mr. Pai is the Chairman of the International Aluminium Institute; Chairman, Non-Ferrous Metals at FICCI; President, Indian Institute of Metals and Chair on the Vikaasa coalition formed by Xynteo.