Sekhar Mahabhashyam

Senior Sustainability, ESG, and Governance professional with 30 years of multidisciplinary experience across consulting, industry, infrastructure, environmental regulation, and strategic advisory. Extensive expertise in Sustainability Reporting, climate disclosures, GHG accounting and verification, ESG Governance, Decarbonisation strategy, Enterprise Risk Management, and Regulatory Compliance. Experienced in preparing and reviewing sustainability disclosures aligned with GRI/TCFD, IFC Performance Standards, ISO 14064, ESG/BRSR frameworks, and IFRS S1 & S2 sustainability reporting principles.

Proven ability to design governance frameworks, implement reporting controls, validate quantitative climate metrics, and support Board-level sustainability decision-making. Strong stakeholder engagement capability across regulators, investors, auditors, consultants, and executive leadership teams, with demonstrated expertise in sustainability assurance, reporting integrity, and risk-based compliance management.

Freelance Advisory Services Provider - Freelance (DNV, BSCIC, BSJL Enviro Engr, GLG, Guidepoint Network, EWX, HCL, NPC)

(2024-06)

Providing Freelance Advisory Services to multiple organizations on various expertise areas

• ESG and Safety Advisory/Assessments
• ESG, GHG Inventory, Validation & Verification
• Hazardous Waste expertise
• ESG Governance & Energy Conservation in Hospitals, Steel Plant & Real Estate Projects
• Decarbonisation Road Map for an Integrated Cement Plant
• Environmental Audits, Water Audits
• ESG & BRSR 2024-25 & 2025-26 reporting
• Environmental Infrastructure Efficiency Studies
• RSCM, Advisory/Consulting with GRI Framework documentation
• Climate Risk Management, Sustainability reporting & Data Integrity
• Risk Management as per ISO 31000:2018

Vice President Business Development - Luthra Group LLP

(2022-11 - 2024-06)

Emerging Business Development

• Technical Studies in establishing feasibility of using Refuse Derived Fuel from Municipal Solid Waste as alternative to Solid Fossil Fuel in Boilers
• Helped Cement and Power Plant in meeting Statutory Thermal Substitution Ratio (TSR)
• Implemented Circularity project in Solid Waste Management Sector for C&D waste and Inert from Bio Mined Solid Waste in PPP mode

Vice President - Ecomen Laboratories Pvt Ltd

(2021-09 - 2022-11)

• EIA studies and Environmental Monitoring assignments
• Carbon Management Plan/Decarbonisation Plans
• Operational planning and financial management
• Business development
• Environment Impact Assessment Coordinator for Three Sectors under NABET Scheme
• Solid Waste Facilities, Hazardous Wastes and Ports & Harbour sectors

Techno Managerial Consultant - Freelance

(2019-12 - 2021-09)

Consultancy in Air & Noise and Water Treatment Plants

• Water Audits
• Proposing Technological improvements (Energy & Environment)
• Pollution Prevention
• Impact Assessments
• Strategies for Potential Savings
• Expert engagement to EMPRI (Under Govt of Karnataka)
• Principal Consultant to M/s East Coast Sustainability
• Principal Consultant to M/s n-Dimensional GIS Solutions
• Retainer to M/s AGP Karaikal LNG Pvt Ltd

Chief Executive Officer - Mother Earth Environ Tech Pvt Ltd

(2019-06 - 2019-11)

General Management, Management of Common Hazardous Wastes Facilities

• Business Development
• EHS and CSR reporting to Board
• Operational planning and financial management
• Business Expansion Plans

General Manager, Head of the Department of Environment, Health & Safety and CSR - Karaikal Port Pvt Ltd

(2011-09 - 2019-05)

Compliance of statutory needs. Auditing, Analysing and reporting on Environment & Social responsibility and business integrity

• Environment Management System development and implementation
• Environment & CSR Interface management
• Reporting to Investors (Jacob Ballas, Standard Chartered, IDFC, Ascent Capita)/Board
• Supported execution of ₹ 400 Crore mechanized coal handling infrastructure project
• Developed carbon footprint initiatives
• Developed energy conservation initiatives
• ESDD implementation as per IFC Performance Standards

President - GEPIL Recycling and Management Zone

(2009-11 - 2011-09)

Establish Waste Recycling Business in Industrial Zone

• Sourcing Best Available Waste Recycling Technologies
• Implementation of recycling technologies
• Operational planning and financial management
• Business Development

Head, SBU - Gujarat Enviro Protection & Infrastructure Ltd

(2007-12 - 2009-11)

Project Manager in establishing Common Hazardous Waste Management Facility

• Safe operations of facility
• Operational planning and financial management

Asst Director & Dy. Director, Environment Division - National Productivity Council

(1997-12 - 2004-08)

Consultancy & Training in Environmental Issues; Productivity Improvement

• Cleaner Production/Waste Minimisation in Highly Polluting Small and Medium Scale Enterprises
• Environmental Audits as Schedule I Auditor
• Environmental Monitoring and Analysis, Interpretation

Environmental Engineer - Central Pollution Control Board, Western Zonal Office - Vadodara

(2004-08 - 2007-09)

Statutory Authority responsibilities

• Adequacy & Efficacy of Pollution Control facilities assessment
• Environmental Monitoring and Analysis, Interpretation

Asst. Production Engineer - Rungta Irrigation Limited

(1993-01 - 1995-11)

Shop Floor Supervision

BE - Mechanical Engineering - Utkal University (1988-07 - 1992-06)

Post Graduate Diploma - Industrial Pollution Prevention & Control - Ambedkar Institute of Productivity, National Productivity Council (1995-12 - 1997-12)

Diploma - Industrial Safety - Annamalai University (1999-12)

Post Graduate Diploma - Environmental Law - NLSUI, Bangalore (2021-12)