Thangapandian Srinivasalu

Biography

 Mr. S. Thangapandian, Gulf Petrochem Group's Director is an oil and gas professional with around 35 years of experience in sales, marketing and trading of petroleum products in India and Nigeria with PSU, MNCs and Private sector companies in India. Before joining the Group, he was working at Essar Oil Limited as CEO – Marketing & IST. He established PetroFina in India and was part of the Team that launched Gulf oil in India post opening up of the market. As Head of Marketing & IST in Essar Oil, a fully integrated oil company, his responsibilities included,  ‘Retail sales', ‘Direct sales', Retail Network Expansion, Sourcing Crude, Trading of Petroleum Products, Supply& Distribution for the company in India and Kenya. He has been associated with Recruitment and training of the Teams for the last 20 years. Established Essar Oil Ltd as a ‘player' in FO, Bitumen, Petcoke and Sulfur in the Indian market successfully. He had placed Essar Oil as the largest active Private Retail Network in India. Having started his career with HPCL, he has also worked with National Oil Nigeria, Reliance Industries Ltd., TotalFinaELF and Gulf Oil India.Mr. S. Thangapandian, Gulf Petrochem Group's Director is an oil and gas professional with around 35 years of experience in sales, marketing and trading of petroleum products in India and Nigeria with PSU, MNCs and Private sector companies in India. Before joining the Group, he was working at Essar Oil Limited as CEO – Marketing & IST. He established PetroFina in India and was part of the Team that launched Gulf oil in India post opening up of the market. As Head of Marketing & IST in Essar Oil, a fully integrated oil company, his responsibilities included,  ‘Retail sales', ‘Direct sales', Retail Network Expansion, Sourcing Crude, Trading of Petroleum Products, Supply& Distribution for the company in India and Kenya. He has been associated with Recruitment and training of the Teams for the last 20 years. Established Essar Oil Ltd as a ‘player' in FO, Bitumen, Petcoke and Sulfur in the Indian market successfully. He had placed Essar Oil as the largest active Private Retail Network in India. Having started his career with HPCL, he has also worked with National Oil Nigeria, Reliance Industries Ltd., TotalFinaELF and Gulf Oil India.Mr. S. Thangapandian, Gulf Petrochem Group's Director is an oil and gas professional with around 35 years of experience in sales, marketing and trading of petroleum products in India and Nigeria with PSU, MNCs and Private sector companies in India. Before joining the Group, he was working at Essar Oil Limited as CEO – Marketing & IST. He established PetroFina in India and was part of the Team that launched Gulf oil in India post opening up of the market. As Head of Marketing & IST in Essar Oil, a fully integrated oil company, his responsibilities included,  ‘Retail sales', ‘Direct sales', Retail Network Expansion, Sourcing Crude, Trading of Petroleum Products, Supply& Distribution for the company in India and Kenya. He has been associated with Recruitment and training of the Teams for the last 20 years. Established Essar Oil Ltd as a ‘player' in FO, Bitumen, Petcoke and Sulfur in the Indian market successfully. He had placed Essar Oil as the largest active Private Retail Network in India. Having started his career with HPCL, he has also worked with National Oil Nigeria, Reliance Industries Ltd., TotalFinaELF and Gulf Oil India.Mr. S. Thangapandian, Gulf Petrochem Group's Director is an oil and gas professional with around 35 years of experience in sales, marketing and trading of petroleum products in India and Nigeria with PSU, MNCs and Private sector companies in India. Before joining the Group, he was working at Essar Oil Limited as CEO – Marketing & IST. He established PetroFina in India and was part of the Team that launched Gulf oil in India post opening up of the market. As Head of Marketing & IST in Essar Oil, a fully integrated oil company, his responsibilities included,  ‘Retail sales', ‘Direct sales', Retail Network Expansion, Sourcing Crude, Trading of Petroleum Products, Supply& Distribution for the company in India and Kenya. He has been associated with Recruitment and training of the Teams for the last 20 years. Established Essar Oil Ltd as a ‘player' in FO, Bitumen, Petcoke and Sulfur in the Indian market successfully. He had placed Essar Oil as the largest active Private Retail Network in India. Having started his career with HPCL, he has also worked with National Oil Nigeria, Reliance Industries Ltd., TotalFinaELF and Gulf Oil India.

Research Interest

 chemical engineering,petrochemicals, management etc.