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Balwinder Singh Canth joins IndianOil Board as Director (Marketing)
New Delhi   08-Oct-2015


Mr. B. S. Canth, Director (Marketing)


Mr. B. S. Canth has been appointed as the Director (Marketing) of the oil major - Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL), with immediate effect. He succeeds Mr. M. Nene, who superannuated in December 2014. Prior to his appointment as Director (Marketing), Mr. Canth was Executive Director (Consumer Sales) at IndianOil’s Marketing Headquarters in Mumbai.

A graduate in commerce, Mr. Canth has a master’s degree in Personnel Management & Industrial Relations (PM&IR) from Punjab University and is an LLB from the prestigious Delhi University. With his in-depth knowledge of the Marketing Division and widespread exposure, Mr. Canth has represented the Corporation extensively at several international seminars and HR workshops.

Having joined IndianOil in 1983, Mr. Canth has handled a variety of portfolios, including varied assignments in Human Resources, Retail, Operations and Consumer Sales. He brings to the board his expertise as a business head of three geographically and culturally diverse and complex states – viz. Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh & Telangana. As State-in-Charge of IndianOil’s two largest State Offices, he was responsible for overseeing all POL business, including retail & direct sales, LPG, lube sales, operations, project management, planning, HRD, and Information Technology. He spearheaded the commissioning of India’s first Smart Terminal at Chittoor and the restructuring programme of the organisation in close coordination with McKinsey.

An avid golfer and a prolific reader, Mr. Canth is widely travelled. He has presented several papers in both domestic and international forums on diverse topics related to downstream business, HR and management.