Vikram Saini

Business Development Manager

Dubai, United Arab Emirates20 yrs 6 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Ten years of experience in the LNG industry.
  • Expert in structuring and optimizing LNG deals.
  • Proven track record in managing LNG shipping portfolios.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned LNG industry professional with expertise in deal structuring and optimization.

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Skills

Core Skills

Liquefied Natural Gas (lng)OptimizationDeal StructuringNegotiationProject ManagementTradingQuantitative AnalysisIt Infrastructure

Other Skills

EnergyValuationPetroleumStrategyRisk ManagementSales and Purchase AgreementRisk AnalysisValue at RiskStress Test AnalysisEfficiency ImprovementAnalysisEconomicsCommodity MarketsFinancial AccountingFinancial Modeling

About

With ten years of experience in the LNG industry, I am a seasoned professional who specializes in structuring, originating and optimizing LNG and shipping deals.

Experience

20 yrs 6 mos
Total Experience
9 yrs 10 mos
Average Tenure
10 mos
Current Experience

Monjasa

Commercial Manager

Jul 2025Present · 10 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · On-site

Shell

6 roles

Senior LNG Optimisation Manager

Promoted

Apr 2019Jul 2025 · 6 yrs 3 mos

  • Optimizing Shell's Global LNG and Shipping Portfolio; Structuring and Evaluating Prompt Deals (Buys, Sell and Freight charter in/out); Keeping the portfolio fit for the near future - ADP planning and Scheduling Sales and Purchases
OptimizationQuantitative AnalysisLiquefied Natural Gas (LNG)EnergyValuationPetroleum+2

Senior Deal Structurer LNG

Sep 2015Mar 2019 · 3 yrs 6 mos

  • Part of Portfolio Trading team with focus on small scale LNG bunkering and downstream LNG (DLNG) activities covering power, transport and marine segments. Responsible for deal and risk evaluation covering sales and supply points over the globe. Optimization of shipping fleet (small scale) to achieve optimal unit freight costs and utilization rates.
Deal StructuringRisk ManagementOptimizationQuantitative Analysis

Senior Commercial Advisor

Mar 2013Sep 2015 · 2 yrs 6 mos

  • Part of core (four person) deal delivery team tasked with divesting top-tier onshore and offshore oil blocks in Nigeria with total market value of over 5 bln USD
  • Lead for JV partner engagement and project management activities
  • Negotiator for Sales and Purchase Agreement and oil mining license renewal
  • Developed and coordinated management presentation to selected bidders, covering technical, commercial, financial and legal aspects of the divestment
  • Coordinated the data room work-stream and interface with potential buyers
NegotiationProject ManagementSales and Purchase Agreement

Deal Structurer and Originator European Gas & Power

Promoted

Jan 2010Mar 2013 · 3 yrs 2 mos

  • Margin contribution to trading book during 2010-2012: 9 mln USD
  • Led Trading work stream for Shell’s acquisition of Repsol’s LNG assets worth 5.7 bln USD
  • Originator of 32 value propositions with specific focus on deals with high extrinsic value, e.g. short term tolls, high volume flex deals and cross commodity products
  • Introduced tools to analyze risk of complex derivatives on the portfolio
  • Experience of diverse opportunities: New market entries, Pipeline valuation, Power Plant Operations & Valuation
TradingRisk AnalysisValuationDeal Structuring

Quantitative Analyst European Gas & Power

Promoted

Oct 2007Jan 2010 · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • Structured new methodology of capturing extrinsic value from gas storage infrastructure
  • Briefed senior management on Value at Risk and Stress Test analysis of existing portfolio
Quantitative AnalysisValue at RiskStress Test Analysis

Problem Analyst

Oct 2006Sep 2007 · 11 mos

  • - Increased efficiency of Shell’s global IT infrastructure; identified non-optimal nodal points in infrastructure (40K physical devices and 355K possible fault points) and increased availability to 96% from 92%.
IT InfrastructureEfficiency Improvement

O-pen mmi

Optical Engineer

Aug 2005Sep 2006 · 1 yr 1 mo · Copenhagen Area, Denmark

  • - Engineer in a start-up company developing innovative man-machine interface technology. Responsible for developing, testing, and characterizing optical and electronic components of the interface.

Indian army

Technical Support (Intern)

Jul 2003Aug 2003 · 1 mo

  • - Intern giving technical assistance on software integration of Radar systems. Configured interconnection of Radar consoles for easier command and control via single control unit.

Electronic data systems

Technical Field Support Engineer

Jan 2002Aug 2002 · 7 mos · Copenhagen Area, Denmark

  • - Internship as part of Bachelor’s degree – only student to secure internship abroad. Worked on global IT infrastructure, secured Microsoft Certification and deputation to client office as Field Support Engineer (Xerox Corporation).

Education

DTU - Technical University of Denmark

Masters' in Engineering — Optoelectronics

Jan 2003Jan 2005

London Business School

Certificate — Corporate Finance

Jan 2011Jan 2011

7 City

CQF — Quantitative Finance

Jan 2009Jan 2010

Punjab Technical University

Bachelor of Technology — Electronics & Communications Engineering

Aug 1999Aug 2003

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