Lalit Kumar Gupta heads the downstream oil refining business of Essar Oil in India since December 2011. His diverse leadership experience in core sectors across energy (oil & gas), utilities (power) and steel has facilitated the company to see new elevations. His authoritative approach in the company witnessed the major optimisation in the refinery business, making Essar Oil a fully integrated oil & gas company of international scale.
Prior to joining Essar Group, he has held Board level positions as CEO and Joint Managing Director of JSW Energy. He was associated with Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals as Director-Finance. He has been instru¡mental to the company’s success working across all strategic business functions including international oil trading, finance, taxation, insurance, legal and commercial function. Gupta is a rank holder Chartered Accountant, a Company Secretary and holds a Bachelors Degree in Commerce (Gold Medallist), from Jiwaji University, Gwalior. He was recognised by CNBC TV18 as the Best Performing CFO in the Indian Oil & Gas sector in 2008-09.
Gupta has been recognised as a charismatic personality in every corporation he has work for. He is a true believer of innovation and encourages this entire team to travel the path revolution.
Apart from being completely devoted to his company, Gupta likes to spend his spare time with his family, reading books and travelling to exotic locations all around the world.
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