Prior to becoming the Director Upstream, Rekha held several management positions within Staatsolie in the past 23 years. She started in 1999 with field development planning as a Geologist and moved to manage the Production Operations in 2006. The past 10 years she filled in the management roles of Production Manager, Exploration Manager, Exploration & Development Asset Manager, Production Asset Manager, Deputy Director Onshore Upstream (2020) and Director Upstream (Dec 2020- current).

Rekha holds an Executive MBA from the IMD Business School of Switzerland (EMBA), a master’s degree (MBA) in Management & Accounting from the Maastricht School of Management with specialization in Risk Management, a Postgraduate in Petroleum Technology, from the Technical University of Delft, Netherlands, and a bachelor’s degree in Geology from the Anton de Kom University of Suriname.