Essel Highways appoints Krishna Prakash Maheshwari as CEO

The country's largest integrated player in road and transport sector and part of Dr Subhash Chandra led diversified Essel conglomerate Essel Infraprojects Limited has announced the appointment of Krishna Prakash Maheshwari Chief Executive Officer of Essel Highways Limited.

Maheshwari will be leading the business development and operations strategy and initiatives for the road and transport businesses at Essel Infraprojects Ltd.

"Maheshwari's joining the company, clearly highlights EIL's commitment towards acquiring new talent across domain expertise. Maheshwari's proficiency and vision will further enhance the capabilities of the company for conceptualizing and executing the roads and transport projects in India," said Ashok Agarwal.

"The government's renewed focus on infrastructure in general and road sector in particular will ensure exciting times ahead for professionals like me. The Government's efforts to give fillip to infrastructure offers considerable growth potential for roads segment and at EIL our endeavor is to ensure that we work alongside with government to achieve its mission," said Maheshwari.

"Our focus remains on bringing change in the infrastructure sector by applying ground breaking efforts in driving complex and mega infrastructure projects through teamwork and immaculate planning," added Maheshwari.

He began his career with IFCI, the first Development Finance Institution in the country and handled all aspects of Project Finance across a wide gamut of industries.