Aditya Mittal

Aditya Mittal is Chief Financial Officer and member of the Group Management Board of ArcelorMittal. As head of Mergers & Acquisitions he initiated and led Mittal Steel's offer for Arcelor to create the world's largest steel company and is now helping run it. This year he assumed responsibility for the European operations, the company's largest division.

In 2008, Aditya was awarded 'European Business Leader of the Future' by CNBC Europe. In 2011, he was ranked 4th in the '40 under 40' list of Fortune magazine. He is a member of the World Economic Forum's Young Global Leaders Forum, the Young Presidents Organization, a Board Member at the Wharton School, a Board Member at PPR and a member of Citigroup's International Advisory Board.

With a dedicated interest in philanthropy he and his wife made the single largest donation to Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital in London. Aditya is also a great supporter of the arts and among the projects he is involved in is a fund to provide tickets for disadvantaged children at the Old Vic Theatre in London.

He is a keen cyclist and tri-athlete competing in distance runs often in aid of charity. Aditya graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the Wharton School in Pennsylvania. He is married to Megha, chairwoman of Escada, and they have two children.