Mr. Neeraj Agrawal is responsible for Crescent Petroleum's finance & treasury functions and in particular for relationships with the investment and banking community. He is also responsible for business development, including mergers and acquisitions. His achievements include the innovative equity funding of Crescent Petroleum's gas project, successful formation & capitalization of Dana Gas (including the private placement and IPO), US $ 1.2 billion acquisition and financing of Toronto stock exchange listed Centurion Energy International Inc and Middle East region’s first forward looking accelerated US$ 1 billion sukuk issued by an associate company. He joined Crescent Petroleum in 1988 and prior to that worked with Ernst & Young and PricewaterhouseCoopers in the audit and management consultancy divisions. Mr. Agrawal has a B.Com (Honours) degree from the University of Delhi and is a Chartered Accountant.