Koosum Kalyan
DIRECTOR
Management
Aker Solutions
Norway
Biography
Koosum Kalyan served as a Senior Business Development Manager of African Exploration Oil and Gas of Shell International Exploration from 2000 to 2008. Prior to joining Shell, Kalyan was Senior Economist at the Chamber of Mines of South Africa and was an economist at the Electricity Commission of Victoria Melbourne Australia. Kalyan graduated in Bcom Law and Honours in Economics at the University of Durban and completed the Senior Executive Management Program at the London Business School and the Leadership Management Program at the Shell Leadership Training Center. She serves as non-executive Chairman of EdgoMerap (Pty) Ltd. She currently serves on the following boards as non-executive director: Mobile Telephone Networks Holding (MTN Group Ltd), Standard Bank Group, South African Bank Note Company, Petmin Mining Ltd, and Alternate Director at Hayleys Energy Services (Sri Lanka), and AOS Orwell. Kalyan has also lectured on the Africa Program at Harvard Business School and Wharton Business School. Kaylan is a South African citizen. As of April 20, 2017, she holds no shares in the company and has no share options. She has been elected the period 2016-2018.
Research Interest
Business Management
