Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) appointed G Krishnakumar, presently serving as Executive Director, as Chairman and Managing Director of the company. Krishnakumar replaces Arun Kumar Singh, who retired as Chairman in October 2022. After Arun Kumar Singh’s retirement, BPCL’s Director (Finance) Vetsa Ramakrishna Gupta took over the additional charge of CMD.
A company statement on Friday said Krishnakumar has taken over as the Chairman and Managing Director of the company.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas to appoint Mr. Krishnakumar to the post of CMD till April 2025 or until any further notice, whichever is earlier
Government headhunter, the Public Enterprise Selection Board (PESB) had, in December last year, picked up Krishnakumar over company’s Director (Finance) Vetsa Ramakrishna Gupta,
Director (Refineries) S Khanna, and Director (Marketing) Sukhmal Kumar Jain.
