Adani Green Appoints Sangkaran Ratnam As Additional Director (Non-Executive)

Adani Green Appoints Sangkaran Ratnam As Its Additional Director (Non-Executive)

Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL) has appointed Sangkaran Ratnam as its Additional Director (Non-Executive, Nominee) with effect from October 23, 2023. The development came after it received a nomination letter from Total Energies Renewables and on the recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and the Board of Directors, the company’s latest filing to BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange) said. 

Ratnam has 18 years of international business career with projects in Africa, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and Europe. He joined TotalEnergies UK in Aberdeen in a commercial role. He had done his PhD in geotechnical engineering at Cambridge. He also holds a Master’s degree in geo-environmental engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He also holds a civil engineer degree from the Imperial College of London. 

During his earlier stints, the newly-appointed Additional Director has held various asset management functions, including leading major negotiations, following up challenging E&P assets (exploration LNG mega projects) and managing complex joint partnerships and government relations.

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“He worked on the Angola, Yemen, Ichthys & Gladstone (Australia), Bontang (Indonesia) and Brunei LNG projects in various capacities. He was most recently based in Papua New Guinea as Business Director responsible for the progress to Final Investment Decision (FID) of the multibillion-dollar Papua LNG project. Prior to Papua New Guinea, Dr. Ratnam was based in Paris, France, where he was Vice-President, Libya and then Project Director for New Business negotiations for TotalEnergies across the MENA region,” the filing from Adani Green said. 

His appointment is subject to shareholders’ approval using ordinary resolution. He is likely to hold the office up to the date of the following general meeting of the firm or three months.