Dr Ratnam read engineering at Cambridge where he completed his PhD in Geotechnical Engineering. He also holds a master’s degree in Geo-Environmental Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT, USA) and a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering (first class) from the Imperial College in London. He has been with TotalEnergies in various international assignments since 2002.

Following an early engineering career outside TotalEnergies, he joined TotalEnergies UK in Aberdeen in a commercial role, before embarking on a 21-year international business career with resident assignments in Africa, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, and Europe. During this period, he held various asset management functions including leading major negotiations, following up challenging E&P assets (exploration, production, LNG mega projects) and managing complex joint venture partnerships and Government relations. He worked on the Angola, Yemen, Ichthys & Gladstone (Australia), Bontang (Indonesia) and Brunei LNG projects in various capacities. 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. Later, he was Business Director for Papua New Guinea responsible for the progress to Final Investment Decision (FID) of the multibillion-dollar Papua LNG project.

Presently, Dr Ratnam is serving as Country Chair for TotalEnergies in India as well as the Chairman and Managing Director of TotalEnergies Gas, Renewables and Power (GRP) branch

Mr Thibault Lesueur, a French national with a degree in Business Administration, serves as the Chairman & Managing Director of TotalEnergies Marketing India Private Limited and Vice-President, South Asia for the Marketing & Services division of TotalEnergies, based in Mumbai.

With a career spanning 27 years within TotalEnergies, Thibault has held leadership roles across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. He’s managed businesses in diverse sectors including fuel stations, lubricants, LPG, and general trade. He has also served as a Board Director for various TotalEnergies affiliates and joint ventures. Prior to his current position in India, Thibault served as the Managing Director for Lubricants at TotalEnergies Marketing in France, where he pioneered initiatives to build a circular economy for lubricants.

Mr Shailesh Haribhakti is a five-decade career Chartered and Cost Accountant, and a Certified Internal Auditor, Financial Planner & Fraud Examiner. He has been conferred with the Global Competent Boards Designation (GCB.D) by Competent Boards Inc. Canada. He has been awarded “Vivekananda Sustainability Award 2022” by Vivekananda Youth Connect Foundation. Presented with the honorary PhD title of “Doctor of Letters” by ITM University.

Mr Haribhakti actively promotes shared value creation and a green environment through his own enterprise, and his leadership roles as Chairman of the CSR / ESG / Sustainability committees of some of the Boards that he serves on. He has successfully established the concept of “Innovate to Zero” and technology enabling CSR / ESG / SUSTAINABILITY which is in alignment with the idea of making the impact of every intervention focussed, widespread, co-operative and far-reaching.

Mr Haribhakti has a passion for teaching, writing and public speaking. He was associated with the Indian Institute of Management (IIMA) as visiting faculty from 1981-83. He frequently contributes his views on public forums, to the press and to the electronic media.

He is Chairman of M/s. Shailesh Haribhakti & Associates, Chartered Accountants Firm and Vice Chairman of GOvEVA Consulting Pvt Ltd and also holds Chairmanship & Directorships in various reputed Public & Private companies.

Ms Gauri Trivedi holds a master’s degree in political science from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi, and an M. Phil (Soviet Studies), JNU, Delhi. She earned her Doctorate in Philosophy from Institute of Social & Economic Change, Bangalore and Institute of Development Studies, Mysore and completed PGPPM from Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore.

She has held several administrative posts in Karnataka including Assistant Commissioner, Joint Director (Commerce and Industry), Chief Secretary/Director Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Deputy Commissioner (Excise), Joint Registrar of Cooperative Societies. She has served as Managing Director of HESCOM, a power distribution company; Managing Director of the Karnataka State Food & Civil Supplies Corporation; Secretary to the Government in the Revenue Department of Karnataka; and Secretary to the Governor of Karnataka. She currently serves on the Board of companies such as Adani Airport Holdings, The Sandesh Group, Nikhil Adhesives and Bhaikaka University.

