Castrol India on Tuesday announced the appointment of Kartikeya Dube as a nominee director of the company. The appointment shall take effect on July 30, 2024, subject to the approval of shareholders of the company, as stated in a regulatory filing.
Dube, a Chartered Accountant and a Bachelor of Commerce from Sydenham College, has close to 30 years of diverse and rich experience in business, finance, governance, risk, M&A, fund raising, procurement, government affairs, etc., of which more than 21 years have been with bp.
He began his career with Arthur Andersen in 1994 before joining Ernst & Young in 2000. During his stints with these advisory firms, he advised several Fortune 500 multinational companies across sectors in areas like cross-border investment/transaction strategy and structures, regulatory framework, life cycle transactions, exchange control and investment regulations.
Further, Dube joined bp in 2003 and before moving into a leadership role with bp plc in London as Vice President of the investor relations team in 2023, he worked in various roles, including Tax Manager for Middle East and South Asia, Chief of Staff for Country Head and President of bp Singapore, Vice President and Regional Tax Director for bp in India, Middle East and South Asia, and CFO for Reliance BP Mobility Limited (Jiobp), a fuel and mobility JV between Reliance and bp.
In July 2024, Dube was appointed as Senior Vice President for bp's gas & low carbon business in India and would take over as Head of Country for bp in India in October 2024.
He is a Director on the boards of Reliance BP Mobility Ltd., India Gas Solution Ltd., and Bhavnagar Port Infrastructure Pvt Ltd and has chaired the fiscal affairs committee of the Association of Oil and Gas Operators of India.