Chennai: Wholly owned subsidiary of Indian Oil, Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd (CPCL) on Friday announced that Indian Oil's Executive Director (Refineries) Arvind Kumar assumed charge as CPCL MD on Friday. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) had approved the appointment of Kumar as MD of CPCL on August 23. According to an order from the Personnel Ministry, Kumar has been appointed to the post for a period of five years with effect from the date of his assumption of charge of the post, or till the date of his superannuation, or until further orders, whichever is the earlier.

Kumar who holds a Masters degree in business administration with a specialization in operations management joined IOCL in October 1990 and has held various responsibilities in the areas of engineering, project management, material and contract management among others.

Prior to taking up the new role, he was serving IndianOil as Executive Director at the Refineries headquarters in New Delhi for Refineries division handling mega projects, the statement added.

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