“The aerospace market is going to take some time still to recover from the pandemic and we expect demand to remain muted in 2021 due to lower consumer air travel”, Sachin Satpute - President of Novelis Asia and SVP of Novelis Inc.

Sachin Satpute is President of Novelis Asia and Senior Vice President of Novelis Inc. since 1st June, 2016. In this role, he is responsible for leading the overall business strategy and P&L of Novelis’ Asia Pacific business, which includes sales to the automotive, beverage can and specialty product markets. He also has oversight responsibilities with Ulsan Aluminium, a joint venture between Novelis Korea and Kobe Steel, Japan.

Prior to being named to this position in June 2016, Sachin served as Chief Marketing Officer, Hindalco Industries Limited. Before joining in his role with Hindalco, he held roles of increasing responsibility within Novelis including Director, Business Development & Strategy for Novelis Asia; Vice President, Sales, Marketing & Technical Services for Novelis Asia; and Managing Director of Aluminium Company of Malaysia Berhad (ALCOM).

Mr Sachin has nearly 30 years of experience in the aluminum industry, having started his career at INDAL, which was a subsidiary of ALCAN, Canada. He holds a degree in mechanical engineering from Pune University and MBA in marketing from Mumbai University. He is a graduate of Novelis’ inaugural Global Leadership Program and was named an Aditya Birla Fellow in 2016.