Harsh Chawda
Experienced corporate finance professional leading Project/ECA/Structured/Acquisition Finance, Capital Markets & M&A deals up to USD20bn+ across energy, infrastructure and renewables | Ex JPM/Citi/McKinsey
The move
MoveStandard Chartered Bank → Crescent Petroleum
TitleExecutive Director, Infrastructure and Development Finance Group → Director, Finance
LocationLondon → Dubai
Career arcRecent arrival
Cross-border moveYes · United Kingdom → United Arab Emirates
Years in UAE4.6
Total experience19.8 years
Crescent Petroleum headcount501-1,000 employees
Crescent Petroleum industryOil and Gas
Crescent Petroleum HQSharjah
Crescent Petroleum founded1971
Crescent Petroleum typePrivately Held
Career arc
- Director, FinanceAug 2025 — Present
Crescent Petroleum· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time - Executive Director, Infrastructure and Development Finance GroupDec 2018 — Jul 2025
Standard Chartered Bank· London, England, United Kingdom· Full-time - Senior Finance ManagerOct 2017 — Nov 2018Crescent Petroleum· Sharjah, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Director, Oil & Gas CoverageJun 2014 — Mar 2017Standard Chartered Bank· Dubai· Full-time
- Associate Director, Oil & Gas Investment BankingMar 2011 — May 2014Standard Chartered Bank
- Associate, Oil & Gas Investment BankingOct 2008 — Mar 2011Standard Chartered Bank
- IB Associate, Natural Resources GroupJul 2007 — Jul 2008
JPMorgan Securities Inc.
- Summer AssociateJun 2006 — Aug 2006
Wachovia Securities
- Investment Banking AnalystJan 2004 — May 2005
Citigroup Inc.
- AnalystJun 2003 — Dec 2003
McKinsey & Co.
Education
- Emory University - Goizueta Business SchoolMBA · Finance2005 — 2007
- University of MumbaiBBA · Finance and Econometrics1999 — 2002