Sub-sector

Building Materials

Cement, steel, tiles, paints-adjacent and the broader building materials universe — we work with the businesses that supply India's construction boom and the multinationals scaling here.

The market today

What the Building Materials landscape looks like.

Building materials in India is a category of category-leaders. A handful of large players dominate cement and steel; a fragmented base of strong regional brands sits beneath them; and adjacent categories — tiles, sanitaryware, electricals, plumbing — are consolidating in real time.

Leadership demand follows this pattern. Large players hire for the next phase of growth and integration. Mid-sized players are professionalising. Multinationals are scaling their India businesses to global proportions. Each calls for a different kind of leader.

We are retained for CEO and senior commercial roles across this landscape. The candidates worth meeting are rarely the ones already on the market.

Mandates we typically run

The seats we are asked to fill.

  • CEO and Managing Director
  • Chief Commercial Officer
  • Head of Sales and Distribution
  • Plant Head and Operations Director
  • CFO
  • Head of Marketing and Brand
Connected expertise

Other sub-sectors within Manufacturing & Engineering.

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