The GAIL (India) Limited Board has approved the appointment of Sandeep Kumar Gupta as an Additional Director of the company with effect from the date of his assumption of charge to the post of Chairman and Managing Director of the company.

Gupta currently Director (Finance), Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL). He is a Commerce Graduate and a Chartered Accountant having more than three decades of rich work experience in the field of Finance function which mainly includes Corporate Accounts, Planning & Analysis, Treasury, Risk Management functions.

Before taking charge as Director (Finance) of IOCL, he was an Executive Director (Corporate Finance) and during his tenure, he spearheaded several stakeholder-friendly initiatives like the maiden Buyback of Shares, First Integrated Annual Report, IOCL's transition to IndAS, etc.