Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Sanjeev is a highly respected entrepreneur who has more than 20 years’ experience in the energy industry. He has comprehensive knowledge of the international oil and commodities markets, and a proven track record in delivering strategic growth plans across all areas of the business.

Under his leadership, the Prax Group has evolved into an immensely successful integrated, multinational energy conglomerate. Sanjeev continues in his quest to seek durable growth for the Group and to position it at the forefront of global energy transition and sustainable innovation.

Sanjeev holds a BA Honours degree in Accounting and Finance with Computing from the University of Kent.

Chief Financial Officer

Ben has more than twenty years of investment banking experience, with a career focusing on debt structuring and debt capital markets across a wide range of industries and geographies. Ben previously acted as an independent consultant, assisting clients to access capital markets, with prior roles working in high yield bond and loan capital markets at RBS, in high yield capital markets at ABN AMRO, and in debt capital markets at ING. Ben most recently worked for the Prax Group as Global Head of Corporate Finance and Treasury.

Ben is a Member of the Board of Trustees for Koning Willem Fonds (The Netherlands Benevolent Society), a charity that works to alleviate poverty amongst Dutch nationals living in the UK.

He holds an MScBA degree in Business Administration from the University of Groningen in The Netherlands.

Chief Human Resources & Corporate Officer

Arani has overall responsibility for the Group’s Human Resources and has played a fundamental role in its development as the Group has grown. She oversees Human Resource strategy, policy-making processes and planning. In addition she directs employee recruitment, training and development programmes. She has more than 20 years’ relevant industry experience and is a Trustee of the Prax Foundation Roots.

Arani holds a BA Honours degree in Accounting and Finance from the University of Kent.

Chief Technology Officer

Miguel is a senior Information Technology leader with over 20 years’ experience driving strategy for business growth, and a proven track record of delivering change by building and managing high performing international teams.  Miguel has held senior positions in leading international companies such as TotalEnergies, Dun & Bradstreet and Accenture, and his industry expertise comprises energy markets and financial services.

Miguel holds a degree in Mathematics & Statistics from Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

Managing Director – Europe, Africa & Americas

Vladimir is a downstream energy specialist with 20 years’ broad experience in the industry. Prior to joining Prax, he previously worked for OMV – an Austrian multinational integrated oil, gas and petrochemical company – in a variety of roles, latterly as Managing Director and Trading Director of OMV Supply & Trading Ltd, London.

Responsible for overseeing the Prax Group’s activities across Europe, Africa and Americas, Vladimir has in-depth knowledge of the sector, and a proven track record of successfully driving profitability and growth across the downstream value chain.

Vladimir holds a Master’s degree in International Management from CEMS, and a Master’s degree in Business Administration & Management from Prague University of Economics and Business.

Managing Director – Middle East & Asia

Maarten has over 20 years’ experience as a senior banker in the financial sector covering oil and gas. Prior to joining the Prax Group, he held senior positions at companies including BritNRG, Lloyds Banking Group and BNP Paribas. With significant sector-specific knowledge, over the course of his career, Maarten has gained vast experience in high value transactions, banking products, business development, finance and working capital solutions. His global experience of working for multinational businesses operating throughout the US, Middle East, Africa, Asia and Europe has equipped him with a broad insight and a wealth of knowledge of the energy industry.

Maarten holds an LLM Master of Law degree from the University of Amsterdam.