Who we are

Our History

Our core business is refining, logistics and sales; our assets and investments complement and enhance these activities. At the last count, we have 1250 employees in 11 offices across the world.

We are driven by the needs of our customers around the world and the desire to fuel their journeys. To this end, we utilise our global capabilities across our integrated midstream and downstream energy businesses – from retail to storage, aviation to wholesale, marine to bunkering and beyond.

The Prax Group refines and blends physical oil to regional, market and customer specification in strategically located terminals and warehouses around the world. We operate efficient, safe, and high-quality logistics, moving oil by barge, truck, rail, pipeline and vessel in support of our core activities and for third parties.

To make things simple for our customers, we segment our businesses into four distinct, but integrated, divisions:

The Prax Group’s downstream marketing and distribution businesses carry the Harvest Energy brand. Our midstream and upstream businesses, including refining, processing and blending, carry the Prax brand. The Group is collectively identified as the Prax Group.

The outer circle of the Prax logo is reminiscent of the globe and depicts endurance. The inner circle represents a bird’s eye view of an oil storage tank; this lean but incredibly strong structure epitomises the collective strength of the Group.
 The colour green suggests a connection to nature and the environment, while the name Prax is taken from the first initials of members of the founders’ families.

Axis Logistics is a seal of approval and a promise of quality and expertise. An axis is the invisible line around which an object rotates, much like the rotating elliptical circles of our logo, which symbolise the speed, power and innovation for which the company is renowned, serving the fast pace and demands of the changing energy industry. The colour green represents our commitment to minimising, as far as possible, our impact on the environment.

The concept behind the design of the Prax Foundation Roots logo is a tree, which has strong foundations and branches made up of the children in the charity’s care. The tree represents their personal growth, and the help and support they are offered in order to put down solid roots of their own. It is also reflective of the charity name, which stems from the fact that our trustees have roots in Sri Lanka.

Butterflies play a number of important roles in the ecosystem and from ancient times, the remarkable metamorphosis from chrysalis to butterfly has been used to illustrate rebirth and transformation. The Harvest Energy butterfly logo represents the continuous, steady evolution of the business and enhances its environmental credentials.

The Breeze logo depicts two leaves, used in different colourways – blue and green – representing the synergies between the brand and Harvest Energy. The leaves suggest a connection to nature and the environment, while the simplicity of the Breeze logo represents the ease and efficiency of using our facilities.

Where We Operate

The Group’s headquarters are located in London, United Kingdom. It also has an office in the outskirts of London situated in Weybridge, Surrey. The Group has main offices in Singapore and Houston. It also has branch offices in Albania, Belgium, China, Holland, India, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia and Sri Lanka.

Integrated Supply & Optimisation

The Group specialises in the integrated supply and optimisation of crude oil and a wide range of petroleum products, including diesel, fuel oil, gas, gasoline, gasoline components, Jet A1, Avgas and bio-fuels.

Outlets

The Group distributes its products through a global supply network, serving its customers in the retail, aviation, wholesale, fuel card, marine, haulage and government sectors.

Julian is CEO of the Natural Resources Global (NRG) Capital Group, and has spent over 30 years in the Natural Resources sector. His career spans Investment Banking, Management Consulting and Industry. During his career as an Investment Banker, Julian has advised on over 50 completed Acquisition and Divestment transactions in the Oil & Gas, Mining & Metals and Renewable Energy sectors, and he has developed a broad range of Equity, Debt and Structured financing experience.

Julian was Global Co-Head of Natural Resources Investment Banking for Barclays, responsible for the Mining & Metals, Oil & Gas and Chemicals businesses of the bank, and was a member of the Investment Bank’s Operating Committee in EMEA. Prior to that, Julian was Global Head of Energy Investment Banking for Citibank, where he worked in the Energy sector for 12 years.

Julian holds an MBA from the London Business School, a First-Class Honours Degree in Mining Geology from Imperial College, London, and is an Associate of the Royal School of Mines.

Mark was Executive Vice President of Vivo Energy plc, and Chairman of the Shell and Vivo Lubricants joint venture. Prior to that, he was Director of Corporate Affairs for the Vitol Group, and previously worked at BP plc for 27 years as Group Vice President in Communication and External Affairs. Under his direction, BP’s corporate brand expanded and a world class reputation was acquired in areas such as corporate social responsibility and environmental compliance. He is a trustee and board member of Macmillan Cancer Support.

Mark’s global experience working for multinational businesses operating throughout the US, Middle East, Africa, Asia and Europe, has equipped him with a broad geopolitical insight and significant knowledge of operating in diverse markets.

Mark holds a BA (Hons) Degree in Economics & Politics from the University of Durham.

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.

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.

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.

James has over 30 years’ experience in the energy and commodities sector, working in various trading management roles, and leading large, high performing global trading teams. Prior to joining the Prax Group, James worked at BP for 27 years, most recently as Strategic Trading Manager.  He has comprehensive knowledge of the international oil and commodities markets and a strong track record in delivering strategic growth across all areas of integrated supply and optimisation workstreams.

James holds an Honours degree in Chemical Engineering from Cambridge University.

Michael has over 20 years’ experience in the energy and commodities sector, gained first in investment banking at BNP Paribas before moving to senior positions in leading trading organisations such as Trafigura, Castleton Commodities, Gunvor and Pavilion Energy in business development, risk, trading and management.

Michael is a graduate from Harvard Business School Executive Education’s Advanced Management Program and holds a Master’s degree in International Project Management from Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris and a MSc in Building Engineering from Ecole Spéciale des Travaux Publics in Paris.

Charlton has over 30 years’ experience in the energy industry and is a well-respected leader with sound business judgement and a proven track record in strategic delivery.  Prior to joining the Prax Group, he was with Morgan Stanley Capital USA for 23 years, rising to Executive Director, followed by a senior trading position with Astra Oil USA.

Charlton holds an MBA from Texas A&M University and is a graduate of the United States Merchant Marine Academy.