1st ABBL Speakers

Mr. Shailendra Gokhale
Managing Director, Rosefield Energy Tech
Topic: Driving Sustainability in Lubricants: The Role of Circular Economy in Asia’s Rapidly Evolving Markets

Ms. Leticia Parra Rodríguez
General Manager,
SRS-TOTAL
Topic: Sustainable Solutions for Infrastructure: Clear Binders to Combat Urban Heat Islands and PMB Resistant to Hydrocarbons for Airport Durability

Mr. Guo Harn Hong (Marc)
Global Lead,
Base Oils, Argus Media
Topic: Base Oil Trends & Opportunities for the Year Ahead

Mr. Sathya Narayanan
Senior Market Reporter,
Bitumen, Argus Media
Topic: Current Trends in the APAC-Middle East Bitumen Market

Mr. Arvind Vijayvergia
Ex Chief General Manager, Institutional Business,
Indian Oil Corporation and Currently Independent Bitumen Market Expert in India
Topic: Indian Bitumen Market: Challenges and Opportunities

Mr. Tarique Kamal
CEO, Petrozo Energy
Topic – Bitumen Waterproofing: Products & Market in the Middle East

Mr. Ahmad Reza Yousefi
Managing Director,
Infinity Galaxy
Topic – Middle East Bitumen Price Outlook for H2 2025: Key Scenarios Based on Oil Price Trends

Ms. Elahe Borghei
Commercial Manager,
Black Castle Petro
Topic – Optimizing Bitumen Packaging: Advantages,
Disadvantages, and Market Demands in Far East Asia

Mr. Bhupinder Singh
Director - Lubricants and Base Oils, Bluechemgroup, Germany
Topic – Future of EV Lubricants

Ms. Sarah He
General Manager,
Shaanxi Jaenter Trading Co., Ltd
Topic – Overview of China's Bitumen Sourcing Requirements and Bitumen Road Material & Equipment Technology
PAST PETROSIL Speakers

Mr. Majid Safdari
Commercial Director,
Vista Energie

Ms. Shervin Barati
Managing Director and CEO, ETHICON EXIM PVT LTD

Mr. Masoud Shahhosseini
General Director,
Bituco Group

Mr. Hareesh Nalam
Project Manager,
Kline & Company

Mr. A.S. Prabhakar
Deputy General Manager,
HPCL

Mr. Mohsen Heidarian
CEO,
HZH Gmbh

Dr. Amitabh Kumar Jain
CGM - Product Development and OEM Business, HPCL

Mr. Saeed Behnam
Commercial Director, PGT Trading

Mr. Khaled Alblooshi
Petrotar Oil Company

Mr. Saeid Akhtar
Commercial Manager,
Storm Land Group

Ms. Nasim Ghazizadeh
Sales Manager, Faraz Oil

Ms. Karuna Sadasivam
General Manager,
Nynas AB Middle East

Mr. Ganeshan Mahadevan
GM, Idemitsu UAE

Ms. Samaneh Ameri
Chief Commercial Officer,
Signify Building Materials Trading LLC

Ms. Meenu Yadav
Business Development Head, Dana Lubricants Factory LLC,
UAE

Mr. Farhad Zandi
Business Development Manager, Wataniya Group

Mr. Vincent Frate
Biturox® Technology Manager, Poerner Ing. GmbH

Mr. Thangavel Rathina Kumar
Senior Technology Manager -
Lubricant Division, ADNOC Distribution

Ms. Amreen Rafique
Trader - Base Oil, MENA and Pakistan, GP Global Group

Prof. Ezio Santagata
Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Capt. Allen Pinto, Director Shipping Operations,
Head Bulk Bitumen Middle East, India & Africa, Richmond Mercantile Ltd Fzc

Mr. Sanjay Agarwal
DGM- Projects & Business Development, Gulf Oil Middle East Limited

Mr. K.K Krishnadas
COO & President, ICT

Mr. D Arvind
Founding Partner, Rosefield DAA International Consultancy LLP

Mr Kazem Morshedzadeh
Marketing Manager, BS Group

Mr. Sanjeev Digambar Kale
General Manager, Thermopac Process Engineering LLP

Mr. Sheriff Balogun
Managing Director,
Shebag Holding Ltd

Mr. Nikhil Agarwal
Managing Director,
Napstar Global FZC

Mr. John Matthews
Managing Director, Technix Industries Limited

Mr. Vivek Dwivedi
Sr. Vice President and Global Head - Bitumen, GP Global

Mr. Hamed Alikhani
Chairman, Siahfam Oil & Gas Holding

Ms. Beatrice Ogutu
Bitumen Sales Expert,
Gomfa Oil Company

Mr. Charles Langat
CEO, Asphalt Institute of East Africa

Mr. Bruno Marcant
Managing Director,
ValoChem

Mr. A V Pednekar
Vice President,
VVF Limited

Dr. Valentina Serra-Holm
Marketing and Technology Director, Nynas AB

Mr. Norman Sheppard
Bapco Base Oil Leader,
Bapco (Bahrain Petroleum Company)

