Shamrendra has 20 years of experience in the oil & gas upstream business spanning time spent in India, North Sea and Egypt. He started his career as a Petroleum Engineer with Enron and then, following Enron’s acquisition by BG, the BG Group where he held various technical positions initially in India and then in the UK and Norway covering a range of E&P activities including working on offshore installations. Subsequently, he moved on to take several leadership positions in BG Group, first as Subsurface Manager for various assets in the Central and Southern North Sea areas, then as a Technical General Manager for BG Egypt, after which he moved on to become Vice President for Developments at BG India. Before joining Cheiron, he was the Asset Manager for Elgin hub and J Area assets in the North Sea for BG UK Upstream and took an active leadership role in developing a new target operating model implemented during the Shell / BG integration process. Shamrendra graduated with a Bachelor of Technology in Petroleum Engineering (Gold Medalist) from the Indian School of Mines Dhanbad in 1999.”