Mr Mukesh M. Shah, a Chartered Accountant with an M. Com. LL.B. and FCA as qualifications, is the Founder and Managing Partner of the firm Mukesh M. Shah & Co. and has more than 48 years of experience. Under his leadership, the firm has grown from proprietorship in 1978 to a team of more than 90 professionals operating across India.

He possesses extensive knowledge in diversified fields of Audit & Assurance, Tax & Regulatory matters, Transactions advisory services, Due Diligence, Corporate Restructuring including Mergers, De-mergers, Valuations, Acquisition and Sale, Project Finance, FEMA & Regulatory matters.

He serves as the Trustee of a leading educational institute that operates 5 colleges and imparts education to more than 6,500 students in Ahmedabad. He has also been a committee member of the Chartered Accountants Association, Ahmedabad and ITAT Bar Association, Ahmedabad.

Mr Suresh P. Manglani is an Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer of our Company. His career spans over three decades in the oil and gas industry, including around 17 years in British Gas and BP Plc joint ventures in India, in the area of midstream and downstream (CGD) businesses. He joined our Company as Chief Executive Officer in September 2018. He has previously been associated with GAIL for approximately five years followed by Mahanagar Gas Limited (a joint venture of British Gas (later Shell) and GAIL) for over 13 years. Subsequently, he was associated with Reliance Industries Limited for over 10 years, in the capacity of Senior Leader and Chief Financial Officer for refinery and marketing divisions (retail petroleum business). He has vast experience in handling P&L responsibility, city gas distribution and across the value chain of the gas business, petroleum retail and policy advocacy. He is a passionate professional on driving digitalisation and process transformations in every business he has been entrusted with in his career.

Mr Bharat Vasani is a seasoned legal professional with over 40 years of experience. He has a rich experience in large corporates and was the Chief Legal & Group General Counsel of the Tata Group for around 17 years and retired from the Group as the Legal Advisor to the Tata Group Chairman. He was also on the Board of several listed and unlisted companies of the Tata Group. He presently also serves as the Public Interest Director on the Board of Central Depository Services (India) Limited and an Independent Director of Phoenix ARC Private Limited.

In his long stint at senior management levels, Mr Vasani has successfully built and managed the in-house legal departments of large multinationals. He has steered several large and significant M&A transactions pursued by the Tata Group, including many successful cross-border deals. He has also successfully negotiated many joint ventures with various multinational conglomerates. Mr Vasani has also extensively advised on complex commercial transactions involving nuanced legal issues on various aspects such as the related party transactions (RPT) regime in India, new CSR regime, schemes of arrangement, M&A, joint ventures, etc. and has also extensively advised on aspects relating to inbound and outbound investments and securities law. Mr Vasani has a vast experience in advising clients on the SEBI LODR Regulations, including the recent amendments notified by SEBI.

Mr Vasani’s influence extends beyond corporate practice into public policy, where he is highly regarded in government and industry circles. As the Chairperson of Legal Affairs Committee at the Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, he has actively represented corporate interests before key regulators including the MCA, SEBI and RBI. His commitment to legal education and knowledge sharing is demonstrated through his participation in nearly 250 nationwide seminars, appearances on CNBC, and comprehensive training sessions for Board and Audit Committee members on corporate law and governance matters. He is a keen public speaker and was selected to speak on India’s Competition Act at the reputed Chatham House, London. He is a prolific writer and routinely shares his views on various contemporary aspects related to corporate governance, and other corporate law issues on different public fora. He was also a specialist editor of the 19^th Edition of A Ramaiya's celebrated commentary on the Companies Act.

Mr Vasani is presently a Senior Advisor – Corporate Laws at a leading law firm, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM). In his role at CAM, Mr Vasani has provided nuanced guidance to clients on strengthening their internal compliance, governance frameworks and advised on complex aspects of corporate and securities laws and crisis management. Mr Vasani has also authored more than 100 blogs on a diverse array of topics ranging from company law, SEBI Regulations, FEMA, and corporate governance.