Shri B. H. Vasudev Prasad joined ONGC Petro addition Limited (OPaL) as Managing Director on 6 September 2026. He brings with him over 36 years of rich professional experience in the crude oil refining and hydrocarbon industry, with extensive expertise in Projects, Corporate Strategy, Marketing, Human Resources, Maintenance, Design & Engineering, and other functions. He has held senior management and board-level positions with wide-ranging experience in project execution, business operations, corporate governance and organisational leadership.
Shri Prasad holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and an M.Tech in Engineering Management from Mangalore University/Manipal Institute of Technology. He is also a Certified Project Manager, Level D, from PMA.
Prior to joining OPaL, Shri Prasad served as Executive Director (Projects) at Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL), a subsidiary of ONGC, from August 2020 to May 2026. During his tenure, he also provided leadership in Projects, Corporate Strategy and Marketing. Earlier, he served as Group General Manager (HR) and Head – Human Resources at MRPL.
Over the course of his career, Shri Prasad has led major greenfield, brownfield and revamp projects across the hydrocarbon value chain, covering process units, offsites, tankages, pipelines, terminals and other strategic facilities. He has also played a key role in formulating and implementing growth strategies.
He has held board-level responsibilities on the Boards of Shell MRPL Aviation Fuels and Services Limited and Mangalore SEZ Limited, besides serving on various key management and Board committees.
With his diverse experience spanning projects, strategy, marketing and organisational leadership, Shri B. H. Vasudev Prasad brings to OPaL a strong blend of technical expertise, strategic vision and institutional leadership.
Shri Ritesh Kumar Mundra has joined OPaL as Director - Finance & Commercial, and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), w.e.f 30th June 2026. Shri Mundra is a Chartered Accountant with over 27 years of diverse experience in Corporate Finance, Procurement – Material & Services, Foreign Exchange Payments, Investment Process, Startup Evaluation, and SAP Finance & Controlling (FI/CO).
Before joining OPaL, he served ONGC in several key positions. Most recently, he was Head Finance for Assam & Assam Arakan Basin and Jorhat Asset, where he played a pivotal role in strengthening financial governance, business performance, and strategic decision-making.
He successfully completed the prestigious Leadership Development Programme at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore in 2025, further strengthening his leadership and strategic management capabilities.
During his distinguished tenure at ONGC, Shri Mundra was a key member of the team that established the Shared Financial Services (SFS) framework. He was instrumental in developing the Role Matrix that laid the foundation for SFS operations and contributed significantly to streamlining ONGC's Book of Delegated Powers, enhancing governance, operational efficiency, and role clarity across the organization.
His professional excellence has been widely recognized. He was selected among the Top 60 executives under ONGC's prestigious Unnati Shikhar Leadership Programme, through which he attended the High-Performance Leadership Programme at Chicago Booth.
Shri Sanjay Bharti joined OPaL as Chief Finance Officer (CFO) on 27th June 2023.
Shri Bharti has over 25 years of experience with expertise in various domains of Corporate Finance, Corporate Accounts, Start-up Evaluation and Investment, Portfolio Management, Investment in Debt Securities, Procurement (both indigenous and imports), Forex Payments, Audit, SAP FI CO – TM implementations, Change Management, and implementation of Indian Accounting Standards, among others.
Leveraging his extensive knowledge in financial planning, risk management, and capital allocation, Shri Bharti demonstrates an unwavering commitment to achieving financial objectives while adhering to the highest standards of corporate governance. Prior to joining OPaL, Sri Bharti worked at ONGC in diverse roles, showcasing a proven track record of financial leadership.
Shri Bharti is a seasoned Chartered Accountant and MBA, LLB from the University of Delhi, and a DCLM from the Indian Law Institute, Delhi. He has further enriched his expertise by successfully completing the Management Development Programme on Leadership Beyond Boundaries from the Centre of Excellence, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), Hyderabad. Additionally, he has attained certificates in Wealth Management and Financial Planning, as well as Startups, from ICAI.
