Leadership Team

Sanjay has been Chairman of Gulf Oil International Limited for over 20 years and is responsible for leading Gulfs global strategy and expansion. He currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Gulf Oil International Ltd and Gulf Oil Middle East Limited, Gulf Oil Philippines Inc., Sangam Limited, Gulf Oil Marine Limited, and is also the Chairman of Gulf Oil Lubricants India Limited.

Sanjay currently serves as a trustee of the Hinduja Foundation UK, which is responsible for the Hinduja Family philanthropic activities in the UK.

Mike brings to Gulf 30 years of professional experience including 18 years with bp in leadership roles. His most recent role in bp was Global Vice President, Strategic Partnerships where he led a diverse global team responsible for partnership development and growth across core businesses with high value partners including global automotive OEM’s and multinational engineering and technology companies. In addition, Mike also led developments of inorganic growth options, including new acquisitions and JV’s in Europe, Africa and China.

Mike’s previous roles include Vice President for bp’s lubricants division in China. During his 4 years there he grew the business, led the development of key partnerships with Chinese OEM’s and JV companies and played a central role in setting up a lubricants technology centre in Shanghai.

Mike has also held leadership roles in Marketing. As Castrol’s Global Marketing Director, he led the development and implementation of competitive brand, product and offer strategies in both the automotive and industrial businesses.

Prior to bp, Mike worked for a global OEM as Customer Services Director as well as for a large fleet management company in the UK where he was Operations Director and a Board member.

Mike has been an active sportsman and is currently a Non-Executive Director of Bristol City WFC and an independent Board Director for Tennis Wales.

Kamuran Yazganoglu brings over 26 years of global leadership experience across the energy and lubricants industry, spanning both B2B and B2C environments. A mechanical engineer by background, he has held senior country, regional, and global leadership roles with Mobil, BP, and Castrol, working across diverse and complex international markets.

Throughout his career, Kamuran has focused on driving sustainable growth, strengthening commercial performance, and leading large-scale business transformations. He has a strong track record of building high-performing, values-driven teams and delivering disciplined execution aligned to clear strategic priorities.

Kamuran is recognised for his strong commercial acumen and calm, inclusive leadership style. He is passionate about developing people, building trusted partnerships, and creating long-term value through ethical leadership and customer centric growth.
 

Karen leads the Gulf’s legal function providing global legal and compliance support on a diverse range of matters including M&A and projects, commercial contracts, operational transformations, corporate governance, risk management and regulatory compliance. Karen provides strategic legal and business advice at Executive and Board level.

Karen has over 18 years of commercial and company legal experience. Prior to joining Gulf, Karen held senior in-house roles in the Financial Services sector at Just Group plc and GE Capital, and also at advisory firm Deloitte. Prior to moving in-house, Karen was a corporate lawyer in private practice, specialising in private equity and venture capital transactions.

Karen is a qualified Solicitor and holds a BA Hons degree in Law and Accounting from Newcastle University.

Paul brings to Gulf 30 years of finance experience in large multi-national industrial companies. Paul joined Gulf in 2022 and serves as Chief Financial Officer responsible for leading Gulf’s group finance function, taxation, treasury and managing financial risk and compliance processes working closely with the Board and Executive Management.

Paul has overseen efforts to streamline financial processes at Gulf and implementing finance transformation projects to improve the speed and accuracy of our group reporting and compliance.

Prior to joining Gulf Paul held roles of increasing responsibility within Aerospace companies spending 11 years with General Electric in their Landing Gear & Hydraulics Systems division as Financial Controller and Finance Director before moving to The Boeing Company where Paul oversaw 3x growth in 10 years building a robust finance team and ultimately holding the role of UK Group Financial Controller with responsibility for all of Boeing’s UK operations covering Defence, Commercial and Services businesses and a strategic Joint Venture. Paul has served as a board director for multiple legal entities in his previous roles.

Paul is a qualified Management Accountant and a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in the UK.

Asif brings to Gulf over 23 years of international HR experience. Asif joined Gulf in 2012 and serves as Vice President for Global Human Resources responsible for leading Gulf’s overall global talent management strategies and working closely with the Board and Management. Asif has overseen efforts that have resulted in effective and streamlined focus to global talent acquisition, skills development across the levels, improving diversity at executive level, acquisition, transformation and investing in employee wellbeing that drives business growth and creates a positive work environment. Prior to joining Gulf, Asif worked with Tata Group and Mahindra Group internationally. Asif is the recipient of 'HR Business Leader of the Year' and ‘100 Most Influential Global HR Professionals'. He has also been awarded Chartered Fellowship of The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, MSc in Human Resources, MA in HRD and Diplomat in Training & Development (Dip T&D).

Sacha is responsible for setting the strategic direction for the Gulf brand and working with local teams to build powerful activations in the market.

Prior to joining Gulf in October 2020, Sacha started her career in the lubricants business at bp where she held a wide number of Global and Regional Marketing leadership positions over her 25 years there. Her most recent role was Global Brand Director where she led a diverse global team responsible for managing the EDGE power brand – the largest brand in the Castrol portfolio. In addition, she was positioned as a ‘Master Brand expert’ in developing Castrol’s sustainability strategy and building the brand narrative for all the businesses.

Sacha is a passionate and seasoned Marketing professional holding a Marketing & Operational Research BSC Hons degree from the Lancaster University Management School.

Camille has over 25 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. He joined Gulf as Chief Finance Officer in 2002. Since then he has held leadership positions in several parts of the business, including Vice President for Business Development and Vice President for Europe. In January 2021, Camille was appointed Vice President for Strategy and Transformation responsible for positioning the Gulf brand within the mobility space as well as defining new business models.

