Cabinet appoints Thani as new managing director of Nepal Oil Corporation

The cabinet today appointed Umesh Prasad Thani as the managing director of the state oil monopoly.

Three candidates were shortlisted for the crucial post that has remained vacant for the past two months and the cabinet approved Thani as the new MD of Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC).

According to the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies (MoICS), the selection committee has yesterday recommended Umesh Prasad Thani, Chandika Prasad Bhatta and Jeevan Prakash Sitaula for the post of NOC chief to the cabinet.

In response to the public call two months ago, some 17 individuals had applied for the vacant position.

Thani, who is considered close to the Nepali Congress, has worked as a member of the board of directors of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) earlier.

Sitaula is a former director general of the Department of Industry, whereas Bhatta, who led NOC before Gopal Bahadur Khadka, is the chief of the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Authority at present.