Nakul Thakar

Background

About Nakul Thakar

I am an entrepreneurial, collaborative and results oriented professional having 10 years of diverse project management, commercial and technical experience in Petrochemicals R&D. I am inherently skilled at root cause analysis and strategic thinking thereby delivering value propositions leading to improved business performance. Core Competencies- Effective leadership demonstrated on numerous occasions by identifying improvement opportunities, soliciting support from stakeholders and driving projects to completion - Proven ability to apply strong analytical and problem solving skills in a broader (non R&D) environment - Self-starter with ability to influence stakeholders by effective communication and transform nebulous ideas into tangible results - Strong prioritization skills enabling delivery of multiple projects concurrently to deadlines - Recognized as an effective mentor and coach with all round approachability. Line management of a team of technicians and graduates - Deep technical expertise in scale-up of numerous petrochemical processes such as Fischer-Tropsch, zeolite catalyzed dehydration, zeolite catalyzed carbonylation and noble metal catalyzed hydrogenation chemistries -Keen follower of emerging trends in the oil and gas business and its imapct on global macro-economics