He Camille also serves on the Board of several Gulf companies.

He started his carrier as financial auditor for Ernst & Young. Prior to joining Gulf, he spent several years as Finance Manager in a consortium including Elf, Agip and Texaco.

Camille holds a Master’s degree in Finance from EDHEC Business School, as well as a Master of Business Administration from the “Institut d’Administration des Entreprises” (Nice, France).

David oversees Gulf’s global technology function, developing the technology and product strategy agenda in support of Gulf’s growth ambition, leading research and development for next generation products, driving excellence in technology support for current products and customers, and focusing on optimisation and globalisation of the technology function and product range.

Prior to joining Gulf, David held a wide variety of senior technical, managerial, and commercially focused roles with bp and Lubrizol.

David holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge.

Frank leads Gulf Marine as Chief Executive Officer of Marine and is based in the Singapore office. He brings over 25 years of experience in the maritime industry with a proven track record in business scaling, transformation, restructuring and change management. Before joining Gulf Marine, Frank served as Chief Executive Officer of Inchcape Shipping Services from 2018 to 2023 and most recently as Chief Executive Officer of VesselMan. He also held the role of Global Operations Director at Wilhelmsen Ship Service.

Frank began his career as a seafarer and has extensive seagoing experience across a variety of vessels in worldwide trade. Since moving ashore in 2007, he has taken on complex leadership roles within Maritime Services, Port Operations and Logistics. Throughout his career, Frank has successfully led M&A activities and digital transformation initiatives, holding both commercial and operational leadership positions in global organizations.

Trilingual in English, Spanish and Norwegian, Frank is passionate about working with multicultural teams and has lived and worked in Central America, the Middle East and Europe. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Nautical Science from Vestfold University.

Ravi leads and manages the Gulf India business since 2007 and also holds responsibilities for the Cluster Markets /Asia Pacific Region since 2018. His role covers all aspects of the strategic and operational areas of these businesses, theirgrowth and profitability. He is part of the Board of Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd and Gulf Oil Marine Ltd, Gulf Bangladesh, Gulf Asia Pacific and Mangalam Retail Services Ltd.

Prior to joining Gulf, Ravi worked in Shell Lubricants from 1998 to 2006. He has extensive experience in sales, marketing, OEM and general management areas in multiple sectors ranging from FMCG, tyres, photographic films/equipment, luggage from organisations like, Polaroid, Wipro Consumer Products, Ceat Tyres and Blowplast.

Ravi holds a Master in Management Studies (MMS) degree from the University of Mumbai and a Commerce degree from Sydenham College, Mumbai.

Mr. Gaston Mienko is the General Manager of Gulf Oil Argentina, responsible for our South American territories including Brazil, Paraguay, Chile, Peru, Bolivia and Uruguay. He reports to CEO Mike Jones and is based at the Gulf Argentina office.

Prior to joining Gulf, Gaston led business operations in LATAM markets for different world-class companies such as Danone Waters, Mattel and Pillsbury - General Mills.

With a proven record of success during his solid 26-year career experience he has demonstrated strong leadership. He led the identification of new market opportunities, development and implementation of competitive strategies to accelerate business growth.

He also has a background in e-commerce as Head of Sourcing and Commercial Manager of Expedia.com/Despegar.com for LATAM markets.

Rajesh Venkat is an experienced Sales and Marketing professional with over 25 years of industry experience, with a strong focus on the lubricant sector for the past 20 years. He is a Chemical Engineer with a Master’s degree in Business Administration. Currently, Rajesh serves as the General Manager at Gulf Oil Middle East Limited (GOMEL) since February 2022, where he oversees the entire GCC team, ensuring a consistent track record of achieving substantial growth rates and cultivating robust customer relationships. Before Gulf, Rajesh had an extensive career with TOTAL, spanning various domains, including marketing & sales across Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, and other GCC and non-GCC countries.

Rafael leads Gulf Oil International’s business across North and Central America, with responsibility for Canada, the USA, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. He is responsible for driving the region’s growth strategy, strengthening customer partnerships and delivering sustainable business growth across key markets.

Rafael brings more than 20 years of leadership experience with BP and Castrol, with a proven track record of driving transformation, delivering growth and building high-performing teams across the Americas. Prior to joining Gulf, Rafael served as Vice President, Industrial US at Castrol, where he led the Industrial business and advanced strategic priorities in innovation, operational excellence and sustainability.

Throughout his career, Rafael has held senior leadership roles across the United States and Latin America, building deep expertise in commercial strategy, market execution and operational performance. He has successfully led large, diverse organisations and delivered growth across multiple markets, sectors and channels, combining strategic vision with strong commercial execution and a focus on building enduring customer and partner relationships.

Grzegorz serves as General Manager Europe, bringing over 25 years of experience in sales and marketing, including more than two decades in the lubricants industry.

He has held a range of senior leadership roles, progressing from Key Account Manager to Automotive Division Director, with a strong track record in driving business growth, strengthening market positions, and building high-performing teams.

Grzegorz combines strategic leadership with operational expertise, focusing on delivering sustainable growth and expanding regional market presence.

A key milestone in his career includes co-founding and developing a lubricants start-up, successfully launching and growing a new brand in the European market.

He has been part of the Gulf Group for over eight years and now leads the company’s strategy and growth across Europe.

Grzegorz holds a Master’s degree in Law and postgraduate qualifications in Management.