Mr Chandra Shekhar Verma took charge of the office of Chairman, SAIL on 11 June 2010. Prior to this assignment, Mr Verma was Director (Finance) of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), India's largest engineering and manufacturing enterprise in the energy-related/infrastructure sector. His prudent financial management and strategic deployment of scarce resources had strengthened the competitive position of BHEL.

As Director/Finance of BHEL since September 2005, Mr Verma also had the distinction of spearheading the joint venture initiatives of the company with various state GENCOs. His efforts resulted in the signing of four such agreements with Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra that would leverage the sale of 7 supercritical thermal power plants of BHEL. He also played a key role in the finalisation of various technology agreements of BHEL with Alstom, Siemens, GE and Sheffield Forgemasters.

As Chairman, SAIL, Mr Verma is also Chairman of International Coal Ventures Limited (ICVL) – a Joint Venture of five leading Public Sector Enterprises viz. SAIL, CIL, RINL, NMDC & NTPC formed with special approval of Govt. of India for acquisition of coal assets in overseas territories.

Spanning nearly 29 years, Mr Verma's career profile also covers stints as Director (Finance) of ITI Ltd., as Group General Manager of Indian Railway Finance Corporation, and as General Manager of Delhi Stock Exchange (DSE), besides experience of working in a Financial Institution for about nine years.