Neeraj Agrawal is responsible for Crescent Petroleum’s finance and business development functions, building relationships with the investment and banking community and overseeing financings, mergers, and acquisitions. He is also the Chief Financial Officer and Board Member of Crescent Group.

Mr Agrawal’s achievements throughout his nearly four decades with Crescent Group include securing several financings from development and commercial banks and capital market transactions. He was instrumental in the successful formation and capitalization of Dana Gas PJSC in 2005, including the private placement and US$80 billion IPO on the Abu Dhabi exchange, the US$1.2 billion acquisition and financing of TSX-listed Centurion Energy International Inc., and the Middle East’s first forward-looking accelerated US$1 billion sukuk issued by an associate company in 2007, which received the 2013 ‘Restructuring Deal of the Year’ award in New York. He has also been prominent in various joint ventures within the international energy industry; including securing US$1.7 billion financing for Pearl Petroleum’s development of Kurdistan Region of Iraq gas resources through a MENA regional bank facility, EPC contractor facility, US Development Finance Corporation under a long-term finance agreement and a $ 350 million bond issue.

Prior to joining Crescent Petroleum in 1988, he worked as a management consultant at PwC and in audit and consultancy roles at Ernst & Young.

He is a member of the Indian Business and Professional Council and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

Mr Agrawal holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from the University of Delhi, India and is a Chartered Accountant.