Petronet LNG Limited announced the appointment of Mahesh Vishwanathan Iyer, C&MD & Director (BD), GAIL (India) Limited, as Additional Director on the company’s Board, with effect from September 1, 2022.
According to the company’s exchange filing, “we wish to inform that the Board of Directors of the Company, have accorded their approval by passing resolution for appointment of the following directors through circulation on 11th September 2022. 1. Shri Mahesh Vishwanathan Iyer (DIN: 08198178) (aged about 59 years), C&MD & Director (BD), GAIL (India) Limited as Additional Director (Nominee Director – GAIL) w.e.f. 1st September 2022.”
Mahesh Vishwanathan Iyer is an Electrical Engineer with more than 36 years of rich and diverse experience in GAIL in projects execution amounting to Rs 40,000 crores, including current projects worth Rs 25,000 crores spanning 16 states, 150 districts and City Gas Distribution (CGD) projects in six cities.
Iyer is currently Chairman of GAIL Gas Limited, Konkan LNG Limited, Mahanagar Gas Limited, GAIL Global (USA) Inc., GAIL Global (USA) LNG LLC, GAIL Global (Singapore) Pte. Limited, Central UP Gas Limited, Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited and Director of Petronet LNG Limited (PLL), China Gas Holdings Ltd. & ONGC Tripura Power Company Limited. He had earlier worked as Executive Director (Projects) with the company.
As a target oriented professional, he has consistently delivered results in Projects, Operations and Maintenance roles. He has been part of the core team of GAIL for implementation of various long term and short-term strategies in GAIL. Iyer was Director of Indradhanush Gas Grid Limited (IGGL) incorporated for implementation of North East Gas Grid. He has been associated with several non-core business areas like commissioning of the Dabhol LNG Terminal and implementation of 100 MW Wind power project, 5 MW Solar power projects and current thrust areas of City Gas Distribution (CGD) projects within short span of one year, the statement said.
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