Sashi Mukundan as Regional President and Head of Country, India, BP Group, leads the Upstream business in India, in addition to overseeing the wider operations of all BP Group companies in the country. He is a member of the BP Global Upstream Leadership team and also on the board of Castrol India Ltd.

Sashi was closely involved in forging the landmark partnership between BP and Reliance Industries Ltd. (one of India’s largest private companies) across the gas value chain, culminating in the largest foreign direct investment into India to date.

Sashi is the Chairman of the National Committee on Hydrocarbons of CII (Confederation of Indian Industry).

With over 34 years of experience in strategic planning, finance and commercial business development in a variety of assignments in the U.S. and Asia, he is currently responsible for strengthening BP’s portfolio in India.

Sashi holds a BS degree in Physics and an MBA in Marketing from Mumbai University. After completing his studies in India, he went to the U.S. and obtained an MBA in Finance.