Energy Efficiency Services (EESL), a joint venture of PSUs under the Ministry of Power, has appointed Rajat Sud as new managing director. Sud takes over from S Gopal, director (commercial), who had taken on the additional charge of interim MD.
Sud is an energy sector veteran, with 29 years of industry experience. His repertoire encompasses energy sector restructuring, business strategy, performance improvement and acquisitions. He also has several notable accomplishments, in securing international consulting engagements, building teams and businesses, driving innovative solutions growth, policy formulation and reforms in the Indian power sector, where he played a lead role in unbundling of the state-owned utilities.
Saurabh Kumar, EVC, EESL, said, “Rajat has considerable experience in the energy sector and his exhaustive domain knowledge and vision will enable EESL in setting new benchmarks in the energy efficiency space. I look forward to working closely with him to drive transformative energy efficiency programmes.”
Before joining EESL, Sud served as executive VP at Sterlite Power Transmission, and has also served in leadership positions at Siemens IT Solutions (SISL) and PwC.