Mr. Bindra has extensive executive experience with large international organizations in the USA, Australia and India and till recently was on the Supervisory Board of LyondellBasell, one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the world.
He has been the President of Chevron Global Manufacturing, managing its worldwide manufacturing operations, comprising of 20 refineries across the globe. Among the many successes of his 32-year career at Chevron, Mr. Bindra led an initiative to negotiate financing, design, and for construction of a critical pipeline to move crude oil from the Tengiz field in Kazakhstan to the Black Sea. Mr. Bindra brings extensive experience in research & development, refinery engineering & operations, project management, strategic planning and international business management.
He was the chairman of the University of Washington College of Engineering Visiting Committee from 2013 to 2017 and past vice chairman of the Association of Oil Pipe Lines. His past Board of Directors affiliations also include Edison International/Southern California Edison Company, WorleyParsons, Transocean, Caltex Australia Limited, GS Caltex (South Korea), Transfield Services Limited (Australia) along with Reliance Petroleum Limited and Larson & Toubro Limited.
In 2008, Mr. Bindra received the prestigious Diamond Award from the University Of Washington College Of Engineering’s in recognition of his career achievements. Mr. Bindra was named Distinguished Alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur in 2000. Mr Bindra has served as the Distinguished Honorary Professor at Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology in the past.
An Indian by birth, Mr. Bindra received his bachelor’s degree with distinction in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur in 1969 and a master’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Washington at Seattle in 1970. He earned a master’s degree in business administration with honors from St. Mary’s College in Moraga, California in 1979.
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