Charles Anthony Fountain
Executive Chairman
BSC, Economics & International Studies, Warwick University and MPhil, Economics, Oxford University.
Mr. Fountain has around 34 years of experience. Presently, he is the Non-Executive Director of ATCO Group. In his career span, he
has held various positions in British Petroleum, where he has worked for around 25 years. For a period of two years, he has also worked as a
CEO with Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and with Reliance Industries Limited for over 4 years as CEO Refinery & Marketing.
DIDIER CASIMIRO
Non-Executive Director
Graduated with distinction from Ghent University, Belgium, in 1991 and from Ghent University, Belgium/Lisbon University,
Portugal in 1992.
Mr. Casimiro has extensive experience in Refining and Petrochemicals Business of over 25 years. Since 1996 he held top management
positions at British Petroleum (BP) and thereafter at TNKBP since 2005. From May 2012 he worked as Vice President in Rosneft
Oil Company and from March 2013 as Vice President for Commerce and Logistics at Rosneft. His role enhanced since January
2015 as Vice President for Refining, Petrochemical, Commerce and Logistics at Rosneft. In June 2012 he joined as member of
the Management Board of Rosneft Oil Company.
JONATHAN KOLLEK
Non-Executive Director
B.Sc. in Economics and International Relations Mr. Kollek has over 35 years of experience in the oil industry.
As president of Trafigura Eurasia LLC, Moscow, he is responsible for Trafigura’s business development in all CIS countries. His
previous assignments boast of names like Marc Rich A.G. (now Glencore International), Projector SA and TNK-BP in which he held key
positions.
DEEPAK KAPOOR
Independent Director
B.Com, Chartered Accountant, Company Secretary and Member of Institute of Certified Fraud Examiners, USA.
Mr. Kapoor, former Chairman of PwC India, was associated with PwC for over 30 years and worked as its partner since 1991 and as its
Managing Director from 2007 to 2016. As member of PwC’s India Leadership Team, he handled various leadership roles, leading deals
and working in the Telecom, Entertainment and Media domain. Mr. Kapoor has extensive experience in Audit as well as Business
advisory function.
NAINA LAL KIDWAI
Independent Director
Bachelor of Arts in Economics (Honours); Master Degree in Business Administration.
Ms. Kidwai has rich experience in the Financial Services sector. She has been closely associated with large fund managers, MNCs
and Indian corporates. She has worked with PwC, ANZ Grindlays Bank PLC (Standard Chartered Bank), Morgan Stanley & HSBC.
She has overseen mergers and acquisitions of numerous entities. At present, she is Director of Max Financial Services Limited, Cipla
Limited, Larsen & Toubro Limited, Altico Capital India Limited, Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation, and LafargeHolcim Ltd.
ALEXEY KARAVAYKIN
Non-Executive Director
MSc (Diploma) from Moscow and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Mr. Karavaykin, an energy industry veteran, brings around 24 years of experience to the Nayara Energy Board. He presently functions
as Advisor to President-Director of Investment Analysis at Rosneft Oil Company. Previously, at TNK-BP as Senior Vice
President, he was in charge of planning and performance management and investment governance. Prior to that, he worked as a
Strategy and Management consultant at Bain & Company. In his career, Karavaykin has taken charge of capital planning, investment
committees, investment project assurance, investment efficiency tracking & analysis and monitoring of major projects.
CHIN HWEE TAN
Non-Executive Director
CFA, CA (Australia & Singapore) and Masters-Yale University, PG Harvard University.
Mr. Chin Hwee Tan has more than 23 years of rich experience in management and financial roles. He is currently working as Head of Asia
Pacific in Trafigura. Prior to joining Trafigura, he founded the Asia Operations of Apollo Global Management. In the past, he has held
the position of Managing Director at Hedge Fund Amaranth Advisors and been on the Advisory Board of Monetary Authority of
Singapore, Maritime Port Authority of Singapore and International Olympic Council.
KRZYSZTOF ZIELICKI
Non-Executive Director
BSc Maths, MSc Maths.
Mr. Zielicki has more than 37 years of experience in oil and gas industry. He has worked in senior positions in the upstream,
midstream and retail at BP, Rosneft and several other oil and gas companies. He has also acted as member and advisor to several
boards.
ALEXANDER ROMANOV
Non-Executive Director
Chemical Engineering Organic, Economics.
Mr. Romanov has more than 22 years of rich experience of working in oil and gas companies in refining and petrochemicals. He is currently
working as Vice President for Refining & Petrochemicals in Rosneft Oil Company. He was earlier associated with Saratov Oil
Refinery and Alliance Oil Company.
ALEXANDER BOGDASHIN
Non-Executive Director
Degree in Economics from Novosibirsk State University.
Mr. Bogdashin comes with 14 years of work experience, of which 12 years was in the field of corporate finance and asset management
(private equity, venture capital and liquid tradable securities). Currently, he is the Investment Director at United Capital
Partners (UCP). Prior to this, he was also member of the board of directors at Uralmash Drilling Equipment Holding (Russia) for
5+ years. Bogdashin’s key areas of expertise include business valuation and strategic management, capital markets, mergers &
acquisitions(M&A) and leveraged buyouts (LBO).
C MANOHARAN
Director & Head of Refinery
Chemical Engineer from Calicut University.
Mr. Manoharan joined Nayara Energy Limited in 2008 as the Head of Refinery and got elevated as a Board member in 2012. He
started his career in 1977 with Indian Oil Corporation Limited and handled several key positions at Gujarat and Panipat Refinery in
the field of Refining Operations, Maintenance, and Technical Services. He has also been a Board member and served as the Chairman of
Indian Oil Technologies Limited.
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