New Delhi: BP on Tuesday introduced the appointment of Kartikeya Dube as the brand new India head, changing long-time government Sashi Mukundan who’s retiring. In an announcement, the corporate mentioned Dube has been appointed Head of Nation (HoC) and senior vp (fuel and low carbon) for India with impact from July 1, 2024.
“Sashi Mukundan, who has been with bp for over 42 years, of which 15 have been spent main bp in India, will likely be retiring and can guarantee a seamless transition to Kartikeya,” it mentioned.
Within the final 20 plus years that he has spent with BP, Dube held senior roles in finance, business and enterprise transformation in India, Singapore and the UK. Final 12 months, he took the function of vp, group investor relations in BP’s head workplace in London driving investor engagement.
Beforehand, he was intently concerned with organising the BP joint ventures with Reliance Industries Ltd in India.
From 2020 till 2023, he was the CFO for Jio-bp (the mobility three way partnership of BP and Reliance).
“Now, greater than ever, it’s a very thrilling time for India. We’re proud to be related to India’s power journey for greater than a century, and to have a robust and invaluable partnership with Reliance Industries Restricted that helps us ship actual worth to clients,” Dube mentioned.
India, he mentioned, is a vital a part of BP’s technique because it pivots to being an built-in power firm and assist the nation’s aspiration for power independence by 2047.
“Sashi’s lengthy and illustrious 42-year profession in BP in addition to his management as Head of Nation, BP India has helped BP construct a robust enterprise in India, enabled by the assist of the federal government, public sector, enterprise companions, native communities and academia. Sashi has at all times led with conviction, and positivity and leaves a robust legacy of being a real advocate for bp in India,” the assertion mentioned.
From seeing the beginnings of fuel BP’s enterprise collectively with Reliance the place the duo’s KG basin block produced 30 million commonplace cubic meters per day of fuel at peak or 15% of India’s fuel demand, to Jio-bp which helps meet fast-growing demand for transport fuels and EV charging, Mukundan mentioned.
He added, “Kartikeya has a observe document of constructing various groups and main collaborating throughout companies and disciplines in assist of BP’s development plans. I’m assured that he’ll lead BP India to higher heights as we additional exhibit BP’s dedication in direction of supporting India’s ambition to be power impartial whereas creating extra development alternatives each for BP and India.”
