MEA Global Trading
MEA Global Trading

The people who lead MEA.

Experienced leaders across trading, finance, legal, people and operations, based in Dubai and throughout the Group.

The MEA team in the Dubai office
People across the Group
500+
Countries: UAE, Nigeria, Niger
3
Group founded
2016
Offices: Dubai, Sharjah, Lagos, Niamey
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The people behind the Group

Led from Dubai, with management teams across Africa.

  1. Archit Jain

    Founder and Chief Executive Officer.

  2. Akele Amin

    Founder, Operations.

  3. Vinay Hans

    Chief Operating Officer.

    25+ years in refining, trading and shipping, including two decades at Reliance Industries. Chemical Engineering (Hons).

  4. Jai Kishan Maheshwari

    Group Chief Financial Officer.

    Chartered Accountant. Former Director and CFO of the Singapore trading arm of Reliance, a business with revenue above USD 10 billion.

  5. Nitesh Kumar

    Head of Trading.

    22 years in middle distillates, freight and project management, ~16 of them at Reliance. Built African wholesale businesses and leads a trading book from Dubai.

  6. Mahesh Assanand

    Head of Legal.

    Contracts, structuring, compliance and dispute resolution across the UAE, Nigeria and Niger.

  7. Nisha Parmani

    Group Head of Human Resources.

    Business partnering, organisation design and culture change across India, the Middle East, Asia and Europe.

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