IndiGo names Vikram Singh Mehta as chairman

IndiGo, India’s largest airline, on Wednesday announced the appointment of Vikram Singh Mehta as chairman of the board.

Mehta has been a member of the board at InterGlobe Aviation Ltd, the company which operates IndiGo, since May 2022.

He succeeds Venkataramani Sumantran, who stepped down from the post after a five-year stint as a board member.

Shares of InterGlobe Aviation edged higher in intra-day trading on Wednesday.

Sumantran was appointed chairman of the board in May 2022 and post-covid, navigated the board during IndiGo’s recovery and growth over the past three years.

Mehta began his professional journey with the Indian Administrative Services (IAS) in 1978 and served for two years before moving on to explore opportunities in the corporate sector.

He is also chairman of public policy think tank Centre for Social and Economic Progress, and former executive chairman of Brookings India and Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution.

Mehta was earlier chairman at Shell group of companies in India and chief executive officer of Shell Markets and Shell Chemicals, Egypt.

He previously served on the boards of Colgate Palmolive (India) Ltd, Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd, and Larsen and Toubro Ltd.

A Mathematics graduate from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University, Mehta holds two master’s degrees–one from Oxford University in Politics and Economics, and the other in Energy Economics from Tufts University.