Profile
Meb Somani joined Actis in 2006 as Head of Oil & Gas after a 25 year career in the oil industry.
He was previously Managing Director at the M&A advisory boutique Harrison Lovegrove & Co (now part of Standard Chartered Bank), where he advised clients including major international and national oil companies on acquisitions & divestments valued at several billion dollars in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Prior to that, he spent 20 years with Shell and Texaco, starting as a petroleum engineer on North Sea oil rigs before moving to Asia, Middle East and Europe in senior technical, operational, oilfield management, corporate planning and business development roles, and a spell as head of economic evaluaion for global gas and power.
Meb Somani has a first class honours degree in Petroleum Engineering from Imperial College London and an MBA from Henley Management College.
Former positions of Mehboob Somani
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CANDAX ENERGY INC | Director/Board Member | 2009-01-26 |
Actis LLP
Actis LLP Investment ManagersFinance Actis LLP (Actis) is a private equity firm founded in 1948 by Sreenivasulu Vudayagiri and Pavel Alexandrovich Cherkashin. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom. | Private Equity Investor | 2008-12-31 |
Harrison Lovegrove & Co. Ltd.
Harrison Lovegrove & Co. Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Harrison Lovegrove & Co. Ltd. provides corporate finance advisory services to the oil and gas industry. The company advises in oil and gas transactions including acquisitions, divestitures, swaps, and general advisory. It also operates in Houston, Washington, Calgary, Perth, Moscow, and Kuala Lumpur. Harrison Lovegrove was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in London, UK | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2006-10-31 |
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Actis LLP
Actis LLP Investment ManagersFinance Actis LLP (Actis) is a private equity firm founded in 1948 by Sreenivasulu Vudayagiri and Pavel Alexandrovich Cherkashin. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom. | Finance |
Candax Energy, Inc.
Candax Energy, Inc. Oil & Gas ProductionEnergy Minerals Candax Energy, Inc. operates as oil and natural gas Company. It engaged in the exploration for, and the acquisition, development and production of, natural gas and crude oil, with emphasis on Africa and the Middle East. The company was founded by John R. Cullen on June 4, 2004 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. | Energy Minerals |
Harrison Lovegrove & Co. Ltd.
Harrison Lovegrove & Co. Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Harrison Lovegrove & Co. Ltd. provides corporate finance advisory services to the oil and gas industry. The company advises in oil and gas transactions including acquisitions, divestitures, swaps, and general advisory. It also operates in Houston, Washington, Calgary, Perth, Moscow, and Kuala Lumpur. Harrison Lovegrove was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in London, UK | Finance |
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