Head - Policy Advocacy & CA

ORGANISATION CHART

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Accountabilities Key Performance Indicators

Developing Policy Advocacy & Corporate Affairs Strategy for Energy Business in co-ordination with Business Leaders & Group CA leaders

Develop PA & CA Strategies for addressing the Policy & Regulatory issues of the Energy Business in coordination with CEOs, CXOs & Business Chairman Office.

Jointly in discussion with senior members of Group Corporate Affairs finalise the Corporate Affairs Strategy for the Energy Business in sync with the Group CA Strategy.

Achieving desired outcomes in policy & regulatory domain for the Energy Business

Understanding regulatory and policy bottle necks and new developments impacting Energy Business and suggesting changes in the policy framework to overcome them.

In depth understanding of the Regulatory, policy issues in Energy Sector which adversely impact business outcomes and come out with solutions to address them.

Make presentations to Business Chairman, CEOs, CXOs, HODs on the suggested policy and regulators changes to overcome these bottlenecks and and refining these solutions with their inputs.

Representations to Regulators,Ministry Officials, Govt Officials on the suggested regulatory, policy changes and influence decisions.

Early warning, information to business about policy, regulatory developments , changes so that working jointly with business team, we can be put in a favourable position and can actively participate in such change instead of reacting to it

Achieving desired outcomes in policy & regulatory domain for the Energy Business

Policy Advocacy

Drive key advocacy initiatives with large and long-term impact to GMR Energy / industry interests

Get clear results from issues that are deeply affecting our businesses through various measures that suits Advocacy

Ensure with all data points and back-end documents to get favourable orders from CERC and APTEL, Ministries of Power, Coal, Environment, New & Renewable Energy etc

Drive the policy, regulatory, business and related advocacy matters of GMR Energy Group with government entities, regulatory bodies and / or private entities

Draft and submit focussed Presentations / notes / letters / papers to Ministries, Industry associations like APP, FICCI to ensure our long-term objectives are being considered in the Policies of the concerned Ministries.

No of initiatives

Results achieved

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES - Additional Details

Accountabilities Key Performance Indicators

Corporate Affairs

Identify, map and forge close relationship with key government officials and regulatory authorities who are crucial to achieve company s business objectives as also whose inputs provide critical insight to key developments, action being planned

Resolution of various pending, fresh regulatory, compliance, legal issues by effective representation, strong advocacy and smooth relationship management

Carry out the process of due diligence to proactively identify potential risk situations and ensure their timely and effective neutralization

Obtaining intelligence inputs on key actions of all major players,competitors in energy sector and their action, interest areas in terms of policy intervention , key issues affecting them all in a way to help business learn from the same, take proactive measures to address any impact as also measure performance against them in such areas

Quality of relationship

Compliance to meeting schedule

Risks identified and counter measure made

Supporting PPA Management Function for managing the receivables from DISCOMS

Support the PPA Management Team critically to realise the receivables due the business from different DISCOMs.

Develop effective relationship and operating procedure for effective interaction / intervention at discoms, state level for smooth & timely payment realisation

Realization of receivables as per timelines

EXTERNAL INTERACTIONS

Bureaucrats in the Ministries of : -

Central Electricity Authority (CEA)

Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC)

Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission (JERC)

Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (MoPNG)

Ministry of Power

Ministry of Coal

Ministry of New & Renewable Energy

Ministry of Environment & Forest

Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL)

Power Finance Corporation (PFC_

Rural Electricity Commission (REC)

Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL)

Ministry of Defense etc.

INTERNAL INTERACTIONS

GCM Office

BCM Office

SBUs. Heads / CXOs

FINANCIAL DIMENSIONS

Through Policy Advocacy measures more than INR 100 crores savings or improvement in revenue has been achieved in year 18-19 & 19-20 FYs

OTHER DIMENSIONS

Capability to work effectively with lean team is essential. Ability to influence non reporting relationships in the organization is a must.

Proven ability in developing & sustaining productive & mutually enriching relationships within & outside organization is a must for the incumbent.

EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS

BE / B.Tech from a reputed college. MBA will be an added advantage

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

20-25 years of experience in Power Sector with at least 8-10 years experience in Policy Advocacy / Regulatory / Business Development / Corporate Affairs.

Thorough knowledge of the energy sector and power business

Skills Required

Corporate Affairs, Relationship Management, Compliance, Networking, Analytical, Renewable Energy, Regulatory Compliance, Due Diligence, Petroleum