Shri Arup Jhampri joined OPaL as Director – Technical with effect from 4 September 2026. He has been associated with OPaL since 17 May 2010 and, prior to his appointment as Director – Technical, served as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer.
A Chemical Engineering graduate from the University of Calcutta, Shri Jhampri brings over 34 years of rich and diverse experience in petrochemical operations and technology. His professional journey includes leadership roles with Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited (IPCL) and Reliance Industries Limited, covering a wide spectrum of plant operations, production and planning, manpower deployment, troubleshooting, production budgeting and technical management.
Over the course of his career, Shri Jhampri has developed extensive expertise in the operational and technical management of large-scale petrochemical facilities, with a strong focus on operational excellence, process optimisation, reliability and organisational performance.
He has played a significant role in the successful commissioning of three major olefin complexes and in strengthening feedstock security through the conceptualisation and execution of the ~10 km GCPL–OPaL and ~97 km Hazira–Dahej Naphtha pipelines. These initiatives enabled external procurement of Naphtha and C3/LPG, enhanced feedstock reliability and flexibility, and helped avert potential commissioning delays of nearly two years.
Shri Jhampri has also spearheaded the implementation of several operational excellence and governance initiatives, including Integrated Management Systems (IMS), NABL, Risk Management, 5S, Process Safety Management (PSM) and Benchmarking, contributing significantly to enhanced safety, quality, compliance and operational performance.
With his extensive experience and deep understanding of petrochemical operations and technology, Shri Jhampri brings valuable leadership and technical expertise to his role as Director – Technical at OPaL.
Shri Dhananjay Kumar joined OPaL as Head – Human Resources with effect from 30th June 2026. He is an accomplished Human Resources professional with 27 years of extensive experience in Human Resource Management, Corporate Strategy, Industrial Relations, Talent Acquisition and Succession Planning within ONGC.
He holds an MBA in Human Resource Development from the Delhi School of Economics. Prior to joining OPaL, he served as Head – Corporate Strategy at ONGC, New Delhi, where he contributed to the organization's strategic planning and business initiatives.
Over the course of his distinguished career, Shri Kumar has held several important positions across ONGC at Dehradun, Delhi, Bokaro and Assam. His areas of HR related functions span Industrial Relations, Human Resource Development, Recruitment, Promotions & Succession Planning, SAP-HR implementation etc.
Shri Kumar has made significant contributions to several flagship HR initiatives within ONGC. He was a member of the team that successfully implemented the SAP Human Resources module, strengthening digital HR processes across the organization. He also played a pivotal role in Talent Acquisition at ONGC, Assam and also as Head of ONGC Corporate Recruitment for more than 6 years.
Subsequently, as Head of Corporate Promotions, he spearheaded initiatives aimed at strengthening leadership continuity and organizational capability.
Shri Vijay Iyah joined OPaL as Head – MM on 11th October 2023.
Shri Vijay Iyah, a Mechanical Engineering graduate from MS University Vadodara and a silver medallist from IIFT, furthered his educational journey by obtaining an MBA in International Business from the International Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), Delhi. His professional career commenced in 1988 as a Design & Piping Engineer at UHDE (India) Limited, followed by his transition to ONGC in 1990. Over the course of 33 years, he has garnered extensive expertise in the realms of oil and gas, Inspection, Maintenance, and Repair of Offshore Facilities including maintenance of drilling rigs. Subsequently, he played a key role in the development of ONGC's Petrochemicals business.
In an earlier capacity, Shri Vijay Iyah played a pivotal role during the pre- project stage at OPaL. His responsibilities included land acquisition, the development of detailed feasibility reports (DFR), securing pre-project approvals and clearances, shaping project contours, engaging front-end engineering consultants, and development of bid packages for critical, long- lead items such as DFCU and downstream licensor selection.
Furthermore, he played an integral part in facilitating the financial closure of the project through debt syndication and sponsor support agreements, which included securing funds through quasi-equity instruments like Compulsorily Convertible Debentures (CCDs) for OPaL.
