Nisha Trivedi

Career

Nisha Trivedi is the CFO for Castrol Ltd. With over 20 years of experience in finance, supply chain, and trading across energy markets, Nisha Trivedi has built a career around driving commercial growth, transformative change, building high-performing teams, and delivering results in complex, high-stakes environments. Her leadership is defined by strategic thinking, innovation, and a deep commitment to inclusivity and diversity.

Nisha began her career journey in 2003 at bp, where she took on various roles in bp’s Trading & Shipping business, starting with commodity trading risk management in Chicago, U.S. Her ability to navigate market challenges and optimize risk strategies quickly led to leadership positions in financial and commercial roles across bp markets in U.S., U.K and Asia comprising of oil, biofuels and low carbon trading. Her strategic insights helped guide bp’s performance and growth target delivery during volatile market conditions.

Nisha’s recent roles include CFO for bp’s Trading & Shipping division in Singapore (2019–2021) where she oversaw finance operations across five regional offices in Asia Pacific, managing global and diverse teams. Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, she helped maintain robust gross margin delivery and advanced bp’s growth in key markets like China and Malaysia. Her leadership also drove the creation of a cost-efficient operations hub for trading business in Kuala Lumpur.

Prior to assuming the role of CFO for Castrol, she was the Vice President of Renewables supply chain & procurement at bp responsible for the design, development and execution of supply chain and procurement capabilities for offshore, onshore renewables and hydrogen. She has played a key role in executing major procurement deals for wind, solar, and hydrogen projects, building a team that’s grown six folds in last two years. Nisha’s leadership has consistently focused on creating a culture of inclusivity while fostering innovation and growth in a rapidly changing energy landscape.

Nisha holds a Bachelor of Science in finance from the University of Illinois and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Her leadership has earned her recognition, including being named to Financial Times’ Top 30 Future Leaders list (2019), receiving the NXTGen Future CFO Award (2023), and being a Fellow of the Forward Institute Fellowship program. Throughout her career, Nisha has proven that leadership is about more than delivering results; it’s about shaping the future, empowering others, and driving sustainable change.