Prabhat Singh, currently the Director (Marketing) at GAIL (India) Ltd, has been named the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) importer Petronet LNG Ltd.

Singh, a civil engineer from Kanpur, has 35 years of experience in the hydrocarbon industry in both multinationals as well as public sector units.

His key positions prior to being appointed as Managing Director and CEO of Petronet include being the Director (Marketing) at GAIL (India) Ltd for the since February 2010. He was also the Chairman of Ratnagiri Gas and Power Private Ltd and Chairman of GAIL Global Singapore Pte Ltd.

Singh has also had leadership positions in British Gas, Engineers India Ltd and NTPC.

Commenting on his appointment, Singh said that he takes over at an ‘important time of transformation’ for the company.