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COMPOSITION OF BOARD
OF MAHANAGAR GAS LIMITED MUMBAI
Dr UPENDRA DUTTA CHOUBEY, Chairman
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Dr Choubey, aged 58 years, has done M.Sc (Chemistry) in the
year 1971. He has also got Ph.D. in Hydrocarbon derived from coal and
petroleum. Further, Dr Choubey has done MBA in Marketing in the year 1981 and
Bachelor of Law from the University of Delhi in 1993.
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Dr Choubey has got over 34 years of experience in Energy Sector
particularly in Natural Gas and also in Fertilizers and Chemicals.
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Presently, Dr Choubey is the Chairman & Managing Director of GAIL (India)
Limited w.e.f. February 01, 2007. Dr. Choubey is also the Chairman of M/s.
Tripura Natural Gas Company Limited, Brahmaputra Cracker & Polymer Limited
and M/s. Indraprastha Gas Limited. Dr. Choubey is also the Director of M/s.
Petronet LNG Limited and M/s. Shell CNG, Egypt.
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Dr Choubey has authored a book titled 'A Text Book on Natural
Gas'.
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Mr KAPIL GARG, Director
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Mr Kapil Garg, Managing Director, BG India, has been appointed as Non Executive
Director on the Board effective from November 13, 2007.
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Mr Kapil Garg, aged 41 years, is Managing Director, BG India and is responsible
for both upstream / downstream business of BG in India which also includes
India's largest downstream company, Gujarat Gas Company Limited.
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Mr Garg began his career with the Oil and Natural Gas
Corporation (ONGC) in Operations. In 1995, he joined Enron Oil and Gas India
Limited (EOGIL) and led the field operations team.
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Mr Kapil Garg joined BG as Director Operations and Development for Panna Mukta
and Tapti Fields when the BG Group acquired EOGIL in 2002. In 2004, he was
promoted to the Technical Director in BG Group for the Asia and Middle East
region working in the U.K. Thereafter, he returned to India to take up the
position of Managing Director of BG Exploration & Production India Limited
in January 2005.
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Mr Kapil Garg holds a Master degree in Chemical Engineering
from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee.
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Mr VINAY BANSAL, IAS, Director
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Mr Vinay Bansal has been appointed as
an Independent Non-Executive Director. |
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Mr Vinay Bansal aged
62 years have had an illustrious career. He is an IAS, Maharashtra Cadre, 1969
batch. Mr. Bansal had occupied several positions of eminence both at the State
and Central Level. As the Principal Secretary, Industry, a role which he
undertook twice in his career he was involved in drafting and implementing the
industrial policy of Maharashtra.He has also been the Chairman of
MSEB.
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Mr Bansal was then
posted as Additional Secretary in Government of India in the Department of
Commerce. On promotion as Secretary in Government of India, Mr Bansal was
appointed as Chairman, National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority, a Regulatory
Authority under the Department of Chemicals, which fixes and enforces prices of
selected bulk drugs and medicines. Mr Vinay Bansal has been the Director on the
Board of MGL for a short period in the past.
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Mr Vinay Bansal has been a rank holder
in First Division throughout academically.
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Dr BASUDEB SEN, Director
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Dr Basudeb Sen has been appointed as
an Independent Non-Executive Director.
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Dr Sen,
aged 59 years, has over 32 years of executive management experience in
different areas of commercial, development and investment banking and portfolio
management. He has served as Chairman and Managing Director of the Industrial
Investment Bank of India Limited and Executive Director of the Unit Trust of
India. Dr Sen has served on various Committees set up by SEBI, RBI and domestic
financial institutions and industry associations.
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He is
currently non-executive and Independent Director on the Boards of ITC Ltd,
South Asian Petrochem Ltd, Gujarat NRE Coke Ltd, Sumedha Fiscal Services Ltd
and SREI Venture Capital Limited. He has earlier served on the Boards of
several companies including CESC and L & T Ltd.
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Dr Basudeb Sen is an
M.A. in Economics from Calcutta University and a Ph.D. from Indian Statistical
Institute, besides being an alumnus of the Harvard Business School, USA.
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Mr R.K. GOEL, Director
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Mr R.K. Goel, aged
56 years, is a graduate in Commerce and a Fellow Member of the Indian Institute
of Chartered Accountants of India. Mr Goel brings with him an experience of
over 30 years in the area of Financial Management by serving major Oil and Gas
companies of India.
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Mr R.K.Goel is
Director(Finance) of GAIL (India) limited.Before joining GAIL(India) Limited,
Mr Goel has served for almost a decade in another Navratna Oil giant, Indian
Oil Corporation Ltd. Mr. R.K.Goel has an in-depth knowledge of the entire gamut
of financial aspects; contractual and commercial issues; analytical &
practical approach to issues for taking quick and prudent decisions. Under his
dynamic leadership, various initiatives have been taken in GAIL for financial
reengineering by bringing down the weighted average cost of capital, debt
service burden and average rate of interest of the existing portfolio. He has
rich experience in the area of project evaluation and financial appraisal of
projects.
