Shri Gurinder Singh

Managing Director

Shri Gurinder Singh joined OPaL as Managing Director on 16^th August 2022.

Shri Singh has over three decades of experience in the Petrochemical Industry with expertise in Marketing, International Business, Product Management, Govt/Regulatory Liaison, Supply Chain Management, and Managing Profitability/Cash Flow for petrochemical operations based on technology, feedstock, and marketing operations. Shri Singh has rich experience in Trade Remedial Measures, Starting New Operations, Managing JVs, etc.

Before joining OPaL, Shri Singh has been working with Reliance International Limited, Abu Dhabi, UAE as Senior Vice President & Head - Petrochemicals. He has worked for more than 15 years with Reliance Industries Limited and its other subsidiaries. He had started with erstwhile NOCIL and has also worked with Borouge Pte Limited and Tricon Energy.

Shri Singh is an Engineering Graduate from Regional Engineering College, Rourkela, Odisha, and has done his Masters in International Business from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi. He has also undertaken Management Development Programmes from the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, INSEAD France, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and Duke University, USA.

Shri Pankaj Wadhwa

CFO

Shri Pankaj Wadhwa joined ONGC Petro additions Limited (OPaL) as Chief Finance Officer on 2^nd August 2021. He has over three decades of experience in the field of Business Finance, Commercial, Marketing, Accounts, Taxation and Legal functions.

Before joining OPaL, Shri Pankaj Wadhwa was working as Senior Vice President at THINK Gas Investments Private Limited. He has also worked with Petronet LNG Limited (a JV Company of ONGC Group) as Senior Vice President, Chambal Fertilisers and Chemicals Limited, GAIL (India) Limited and CRISIL Limited. He was a member on the Board of Adani Petronet (JV for solid cargo port at Dahej) and THINK LNG Investments Private Limited. Shri Wadhwa is an MBA from Delhi University and a qualified Cost Accountant.

Shri Arup Jhampri

Vice President & President (In-charge)

Shri Arup Jhampri has been working with OPaL since 17^th May 2010. He has over 30 years of experience in the field of Petrochemicals. Before joining OPaL, he worked with Indian Petrochemical Corporation Ltd. (IPCL) and Reliance Industries Ltd. Shri Jhampri has been responsible for Plant Operation, Production & Planning, Manpower Scheduling, Troubleshooting, Production Budget, Checking & Updating of P&IDs and PFDs.

He has a Bachelor of Science Degree from Calcutta University. He also holds a B.Tech Degree in Chemical Engineering from Calcutta University.

Shri G. Moolnarayan

Head-Polymer

Shri G. Moolnarayan joined ONGC Petro additions Limited (OPaL) as Head of Polymer on 11^th 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 Hemant Nautiyal

Head – Marketing

Shri Hemant Nautiyal joined ONGC Petro additions Limited (OPaL) in August 2015. He is a Chemical Engineer from the Manipal Institute of Technology and a post-graduate in Management Studies (specializing in Marketing Management) from NMIMS, Mumbai. He has around three decades of experience in the Petrochemicals domain focusing on the Chemical and Polymer business. He has rich experience in the formulation of business plans, strategic market positioning, product & market segmentation, domestic & international marketing, supply-chain management, product portfolio optimization, pricing strategies and market promotion initiatives. Before joining OPaL, he was working with OQ, Oman, and earlier with Reliance Industries Ltd and IPCL.

Shri Lalitesh Kumar

Head - Central Technical Services

Shri Lalitesh Kumar joined OPaL as Head of Central Technical Services (CTS) on 1^st 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

Head – U & O

Shri Rajeev Vijay joined ONGC Petro additions Limited (OPaL) as Head – Utilities and Off-sites on 10^th 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 Subodh Prasad Pankaj

Company Secretary & Compliance Officer

Shri Subodh Prasad Pankaj, Company Secretary & Compliance Officer, has over 28 years of experience in the field of Secretarial and Legal. Prior to Joining OPaL, he was working with HMT Group at Bangalore and Jindal Group, New Delhi as Company Secretary and Legal.

He is a Postgraduate in Commerce (Gold Medallist), LL.B, DCLM and ACIS (London). He is Fellow member of Institute of Company Secretary of India (ICSI).

Shri Vikas Agarwal

Head - Maintenance

Shri Vikas Agarwal joined OPaL as Head of Maintenance on 8^th 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.

Ms. Vimla Kurup Nigania

Head-Human Resources

Ms. Vimla Kurup Nigania joined OPaL as Head of Human Resources on 08^th May 2017. She has 27 years of multifaceted experience in managing HR functions in the process industry and is well conversant with its varied aspects such as Employee Engagement and Development, Performance Management, Leadership Development, People Management, Capability Building and Rewards & Recognition. Before joining OPaL, she worked as Head-HR with the Onshore Vertical of L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering.

She worked with L&T for close to 10 years, starting from the year 2007. Before joining L&T, she worked with Indian Petrochemical Corporation Ltd as GM (HR) for close to 17 years and handled Central Establishment including Promotions, Plant Establishment and Time Offices.

Ms. Nigania is a Master in Social Work (MSW) from M S University of Baroda (1989 batch) and a Graduate in Commerce from the Faculty of Commerce, M S University of Baroda (1987 batch).