"He will be driving the L&T Group's strategy of expanding its hydrocarbon business across geographies, particularly the Middle East. He has already been appointed to the Board of L&T as a Non-Executive Director," the company said in a statement.
Sarma will be based in the Middle East to enable close monitoring of key on-going projects and drive new business development.
Prior to joining L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering, he was the Managing Director of Petrofac - Onshore Engineering & Construction and was responsible for the company's onshore EPC projects worldwide.
"With his international experience, he will be at the forefront of leading L&T Hydrocarbon in becoming one of the best in class global companies offering comprehensive EPC solutions across the spectrum - upstream, mid and downstream and pipelines," L&T Group Executive Chairman A M Naik said.
