Career Background

• Focus on specialty chemicals
• years of management experience across geographies including Bangladesh, France, India, Indonesia, UAE, USA, and Vietnam
• Expertise in joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, and divestments
• Focus sectors include chemicals, new energies, and oil and gas

Work Experience

• 2022-present: Convergent Finance, Operating Partner – Specialty Chemicals
• 2019-2020: Adnoc Distribution (UAE), Department Head, International Expansion
• 2014-2019: Angel investor (India)
• 2010-2014: Top1 Oil Products, Managing Director – New Ventures, (USA)
• 2008-2010: Total Group, Country Director & group representative (Vietnam)
• 2004-2008: Total Oil Indonesia, Managing Director & CEO
• 2002-2004: Total Bangladesh, Managing Director & CEO
• 1996-2002: Total International (France), Regional Manager, Middle East & Asia
• 1993-1996: Total India (formerly Elf), Vice President – Marketing & Development
• 1984-1992: Hindustan Petroleum, Senior Sales Engineer (Specialties)

Education

• 1982: Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology
• 2003: Advanced Finance for non-finance Executives, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan (Dhaka)
• 2005: Advanced Finance for non-finance Executives, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan (Hong Kong)