Nihal Sunil Mehendale

Project Leader / Program Manager: Product Development and its introduction in the Indian market

Strategy & Planning / EA to Head R&D-IND: Budget & Strategy, Organizational Communication, Reporting within the Technology Division

Pursued my passion of being self-employed in wildlife photography / tourism, Supported Family business of Investment Consultancy

Project Manager - Oil & Gas Engineering Consultancy (Mumbai):

- Led a team of 10 Lead Discipline Engineers to complete the FEED Report for World’s 1st Refinery Off-gas based Ethanol plant, LLI tendering, and +/- 10% Cost Estimate (MUSD 85)

- Strategy Report of a Petrochemical Complex of a US based Fortune 500 company

Sales, Strategy & Business Development – Oil & Gas Engineering Consultancy (Mumbai)

- Won the EPCM order for World’s first Ethanol Production Plant using refinery Off-Gas, as Key account manager for select PSUs

- Prepared Business Operations Review presentations and set up sales opportunity tracking and reporting system

Special Assignment:

- Proposal Manager for an ~USD 125Mn project tender in Central Asia

Boiler Factory Project manager (Surat)

- Led a team of 2 to plan and execute the fabrication of non-pressure parts and spare parts

- Plant MIS covering Production, Safety, Quality, Manpower and special projects

EA to Group Chairman, Mr. A.M. Naik (Mumbai)

- Handpicked among 10 other EAs to co-ordinate the interaction of the GEC with external agencies (State & Central Govt. / Foreign Govt. Representative Offices / Client CXOs / Business Periodicals)

- Assisted the GEC with strategic decision-making related to the Business Divisions (Power, Metals and Mineral Handling)

Executive Assistant to the CEO, Mr. J. P. Chalasani

- Setting, monitoring, & evaluating company and departmental level Annual Operating Plans (AOPs)

- Project Management of solar PV & CSP projects and coal mine development

- Co-ordinating Chairman reviews and Procurement Approvals

- Developing a 5 – year strategic business plan (including P&L, Balance Sheet, Debt Repayment, Cashflows, M-cap Scenario analysis)

- Program Management and Financial Modelling for the Due Diligence of Power Plants in a MUSD 1500 Acquisition opportunity

Sales & Marketing - Steam Turbines (Vadodara)

Increased market share by 12% by securing orders from Paper, Textile, Chemical and Metal & Mineral Industries in the 5-15MW range (the maximum single order value being 7 MUSD), while adhering to all internal compliances