India: UltraTech Cement has appointed Jayant Dua as its managing director. He will start the role in April 2026. He succeeds KC Jhanwar in the role.
Dua joined the cement business of Aditya Birla Group in 1996 and has held a variety of management positions. He was the Joint Executive President of the cement division of Grasim India from 1996 to 2005. He later became the Group Executive President of UltraTech Cement in 2014 and 2015. He also held CEO positions for group companies, including Aditya Birla Insulators, Century Textiles and Chlor Alkali amongst others. He became the business head for the group’s renewables and textiles divisions in 2023.
Dua holds an engineering degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, a master’s of business administration qualification (MBA) from the International Management Institute and has completed the Advanced Management Program from Harvard Business School.
