Mr. Amitabh Panda is a Post-Graduate in Business Management (MBA) with specialisation in Finance & Marketing from XLRI Jamshedpur, India and a Bachelor of Engg. in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from BIT Mesra, India.

Mr. Panda is currently the Managing Director of Tata NYK Shipping Pte. Ltd., Singapore (a 50:50 JV of Tata Steel & NYK Lines, Japan).

Prior to Tata NYK, Mr. Panda was Group Director/Group Head (2011-2019) at Tata Steel Group and had successfully built the Global Shipping & Logistic function across all its geographies (India, Europe, USA and South-East Asia). Mr. Panda also held the position of Managing Director for TS Logistics & Shipping BV (a Tata Steel Europe entity) for 4-years (2011-2015).

Preceding to the Group level role, Mr. Panda was the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) at Tata Steel Ltd. for ~6-years (2004-2010).

Outside Tata Group, Mr. Panda had worked for ~10-years in Banking & Consulting industry with respected & global organisation like ICICI Bank and FreeMarkets Inc. (later merged with SAP AG-Ariba). Mr. Panda cumulatively brings 25+ years of management experience to the table with an executive profile that is diverse and global, having worked in core sectors and across geographies in various leadership positions.

He has been a Member on the Boards of Eight Tata Steel Group Companies since 2005.