IOCL gets new Marketing Director
Chennai   07-Oct-2011

Makarand Nene has been appointed as the new Director-Marketing of the IndianOil (IOC), with immediate effect. He takes over from GC Daga, who superannuated in September 2011.

Nene has also been appointed Chairman of IOC’s subsidiary – Lanka IOC (LIOC) in Sri Lanka, IOC’s joint venture companies - IndianOil Petronas Pvt. Ltd. (IPPL) and IndianOil Skytanking Ltd. (IOSL) respectively. Prior to his current post, Nene was Executive Director (Supplies) at IOC’s Marketing headquarters in Mumbai.

A mechanical engineer by profession, Nene has over 33 years of experience in the downstream petroleum business. After joining the IOC in 1978, he held several key positions and handled varied assignments in core business functions such as LPG, Supply & Distribution (S&D), Operations, Shipping, Commercial and so on.

As head of Operations and S&D, Nene piloted the introduction of Euro-III and Euro-IV green fuels through IOC’s countrywide marketing network.

Among his many achievements, Nene has presented several papers in both domestic and international forums.