Dilip George

Foulath Holding BSC - Group CEO

Dilip George is the Group CEO of Foulath Holding and is responsible for managing the affairs of the companies comprising the Foulath Group, which includes Bahrain Steel, a 100% subsidiary of Foulath. Foulath Holding is an investment vehicle focused on investing in the steel industry in the GCC region.

Dilip joined Foulath in January 2009. Over the past 10 years, Dilip has held various leadership positions in Foulath. In this period, powered by organic and inorganic growth, Foulath's sales turnover has grown 3x. Dilip joined Foulath as the Group CFO. In February 2014, Dilip was appointed CEO of Foulath Holding, heading the Group's shared services. In October 2017, Dilip was named as the Group CEO.

Dilip has more than 25 years of experience driving growth in the manufacturing industry. Prior to joining Foulath, for 10 years, Dilip was CFO of MANSO group of companies based in Saudi Arabia, responsible for strategy and corporate finance. MANSO is a diversified business group whose activities spanned petrochemicals, steel and decorative wood. At MANSO, Dilip led the organic growth of the group, with the group sales turnover growing at 55% year on year over a ten-year period. Dilip led the successful public listing of the petrochemical business, Methanol Chemicals Company on the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul).

Dilip started his career in 1990 as an auditor with Ernst & Young in India. He then joined Carrier India, a supplier of air-conditioning and refrigeration solutions, where he worked for two years. Dilip then spent five years as a management consultant at Arthur Andersen in Saudi Arabia.

Dilip is a Chartered Accountant (CA) from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and holds a B.Com honours degree from Delhi University, India.