Nalin Kumar Sharma
VP - Asia, Middle East & Pacific, Ecoppia
Nalin has over 16 years of experience in energy sector. He has built solid track record of leadership success in Renewable Energy (Solar IPP, module manufacturing, Solar Thermal, EPC, automation & maintenance) and Oil & Gas sector with specialties in start-up, strategic planning, business development, operations, bidding and project management. He has extensive experience in Asia, The Middle East, Australia, and Sub-Saharan Africa regions.
He currently works in Ecoppia Scientific, a Tel Aviv Listed solar automation company as Vice President – Asia, Middle East and Pacific. He started the Asia operations and is responsible for P&L of the region (sales, operations & manufacturing). Ecoppia has over 16GW of signed order book and 3GW+ deployed projects across India and The Middle East.
Previously, Nalin held top management positions at some of the most renowned renewables companies. He was Head – Channel Partnership at SunEdison Asia & Sub-Saharan Africa, spearheaded channel strategy at Tata Power Solar (part of the $100 Billion Tata Group – solar module maker, EPC and developer) and more recently the Vice President- Solar at RattanIndia (NSE: RTNPOWER). He started his career with BPCL (NSE:BPCL), a Global Fortune 500 energy company, where he was responsible for annual revenues of $76 million.
Nalin holds a Bachelors in Technology from Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi and an MBA from Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.