Mr. Vivek Rae, a former Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Government of India, served in the Indian Administrative Services for 38 years. During this period, he worked in diverse capacities under various Ministries including the Ministry of Defence and Finance and has acquired wide ranging experience cutting across social and economic sectors, including health, education, planning and finance. He superannuated as Petroleum Secretary to the Govt. of India in February 2014, during which period he also served as Chairman of the Board of Petronet LNG Ltd. and Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Ltd. in an ex-officio capacity. Subsequent to his retirement, Mr. Rae served as a whole-time member of the 7th Central Pay Commission from Feb 2014 to Nov 2015 and was on the Board of Indian Oil Corporation Limited as an Independent Director during 2017-18. Mr.Rae has been an invitee to the Prime Minister’s annual consultation with global experts on Oil & Gas, convened by NitiAyog during 2016-18.
Mr. Vivek Rae
Non-Executive Independent Director & Chairman
Ms. Sharmila H. Amin
Non-Executive Independent Director
Ms. Sharmila Amin is the South Asian Regional Director and Managing Director of Bertling Logistics. She is a Graduate in Commerce from the University of Mumbai. She also has a long list of additional qualifications that include Shipping Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and is a Customs License Holder (Rule 9), Mumbai. In her long career in Heavy Lift Projects Logistics, she has previously headed PAN projects / Oil & Gas for the South Asia Region as a part of the Panalpina Group. She has headed CRC’s Projects Division and also N.S. Guzder and Company’s Project Logistics Division.
Mrs. Bhavani Balasubramanian
Non-Executive Independent Director
Bhavani Balasubramanian, aged 64 years, is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and a member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.
She has been an Audit and Assurance Partner of Deloitte India and has 4 decades of experience in auditing a variety of clients, including listed companies and multinationals in different industries in India and abroad. Her audit experience relates to industries in IT and IT services, Energy, Manufacturing, Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals, Consumer business and Non-Banking Finance Companies. She has held national leadership positions in Deloitte India and has served extensively as a member in the firm’s international councils and working groups.
She has served as a member in the Auditing standards Board of the Institute of Chartered accountants of India for 8 years and been member of various committees for over 6 years.
She is a Strategic consultant in diversity and inclusion, engaging with corporates and is a leadership and diversity coach for senior and mid management professionals.
She is as an Independent Director on the Boards of public companies in India and serves on their various committees.
Mr.P.K.Borthakur brings in more than 43 years of rich & diverse experience from his illustrious career in ONGC, from where he retired as Director (Offshore). He has led multiple large onshore and offshore operations and projects. His wide technical expertise ranges from managing oil & gas operations, artificial lift, well completion, drilling, well control, reservoir management to processing and extraction of value-added petroleum products. He is a well-recognized and respected technical authority in the Oil and Gas Sector.
Mr. Pronip Kumar Borthakur
Non-Executive Independent Director
Mr. Ashok Kumar Goel
Non-Executive
Non-Independent Director
Mr. Ashok Kumar Goel is a serial entrepreneur with various businesses. Currently he is investing in different businesses of finance, manufacturing and start-ups focused more on ventures which have positive social and environmental impact. As Chairman, he oversees the management of EsselWorld, the largest amusement park in the country and Water Kingdom, one of the largest Theme Water Parks in Asia. An avid traveller and fuelled by his personal fervour for the amusement industry, he has visited almost every amusement park in the world. He was Chairman and Managing Director of Essel Propack Limited (now EPL Ltd) until 2019 when he divested his majority stake. He has successfully led the integration of a complex and diverse range of technologies and processes and achieved operational efficiencies and overall integration of different cultures and processes. Mr. Ashok Goel has been President of various Industry associations and serves on the Boards of listed and unlisted companies. He is actively associated with several educational, medical, social institutions & philanthropic causes.
Mr. Rohit Rajgopal Dhoot is the Managing Director of Dhoot Industrial Finance Limited since 1994 and has an opulent experience of more than 25 years. When qualified, he achieved the distinction of being one of the youngest Chartered Accountants in the country. He joined the management of Dhoot Industrial Finance Limited in 1988 as a director of the Company and was incharge of marketing and expansion of business. He has an all- encompassing background and experience in Finance, Banking, Mergers and Acquisitions, Strategic Planning, Restructuring Operations, Export Marketing, Trading and Logistics, International Business Relations and Collaborations & Joint Ventures.
Mr. Rohit Rajgopal Dhoot
Non-Executive
Non-Independent Director
Mr. Ramasamy Jeevanandam
Managing Director
Mr. Ramasamy Jeevanandam has an overall experience of more than 41 years in various aspects of finance, listing, funding, finalization of accounts and taxation of Upstream Oil & Gas industry in India. Before joining HOEC, he functioned as CFO & Director at Hardy Exploration & Production (India) Inc. He started his career with ONGC in 1982. He is a CPA (USA), CGMA (USA), Qualified Cost Accountant, Chartered Financial Analyst and Company Secretary with a bachelor’s degree in Law.
