LEADERSHIP
With an experienced team of industry leaders, Gentec is well poised to customise an energy solution that fits your needs
Asha Khilnani | Co-Founder & Finance Director
Asha has over 20 years of executive experience in the energy industry since co-founding Gentec in 1996. She has steered the company towards a strong financial position and most importantly a credible global EPC player.
She holds an MBA from Cleveland State University.
John Pilkington | Parts & After Sales Manager
John has headed the Gentec parts and after sales service since 2005. He holds over 30 years experience in this area and has developed strong strategic partnerships with critical suppliers to ensure our gas and power plants run smoothly all year round.
Balaji | Gentec India MD
Balaji heads Gentec India, which operates a world class fabrication and assembly facility as part of Gentec EPC’s vertically integrated structure, as well as a strong engineering and design team. Balaji holds over 25 years management experience in the power sector, including senior roles with Wartsila.
He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering and is a Certified Project Management Professional from PMI, USA.
Swapan Hazra | Chief Technical Consultant
Swapan has extensive Senior Management experience with nearly four decades in the Oil & Gas and Petrochemical industry. He has worked for numerous multinationals and public companies, including Kvaerner Powergas India, Engineers India, ICI India and Aegis Logistics Ltd, where he served as the CEO and MD. Swapan has also chaired various Government of India (GoI) and international Oil & Gas Boards such as The Business Led Network of Excellence Canada, the Safety Health and Environment Expert Committee of Indian Chemical Council, LNG & LPG Standard Committee of the NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) USA, Working Group Marine LNG Terminals and Port Safety of Society of International Gas Terminals and Tanker Operators of UK.
Swapan has been a key member of developing Gentec’s CNG and LNG capability, quick project execution and 100% safety record. Swapan holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT, Kharagpur) along with a postgraduate degree in both Design Engineering and Business Management.
V. Giri | Projects and Engineering Head
Giri heads the Project & Engineering team at Gentec. He brings over 20 years experience in this field to Gentec, having held senior engineering and management roles at Wartsila, and developed a range of power plants across the Middle East, Asia and Africa varying in scale from 2 MW to 117MW.
Giri is a graduate in Electrical Engineering and a Certified Project Management Professional from PMI, USA.
S. Rengarajan | Chief Electrical Engineer
Rengarajan holds over 44 years in the electrical design of power plants and other process industries. He is a specialist in EHV switchyards up to 400 KV, fault level study and relay co-ordination, broadening Gentec’s power capabilities.
He is also passionate about training younger Gentec engineers to bring new dynamism to the team.
Sridhar Gandham | Rental Head
Sridhar joined Gentec in 2002 and holds over 25 years energy experience. He now heads operations in Nigeria, leading the growth in Gentec’s Rental Department, which offers both short and long term fully outsourced power solutions that operate on gas and diesel generators for industries and large residential estates.
Sridhar holds a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from Osmania University, a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from National Institute of Technology and a Diploma in Management.
Numair Khan | Corporate Finance Manager
Numair holds over 10 years experience in Corporate Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Advisory & Equity Brokerage Research.
Prior to joining Gentec in 2018 and pursing his MBA degree, Numair worked for Dubai Islamic Bank in Dubai as a Analyst in their M&A unit and as a Research Analyst for a leading brokerage house in Pakistan. He has substantial experience in valuations, due diligence and fund raising at corporate & SPV level. Numair also takes an active lead in transaction structuring, project feasibility assessment, budgeting and financial monitoring & reporting (MIS) at Powergas.
He holds a undergraduate degree from University of Nottingham and a MBA degree from Aston University, United Kingdom.
Cheta Nwabuike | Company Secretary
Cheta holds over 15 years experience in Company Secretarial Practice, Corporate Governance and Statutory Compliance across the communications, manufacturing, oil, gas and power industries. She had worked with Flour Mills Nigeria, Danimex Nigeria, Industrial and General Insurance Group before joining Cummins & Powergas, where she heads the legal, secretarial and compliance arm of the Group.
Cheta is a Chartered Secretary and Administrator by profession having qualified from the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (U.K) in 2002, where she remains as a fellow. She holds a first class (Hons) B.Sc degree from the University of Lagos and an MBA from the Lagos State University.