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Mr R.K.Goel is Chairman of Ratnagiri Gas and Power Pvt. Ltd., a
joint venture of GAIL, NTPC and IDBI led lenders.He is also on the Boards of
China Gas Holdings limited, China, GAIL Global (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore
and Brahmaputra cracker and Polymer Ltd., Guwahati.
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Mr JAINENDAR KUMAR JAIN, Director
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Mr Jainendar Kumar
Jain, has been appointed as an independent Non-Executive Director effective
from January 02, 2008.
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Mr Jain, aged 62
years, who is an Ex-Director(Finance) of GAIL (India) limited, is a Chartered
Accountant and fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of
India. He has a total experience of thirty two years in various Organizations
in different capacities of Finance funtion. Mr. Jain was Director (Finance) in
GAIL from 1996 to 2005. He was GAIL Nominee Director on the Board of Mahanagar
Gas Limited from January 1998 to August 2003.He has been on the Board of
Indraprastha Gas Limited besides various other companies in the past.
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Currently, Mr. J.K.Jain is a Nominee Director on behalf of a
Bank on the Board of M/s English India Clays Limited, M/s Jamna Auto Industries
Limited and M/s Simbhaoli Sugars Limited. Mr. J.K. Jain has extensive
experience in the areas of Finance, Investment, Funding, Compliance, Corporate
Governance, Risk Management etc.
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Ms CHRISTINE ANN McNAMARA, Director
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Ms Christine Ann McNamara, aged 48
years, is Finance Director in BG India. Ms McNamara is BCom (Hons) ACMA.
She has a total of 25 years of experience with over 15 years of extensive
international experience in world leading energy FTSE 100 blue chip companies
with a proven international track record in positions of Country Manager,
Regional Financial Controller, Corporate Finance Manager, Project Manager and
Finance Director
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She has worked with PowerGen plc, formerly a FTSE 100
electricty and gas generation company from 1991 to 1999 and held various senior
finance positions of financial controllership in their overseas territories. In
2000 she took up the position of Corporate Finance Manager within National Grid
plc covering international investments spanning Latin America to the UK.
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In 2003 she joined BG Group plc as Finance and Country Manager
for their Kazakhstan business and in 2005 moved to the position of Finance
Director of BG Exploration & Production india Limited.
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Mr PRAFULLA KUMAR GUPTA, Managing Director
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Mr Prafulla Kumar Gupta, aged 47 years, graduated in Mechanical
Engineering in 1982. Mr Gupta has a rich experience of more than 25 years in
Hydrocarbon Industry. He has worked in Indian Oil Corporation Limited and Oil
and Natural Gas Corporation Limited.
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Mr Prafulla Kumar
Gupta, prior to his secondment to MGL, was a Zonal General Manager in GAIL,
Mumbai. In GAIL, Mr. Gupta was associated with the construction, commissioning
and operation and maintenance of India's first cross-country HVJ gas pipeline.
Thereafter, he contributed in commissioning and operation and maintenance of
LPG extraction facility at Vijaipur. He was the In-charge of Corporate O&M
Control Room at Delhi before moving to the arena of Corporate Governance by
assisting Director (Projects) of GAIL where he handled variety of proposals
covering entire spectrum of the organization including Projects, O&M,
Marketing, Business Development, Finance etc.
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As Zonal Manager at GAIL, Mumbai,
Mr. Gupta had been looking after GAIL's marketing activities in the fields of
natural gas, petrochemicals, liquid hydrocarbons and bandwidth in entire
Maharashtra and Goa.
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Mr WILLIAM ALLAN PERRIN, Technical Director
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Mr. William Allan Perrin, aged 57 years, prior to joining MGL,
was a HSSE Manager in BG Algeria in December 2006.
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Mr.Allan started his career with British Gas in August 1967 and
held a series of Engineering Management Posts.
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From May 2006 to December 2006, Mr Allan was Director Technical
Services Downstream - BG India and was the custodian of BG India downstream
Asset Integrity plans to ensure compliance with international standards and BG
Groups requirements. From November 2002 to April 2006, he was appointed as
Director Technical of M/s Gujarat Gas Company Limited, India (BG Group) and
was, interalia, responsible for setting policy, strategy and ensure high
performance in HSSE, Asset Integrity, Operations and construction activities of
the Company and to achieve volumes, PBIT and ROACE targets set by the
Shareholders.
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Mr Allan has a degree in Gas Engineering and is a UK Chartered
Engineer. he has been, among others, Past Chairman of the Institution of Gas
Engineers, UK SW.
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