Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Company has announced the appointment of Sandeep Mahawar as the Chief Commercial Officer of LNG Terminals & Logistics, AG&P Group

Mahawar has over 25 years of experience in the LNG and natural gas industries. He will be responsible for developing and optimising AG&P’s LNG and downstream projects, as well as driving market development strategies.

Previously, Mahawar was Senior Vice President and a member of the Senior Management team at Singapore LNG Corporation Pte Ltd SLNG, where he was primarily responsible for leading Singapore’s transformation into an LNG hub and ensuring energy security. Since joining SLNG in 2013, Mahawar has held management positions in the commercial, operations, finance, and strategy divisions, and has collaborated closely with the SLNG Board of Directors to align company strategy with business execution. Through Mahawar’s 9-year tenure, under his leadership, SLNG expanded its portfolio of infrastructure services and recorded significant growth in both revenue and operating profit since the start of commercial operations.

Previously, Mahawar worked for BG Group, a multinational oil and gas company headquartered in the United Kingdom that was acquired by Shell in 2014. For over 15 years, he was in charge of driving cross-functional projects such as M&A and global commercial and business expansions, and he worked in Asia, North America, Europe, and North Africa.

In 2016, the ASEAN Council of Petroleum ‘ASCOPE’ appointed Mahawar as Chairman of the ASEAN Gas Consultative Committee to represent Singapore, and from 2017 to 2020, he served as Vice Chairman of one of its subcommittees on Gas Advocacy. He was a member of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators and its Singapore Chapter Chairman. In 2021, Mahawar received the ‘Enterprise Singapore and Singapore Standards Council Commendation Award’ for his long-term, exceptional contributions to Singapore’s LNG sector.