Manka Khanna
NovoHydrogen
Chief Commercial Officer
Manka is the Chief Commercial Officer at NovoHydrogen. In this role she oversees all commercial activities of the organization, including sales, new markets, policy and compliance, and marketing. She joined Novo in 2022 as Chief of Staff and moved to her current role in 2023. Prior to joiing Novo, Manka worked for Shell for over a decade. She brings rich experience across strategy and competitive intelligence, business development and project development. As a business developer, she identified regional growth targets for Shell’s upstream business, and as a Strategic Relationship Manager, she was accountable for supporting Shell’s relationship with its high value partners and advising internal leadership on partner value proposition. She has led and actively contributed across a wide range of business and functional projects, including partner deep dives, new country entries, high capital project development and energy transition. She is passionate about sustainability, the scope for decarbonization, and the increasing role of renewable energy in our society. Manka has an MBA in Sustainability from the Yale School of Management. She also holds a Bachelors of Technology in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, India