Surendra Gupta Appointed As Director and CFO at Amp Energy India

Amp Energy India, the fastest growing renewable energy power producer company, has appointed Surendra Gupta as the Director and Chief Financial Officer after Shyam Sharma. He will lead the company’s finance functions while its India expansion plans to create the first truly balanced renewable energy company, meant to serve both C&I and Utility customers through solar, wind, hybrid and storage assets.

Gupta stated, “I am very excited & delighted to be a part of the dynamic team at Amp Energy India. Amp has been growing at a rapid pace and has already made a name for itself in the diverse renewable energy market. The company is ready for its next level of growth and with my strong background in manufacturing, EPC contracting and Renewables sectors with a hands on rich and varied experience globally in raising Public/Private equity and large project funding, driving cross functional systems integrations and compliance processes, I expect to contribute my bit in this exciting and evolving growth story of Amp Energy India. As a part of this promising and visionary team at Amp, we hope to take the company to newer heights of growth in the coming years.”

Gupta has a successful track record of Strategic and Business Planning, Fund Raising (International & Domestic), Corporate Financial Management, Asset Management, Procurement and Mergers & Acquisition. He is a chartered accountant and has decades of experience in manufacturing, EPC contracting and Renewable Energy sectors in India and abroad. He has also been a part of Al Suwaidi Group, Samtel Colour, Fenner India, Birla Yamaha, HCL and Bharat Electronics Ltd.

Before this, Gupta was CFO at Azure Power. He lead the Finance function for the Company from beginning to it being the first Indian renewable IPP to be listed in the NYSE in the US. He also has experience in heading the asset management team. While at Azure, he played a major role in raising India’s first US$ 500 Million Green Bond, public equity of US$ 135 Million through a US IPO, follow on the offering of another US$ 185 Million and over US$ 1.5 Billion of project financing.

“I am very happy to welcome Surendra Gupta (SK) join our leadership team and look forward to adding hisguidance, skills and experience to our leadership team. He joins us at an important time when we are looking at major expansion across India in the renewable energy sector and will help steer the company for the next level of balanced, long term growth. He was instrumental in creating a major utility focused renewable IPP which will be very complimentary for us as we create a balanced IPP” said Mr. Pinaki Bhattacharyya, Amp Energy India–Co-Founder, MD &CEO.