Appointments

The Board of ABB has unanimously appointed Björn Rosengren as Chief Executive Officer.

Rajesh Kumar Srivastava took charge as the new Director (Exploration) of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) on 2nd August.

Vikram Solar announced the appointment of Ravindra Anil Vaidya as the Vice President, Global Markets to spearhead the company’s growing presence in the international markets.

On his appointment as Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), Dr Nalin Shinghal, has assumed charge as CMD of one of India’s largest engineering and manufacturing enterprise of its kind.

Shyam Murari Choudhary is going to take over as Director (Finance) at South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) as his name has been recommended by the Public Enterprise Selection Board (PESB).

Indian Electrical & Electronics Manufacturers' Association (IEEMA), the apex association of the Indian electrical equipment manufacturing industry, elected R K Chugh as the President for 2019-20.

The Ministry of Power has extended the tenure of Ravi P Singh, Director (Personnel) as Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) POWERGRID for a period of six months w.e.f. 21.04.2019 or till the appointment of a regular incumbent.

Hammond Power Solutions (HPS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Markus Rocca as Director of Business Development, EMEA, effective from 3rd June 2019.

GE appointed Prashant Jain to lead GE Steam Power for the South Asia region.

Bureaucrat-turned politician and second time Lok Sabha member from Arrah in Bihar, Raj Kumar Singh is India’s Minister for Power and Renewable Energy.

R STAHL AG has appointed Thomas Wittek as Managing Director and board member of R STAHL Private Limited, India, effective from 1st March, 2019.

Ajay brings 39 years of rich experience in the energy sector and joined Vedanta in 2015 from Siemens where he was CEO - Energy for South Asia.

Prior to this appointment, Das was heading as Executive Director of various business verticals at BHEL’s industry sector that is responsible for carrying out the company’s diversification and growth initiatives.

Frost and Sullivan has appointed Sarwant Singh as the Regional Leader for Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA).

Lighting solutions company Lumileds, which is backed by Apollo Global Management, announced the appointment of Dr. Jonathan Rich as Chief Executive Officer.

Green Hippo has announced the appointment of David March as Head of Sales and Marketing.

Ministry of Power conveyed that the President has appointed Ghanshyam Prasad, Chief Engineer, Ministry of Power as Government Nominee Director on the Board of Directors of POWERGRID.

Manish will be responsible for overseeing the existing APAC business and designing and executing a growth strategy through new markets, products and business opportunities.

In his role, Sameer will strategise growth and expansion of iRAM Technologies across western and central India.

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Assembly selected Francesco La Camera to be the next Director-General of IRENA.