by Suman Gupta
Mumbai, November, 2017: Mr. Goutam Ghosh has been appointed as Technical Director-Mahanagar Gas Limited from November 20, 2017.
Mr. Ghosh has held operational and strategic roles in offshore exploration, development & production in national and international companies viz., ONGC, TOTAL, TATA, ARCO, BG and Shell. In a career spanning over 35 years, he has worked and lived in India, USA, France and UK and has successfully led multinational teams in large operated ventures to deliver as per global standards.
Before taking over his current role in MGL, he was Head, HSSE & Assurance, BGEPIL (a part of the Royal Dutch Shell plc group of companies) and a member of the Asset Leadership Team of BGEPIL since 2011. Apart from leading the HSSE and Engineering functions in BGEPIL, he was also the Shell HSSE Focal Point for all Integrated Gas Ventures of Shell in India.
Mr. Goutam Ghosh is a Post-graduate from Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad and earned a Diploma in Management from Chartered Management Institute, UK. He has also attended Global Advanced Management Programme by ISB/ Kellogg School of Management. A trained Shell Safety Leadership Coach, and Shell HSSE & Social Performance Control Framework Auditor, he is affiliated to the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) USA.