16 February 2009 - Pothen Paul, India Country Manager, Aker Solutions, has been awarded "Business Leader of the Year - Engineering Services"  by the Chemtech Foundation, India's process industry body. This award is in recognition of Paul's contribution to the engineering and construction (E&C) sector in India.

Pothen Paul has over 40 years of experience in organization management, operations management, construction management and plant design. During his terms as Operations Manager, Director Operations and Managing Director of Aker Solutions company Aker Powergas Pvt Ltd, he oversaw the development of a project management culture and organisational mind set, focused upon customer needs, high standards of quality and fast tracking of project execution. The resulting differentiation has made Aker Solutions' India operations the most sought after E&C service provider in India today. Currently, he is also the Executive Chairman of Aker Powergas Pvt Ltd, and the President of Aker Solutions' global process business. 

Pothen Paul has been the Chairman of Process Plant and Machinery Association of India, the national industry body of the E&C and Capital Goods sectors, and a member of the National Council of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), the largest industry body in India.

In 2006 Pothen Paul received the Leadership and Excellence award from Chemtech. 

Chemtech Foundation recognises exceptional contributions to Indian industry, R&D and the environment through the CHEMTECH-CEW Awards. Some prominent former recipients include Dhirubhai Ambani, Aditya Birla, Darbari Seth and Dr R A Mashelkar.

The Chemtech Foundation is one of India's leading industry associations and has served the Indian chemical and process industry since 1975. The awards were announced on 13 February at the CHEMTECH WORLD EXPO 2009 - the 24th in the Chemtech series of exhibitions.  

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Aker Solutions ASA, through its subsidiaries and affiliates ("Aker Solutions"), is a leading global provider of engineering and construction services, technology products and integrated solutions. Aker Solutions' business serves several industries, including oil & gas, refining & chemicals, mining & metals and power generation. The Aker Solutions group is organised in a number of separate legal entities. Aker Solutions is used as the common brand/trademark for most of these entities. 

Aker Solutions' parent company is Aker Solutions ASA.  Aker Solutions has aggregated annual revenues of approximately NOK 58 billion and employs approximately 26 000 people in about 30 countries.

Aker Solutions is part of Aker (www.akerasa.com), a group of premier companies with a focus on energy, maritime and marine resource industries. The Aker companies share a common set of values and a long tradition of industrial innovation. As an industrial owner controlling 40.27 percent of the shares in Aker Solutions through Aker Holding AS, Aker ASA takes an active role in the development of Aker Solutions.  

Aker Solutions' Process and Construction business area is a world leader in the project management, design and construction of major projects spanning refining, petrochemical processing, liquefied natural gas (LNG), metals and mining, power generation, nuclear clean-up, and acid plants.  From initial concept through technology development, process technology application, design, procurement, construction, commissioning, operations, maintenance, modification and decommissioning, we provide our customers with the full life cycle of services.  Process and Construction provides sound local expertise, combined with the depth and strength of global project operations.

 

Aker Powergas Pvt Ltd., part of the Process & Construction business area, has operations in Mumbai and Pune. With an engineering and management talent pool of 1 600 people, it services the Oil & Gas, Oil refineries, chemicals, petrochemicals and metals sectors, within India and in several other countries.

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