The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has picked Krishnakumar Gopalan for the post of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) at India’s second largest oil refining and marketing company Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL), the government’s head-hunter said on its website.
Krishnakumar is currently an Executive Director (other units) at the Mumbai headquartered company.
An electrical and electronics engineering graduate from the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli and a post-graduate in finance management from the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Krishnakumar joined BPCL as a management trainee in April 1987.
Krishnakumar was a Senior Manager (Loyalty Programmes), Deputy General Manager (Learning and Development), Chief General Manager (Marketing), Lubricants, Chief General Manager, HRD, Executive Director, HRD and Executive Director, Lubricants.
Krishnakumar was selected during interviews held on 12 December from a shortlist of six candidates, all from BPCL. The PESB selection will have to be ratified by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC).
