Samir Cairae is CEO of Vedanta's metals division

Vedanta Limited, on Wednesday announced appointment of Samir Cairae as chief executive officer (CEO) of Diversified Metals (India).

He will report to Tom Albanese, CEO, Vedanta Resources Plc and will be a member of Vedanta Executive Committee team.

“We are delighted to have Samir on board and look forward to his extensive experience in delivering sustainable growth and creating long term value for our shareholders. Samir will provide operational and strategic leadership for the performance of Vedanta Limited’s Aluminium, India Copper, Power, Iron Ore divisions in addition to Commercial and Asset optimization functions,” said Tom Albanese, CEO, Vedanta Resources Plc.

Prior to his appointment at Vedanta, Cairae held various leadership positions at Lafarge and Schlumberger.

He is an electrical engineer from IIT-Kanpur and has a Masters in Management from the HEC School of Management, Paris.

The Vedanta group in the past two years has changed its leadership team across most of its companies. Albanese was appointed CEO in May 2014. In October same year, Mayank Ashar was appointed managing director and CEO of Cairn India.