An ICFAI Business School, Mumbai of the 2002 batch, Chandan Goswami is the Chief Strategy and Business Officer of PRESPL, a bio-energy leader which has equity investors such as Shell, Mitsui, SBI Neev and responsibility on its board. He has also co-founded CBEII, a leading bio-energy industry body apart from being on the board of a NBFC and other group companies. He has been a career finance professional after his PGDBA in Finance from the 2002 batch and has worked in Corporate and Investment Banking of several banks including BNP Paribas, Societe Generale, HDFC Bank, etc. managing complex transactions including acquisition finance, asset finance, etc.

over 15 years. He later transitioned into corporate finance with the Shapoorji Pallonji group where he headed Treasury and corporate finance for Sterling and Wilson group of companies also during the IPO of Sterling & Wilson Solar. He has tried his stint with entrepreneurship as well before joining the core team of PRESPL which has grown exponentially in this sunrise sector. At PRESPL, Chandan leads business development and also the strategy function which involves leading the company’s foray into newer applications of biomass-bioenergy but also bringing process efficiency in its current operations. His background of finance also makes him involved in taking care of the finance function of the company including equity and debt rounds thereby having a role to play in the overall management of the company and delivering value to its shareholders.