Ms. Caroline Huot
Global Head – Lubricants, Cockett Marine Oil Group, Singapore

Mr. Satyabrata Das
Chief Executive Officer,
Gulf Oil Middle East Limited

Mr. Sudip Shyam
Global Head - Base Oils,
Gulf Petrochem Group

Mr. Denis Varaksin
Director, Base Oil and Slack Waxes, DYM RESOURCES GmbH

Mr. James Wakiru
Managing Editor - Lubezine Magazine, Lubes Africa Ltd

Mr. R. S. Sisodia
Chief General Manager,
Indian Oil Corporation
Limited

Mr. RK Mehra
Ex ED, International Trade, BPCL

Mr. Debasish Basak
GM- Fuels & Bitumen,
HPCL

Mr. S. Jena
Chief General Manager (I&C), BPCL

Mr. GS Gujral
Director and Chief Executive Officer, BITCOL

Dr. Hossein Mohammadi
Senior Advisor to CEO, Iran Mercantile Exchange

Mr. Shaho O. Mahmood
Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), Frontier Bitumen Company

Mr. Subhash Gupta
GROUP CEO, Yash International – Tanzania

Mr. Debatosh Roy
MD, Innovative Infratech

Ms. Mandana Jeihouni
Market Research Analyst,
Jey Oil Company

Eng. S.M. Bazergan
Managing Director,
Kaywan Gen. Trading L.L.C.

Capt. Rahul Varma
Director, Ally Maritime and Legal Services

Prof. Satish Chandra
Director, CSIR - Central Road Research Institute

Mr. Dharamveer Singh
Ph.D, Associate Prof, IIT Mumbai

Ms Ambika Behl
Ph.D, Sr Scientist, CSIR-CRRI

Mr. Rajesh Jain
Head - Bitumen Business, India and Indian Subcontinent, GP Global Asphalt Pvt Ltd

Mr. Farjam Behrouzi
Senior Trader/Consultant, Mehrjam International Business Development

Mr. N C Sekharan,
Vice President - Direct Sales,
Raj Petro Specialties Pvt Ltd

Mr. Stephen Dawe
Morris Lubricants

Mr. Hari Prakash M
Chief Executive Officer, GP Petroleums Ltd.

Mr. Sanjay Kumar
General Manager - Business Development, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd

Ms. Golnaz Aboutorabian
Managing Director, AB Petrochem Pvt. Ltd

Ms. Sushmita Dutta
Project Manager, Kline & Company, India

Mr. Rajib Saha
Business Manager- Lubricants, Brenntag India Pvt Ltd

Mr. Nitin Kumar Goel
Prem Oil Group

Mr. Rohan Goel
Prem Oil Group

Mr. Siva Shankar Kasturi
OEM Manager - India & South East Asia, Shell

Prof. M. C. Dwivedi (Retired)
IIT Mumbai (Chemical Engineering)

Mr. Harshad Jambaulikar
Regional Manager, Afton Chemical

Mr. Mojtaba Lotfi
Chairman & Managing Director, Black Gold

Mr. Sundaram Logaraj
Global Marketing Manager, AkzoNobel

Ms. Niloofar Talaei
Export Manager, Infinity Galaxy

Mr. Kahlil Mohajer,
International Affairs Consultant, Binas Energy

Mr. Ravi Chawla
Managing Director, Gulf Oil Lubricants India Limited

Dr. Rahool Pai Panandiker,
Partner and Director, The Boston Consulting Group

Mr. S. Venkatesan
Chief Manager (Technical Services)
Indian Oil Corporation

Mr. S K Raghuram,
Country Director, Infineum India Additives Pvt Ltd

Mr. Anuj Kumar Singh
Project Manager, Kline

Ms. Pooja Sharma
Project Lead, Kline

Mr. Vijay Deshmukh
GM R&D, Standard Greases
& Specialities Pvt. Ltd.