SAUGATA BASURAY

Career

Mr. Saugata Basuray started his career with Castrol India as a Management Trainee in 1999. He has 23+ years of rich experience in sales, marketing and business development. He has worked in four countries across two continents. Currently, Mr. Basuray heads the B2C sales channel at Castrol India and is responsible for executing a comprehensive transformation strategy to enable Castrol to increase its productivity by integrating digital systems & tools within the business, and position the business for future growth.

After joining Castrol, Mr. Basuray worked across diverse sales and category marketing roles in India. He also served as an Executive Assistant to the Managing Director of Castrol India & Regional Vice President, during which time he was involved in driving growth projects and negotiating complex and large scale commercial alliances.

After an assignment in the UK with the global marketing team, Mr. Basuray returned to India to lead sales for the B2B channel followed by a stint as the interim Head of Marketing for Castrol India and Saudi Arabia. Prior to his current role, Mr. Basuray served as the President Director of bp’s joint-venture lubricants operation in Indonesia.

Mr. Basuray holds an Engineering degree from the University of Pune and an MBA from Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune.