VR Krishna Gupta named as Chairman of BPCL

November 4, 2022

VR Krishna Gupta named as Chairman of BPCL: State-run Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) on Tuesday said its Director (Finance) Vetsa Rama Krishna Gupta has taken up the additional charge of Chairman and Managing Director.

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Gupta’s elevation comes after Arun Kumar Singh superannuated as CMD on Monday, the oil marketing company said in a statement. According to Bharat Petroleum’s official statement, Gupta has an illustrious career spanning over 24 years at the company, in various Finance roles, V R K Gupta is Director (Finance) in the company and holds the additional charge of Director (HR).

How his experience helps BPCL?

Under his able leadership, BPCL expeditiously completed the integration of wholly-owned subsidiaries BORL and BGRL with BPCL, as well as smooth onboarding of employees of BORL and BGRL into the BPCL family.
He is currently a Board member in BPRL (Bharat Petro Resources Limited) and Fino Paytech Limited and was also a Board member in the recently amalgamated companies BORL (Bharat Oman Refineries Limited) & BGRL (Bharat Gas Resources Limited), as well as, MAFFL (Mumbai Aviation Fuel Farm Facility Private Limited).

Career of Vetsa Rama Krishna Gupta:

Gupta joined BPCL in August 1998 and has well-rounded experience across finance functions covering commercial finance, corporate accounts, risk management, business planning, budgeting, treasury operations. A big advocate of digitalisation, he envisions the massive-scale digital transformation being implemented at Bharat Petroleum as a far-reaching initiative that is reinforcing Trust, Convenience and Personalization for consumers and enhancing efficiencies and transparency in operations.