Essar Power appoints Sumant Nayak as General Counsel

NEW DELHI, Apr 17:  Essar Power, a subsidiary of the London-listed Essar Energy plc, has appointed Sumant Nayak as its General Counsel.
A Commerce & Law graduate, Nayak is a Company Secretary and Post Graduate Diploma in Cyber Laws & Management, the company said in a statement here. “In his new role, Nayak will report to the KVB Reddy, Director, Essar Power.”
Essar Power has an installed generation capacity of 3,910 MW, which is rising to 6,700 MW by March 2014.
Prior to this, Nayak has served as the Chief Legal Officer & Vice President of GMR Group. He has over 24 years of experience in handling Legal Affairs, Regulatory Functions, and Corporate Secretarial Functions. (PTI)