GAIL India Appoints Satish Kumar Sinha as Director (Finance) & CFO
Shri R.K. Jain ceased as Director (Finance) & CFO of GAIL India on July 1, 2026, due to superannuation. Shri Satish Kumar Sinha has been appointed as the new Director (Finance) & CFO, effective July 1, 2026. Shri Sinha brings over 30 years of experience in the oil and gas sector.
This is a standard management change due to retirement and appointment, which is a routine event for a company of this size and is unlikely to have a significant impact on the company's operations or stock price.
The announcement details a routine change in directorship due to superannuation and a subsequent appointment. It does not contain information that would positively or negatively impact the company's stock.
GAIL (India) Limited has announced a change in its directorship. Shri R.K. Jain has ceased to be the Director (Finance) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company effective July 1, 2026, upon his superannuation on June 30, 2026.
Concurrently, Shri Satish Kumar Sinha has assumed the charge as Additional Director of the Company, effective July 1, 2026, to hold the post of Director (Finance) & Chief Financial Officer. Shri Sinha is a Commerce Graduate and a qualified Cost and Management Accountant with over three decades of experience in the oil and gas sector. He joined GAIL in 1994 and has held various key finance positions. His expertise spans Corporate Finance, Accounts, Investor Relations, Taxation, Treasury, Project Evaluation, and Mergers & Acquisitions. He has also served on the boards of GAIL Global Singapore Pte Limited and GAIL Mangalore Petrochemicals Limited. The company has affirmed that Shri Satish Kumar Sinha is not debarred from holding the office of Director by any statutory authority and he does not have any inter-se relation with other Directors.
This disclosure is made in compliance with SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.
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