By: ICN Bureau
Last updated : October 29, 2022 10:04 am
He has wide experience of over 34 years in the oil and gas industry
Sandeep Kumar Gupta, Chairman & Managing Director, GAIL (India) Limited has been appointed as Additional Director, Petronet LNG Limited with effect from 21st October, 2022.
Gupta is a Commerce Graduate and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Before joining GAIL, Gupta held the position of Director (Finance) since August 2019 on the Board of Indian Oil Corporation Limited, the leading PSU integrated energy company in Fortune “Global 500”, and several group companies.
He has wide experience of over 34 years in the oil and gas industry and handled F&A, treasury, pricing, international trade, optimisation, information systems, corporate affairs, legal, risk management, etc. Gupta held different positions in Indian Oil corporate office, corporate finance, enterprise risk management, refineries such as Guwahati refinery, Gujarat refinery, and Mathura refinery.
He brings with him the experience of wholly owned subsidiaries i.e. IOC Middle East FZE at Dubai, IndOil Montney Ltd., IndOil Global B V Nederlands, and IOCL Singapore Pte. Ltd. He has rich experience of handling international trade, finalizing the deals for import of crude oil, petroleum products, LPG from various countries; from Middle East, Russia, West Africa, Europe, USA, Mexico, etc.
Gupta has received significant training in the relevant subjects from various renowned institutions like IIM Calcutta; University of Maryland, Washington; Harvard Business School, XLRI Jamshedpur; and IIM, Ahmedabad.