Shri G. Moolnarayan joined ONGC Petro additions Limited (OPaL) as Head of Polymer on 11th October 2021. He is a Graduate in Chemical Engineering of the 1991 batch from NIT (National Institute of Technology), Rourkela, Odisha. He started his career as Production Engineer with Indian Petrochemical Corporation Limited (IPCL), Nagothane. He has rich experience of over 28 years in the areas of Concept to Commissioning of Projects, Stabilization and Operation, working in HDPE, LLD, UHMWPE & EVA Plants.
Before joining OPaL, Shri G. Moolnarayan was working with Reliance Industries Limited, Dahej as Vice President (Operations).
Shri Lalitesh Kumar joined OPaL as Head of Central Technical Services (CTS) on 1st April 2017.
Shri Lalitesh Kumar is an IIT (Varanasi) graduate and has been working with OPaL since 2010. He has been instrumental in the successful commissioning of the Dual Feed Cracker plant, which is considered to be one of the largest cracker units in south Asia. He along with Head - Cracker led the team OPaL in achieving the earliest commissioning of the plant.
In his professional career, he has rich and diversified experience of Greenfield projects of Ethylene Cracker in Operation, Process Engineering, Project Coordination and Project Management and worked with various prestigious and multicultural organizations, viz, IPCL, SABIC, Sidi Kerir Petrochemical (SIDPEC). He is also a Six Sigma Black Belt and has acquired proficiency in SAP as Power User for PP Module.
Shri Rajeev Vijay joined ONGC Petro additions Limited (OPaL) as Head – Utilities and Off-sites on 10th October 2017. He is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering and has a rich experience of 25 years in the diversified areas of Utilities, Off-sites and Maintenance, Power Plant Operations, Energy Conservation and Resource Management.
Shri Vijay is also a Certified Boiler Operation Engineer (B.O.E.) from the Government of Rajasthan 1995 (Batch). Before joining OPaL he was working with Matix Fertilisers & Chemicals Ltd. as a General Manager (Mechanical Maintenance).
Shri Vikas Agarwal joined OPaL as Head of Maintenance on 8th July 2017. He is a Graduate in Mechanical Engineering and possesses more than 25 years of rich experience in the Fertilizer Plant, Power Plant & Petrochemicals sector.
He started his career with Indo Gulf Fertilizers and has worked across various organizations like IGF and Reliance Industries Ltd. He has expertise in maintenance related activities across various manufacturing sectors and large setups like Petrochemical Plant, Rubber Plant, Naphtha Cracker, Acrylonitrile Plant, Ammonia Plant and Urea Plant. Before joining OPaL, he was working with Reliance Industries Ltd.
Shri Rakesh Johari has joined OPaL as Company Secretary & Compliance Officer with effect from 14 th June 2024.
With over 22 years of extensive experience in Secretarial, Corporate Finance, and Insurance across both listed and unlisted companies, Mr. Johari brings a wealth of expertise in Corporate Governance, Statutory Filings, Legal Affairs, Taxation (both Indirect and Direct), Insurance Management, and Treasury/Fund Management.
Prior to his tenure at OPaL, Mr. Johari served as the Company Secretary & Compliance Officer (DGM) at Munjal Auto Industries Limited, a prominent entity listed on both BSE and NSE and part of the Hero Moto Corp Group.
Mr. Rakesh Johari is a distinguished Company Secretary and a qualified Cost & Chartered Accountant (CA & ICWA). He holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Commerce, along with a Licentiate from the Insurance Institute of India, New Delhi, and a Post Graduate Diploma in Security Analysis and Portfolio Management.
Managing Director
Director (Finance & Commercial) and CFO
Director (Technical)
Head – MM
Head - Human Resources
Head - Polymer & COO (Additional Charge)
Head - Utilities & Offsites
Head – Maintenance
Head-CTS and Head-Cracker(Additional charge)
Company Secretary & Compliance Officer
