It you look for a person who would most aptly fit into Bharat Petroleum's popular slogan-innovative, caring, reliable, there are chances you would bumped into Ashok Sinha, the Company's Chairman and Managing Director who is embodiment of all these virtues. Probably, it's the credibility and reliability that predominate his traits more than anything. As it's said - Credibility, good conscience and evidence of success comes only from hard work and past performances, Sinha's laurels speaks for his works, loud and clear.

A man who believes that persistent hard work and conviction is the key to success, Sinha has scaled the ladders of his career with doggedly adhering to time-tested virtues. Before Sinha was assigned the additional duties of BPCL's Chairman and Managing Director, he was the Director (Finance) and the very fact that he was chosen for the high post, speaks eloquently about his sincerity, motivation and the institutional growth he has been able to achieve over the period.

Known as a team leader and a man who is always ready to shoulder challenging responsibilities, Sinha has been instrumental in bringing up several structural changes within the company. He has helped the institution streamline its working in a far more transparent and efficient manner than it was earlier. He also played key roles in increasing the profitability of the company and expanding its area of influence. It goes without saying that it takes a person like Sinha's caliber to manage a mammoth organisation like the BPCL. Looking after an institution, which has 4,562 gas stations, 970 kerosene dealers, and 1,600 LPG distributors all over the country, is not a mean task.

The company, which processes petroleum and petroleum products and 260,000 barrels of crude per day, needs a person like Sinha's stature to steer it through the bottlenecks and strategic decisions. Sinha has been the force in ensuring the company's profitability and increasing the consumer base of the company. To facilitate its consumer and to ensure that the company is in steps with other oil majors in India, Sinha played pivotal role in launching plastic money, along with State Bank of India in partnership with MasterCard International. It is true-success is difficult to predict. But with a visionary and a leader like Sinha leading a team, no success can be too far for BPCL to achieve.