Kartik Balasubramaniam
Power & Water
The move
MoveAl Batinah Power Company SAOG → TAQA Group
TitleDirector → Vice President
LocationUnited Arab Emirates → United Arab Emirates
Career arcRecent arrival
Cross-border moveNo — same country
Native languageEnglish, Tamil
Years in UAE15.7
Total experience32.0 years
TAQA Group headcount5,001-10,000 employees
TAQA Group industryOil and Gas
TAQA Group HQDhahran
TAQA Group founded2003
TAQA Group typePrivately Held
Career arc
- Vice PresidentJan 2022 — Present
TAQA Group· United Arab Emirates· Full-time - DirectorFeb 2021 — Jan 2022
Al Batinah Power Company SAOG
- DirectorOct 2018 — Jan 2022FFadhili Operations & Maintenance Company (FOMC)
- Head of Engineering and Technical SupportJan 2016 — Jan 2022
ENGIE· Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Vice President - Technical DevelopmentAug 2010 — Dec 2015
- Associate Vice PresidentApr 2008 — Aug 2010
Reliance Power· Navi Mumbai
- Associate General Manager2001 — 2008
GMR Energy
- Engineer1997 — 2001
Enron Intl. (Dabhol Power Company)
- Senior Engineer1995 — 1997
Essar Power· Hazira, Surat
- Engineer1993 — 1994
Consolidated Controls· Chennai
Education
- Jaigopal Garodia nationalHigh School1987 — 1989
- Bangalore UniversityB.E · Instrumentation Technology1989 — 1993
- Indian Institute of Management, CalcuttaEPBM · Business Management2005 — 2005
Languages
- English · Native or bilingual
- Tamil · Native or bilingual
- Hindi · Professional working
- Kannada · Elementary
Top skills
GasEPCCommissioningGas TurbinesContract ManagementPower Generation
About
Experienced power plant professional with a demonstrated history of working in the oil & energy industry. Technology agnostic, Skilled in thermal energy generation, renewables, desalination technologies. Strong technical professional with an Executive Program certification focused in Business Management from Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.