Krishnakumar Gopalan becomes CMD at Bharat Petroleum Corporation
By MYBRANDBOOK
The appointment of Krishnakumar Gopalan as Chairman & Managing Director (C&MD), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd's (BPCL) has been approved by the board effective from today.
As per the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, the appointment is until Gopalan's superannuation or "until further orders".
In his 36 years of professional career in BPCL, he was responsible for many key positions across the Marketing and Human Resources functions with diverse leadership experience across business and functional domains.
Gopalan is an alumnus of the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli (formerly REC Trichy) with a degree in Electrical Engineering. He also holds a Master's degree in Financial management from the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management.
Gopalan succeeds Arun Kumar Singh. The latter retired as Chairman in October 2022.
Gopalan has developed and nurtured winning brands like Petro Card, SmartFleet Speed, In & Out, which have been significant contributors to BPCL's differentiated customer value proposition in the marketplace, reinforcing the Pure for Sure customer promise.
As the head of BPCL's Lubricants business, he spearheaded brand MAK's aggressive growth in the domestic and international markets, and in the expansion of the product portfolio to cover new and emerging industrial, agricultural, passenger and commercial vehicle segments. He also championed the expansion of the service dimension of the MAK brand - MAK Quik, for quick oil change for 2-wheelers which has since been adopted by millions of customers. As Executive Director (HRD), he was focused on major initiatives in the areas of Learning & Development and Talent management.
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