India: Lalit Kumar Gupta Becomes Essar Oil CEO
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Friday, 09 December 2011 |
Essar Oil has appointed Lalit Kumar Gupta as the company’s new Managing Director and CEO. Gupta has been recruited from JSW Energy, where he held the role of CEO and Joint Managing Director. His 31-year career also includes a stint at Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals as Finance Director.
Naresh Nayyar, Gupta’s predecessor, will relinquish his executiverole at Essar Oil, but retain the position of Deputy Chairman at parent company Essar Energy and become Deputy Chairman of Essar Oil. He will focus on wider responsibilities across the Essar Energy portfolio.
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