Leadership with Global Market Experience
Oakridge is guided by professionals with deep experience across global energy markets, institutional finance, and commercial operations. Our leadership team brings together expertise from commodity trading, investment banking, infrastructure development, and international logistics. This multidisciplinary background allows Oakridge to approach every opportunity with both financial discipline and operational insight—ensuring reliable execution, responsible governance, and long-term value creation across global energy and asset markets.
Meet Our Leadership Team
The Oakridge team brings together backgrounds in commodity trading, investment banking, infrastructure development, and global logistics. This multidisciplinary expertise allows us to approach every transaction with disciplined execution, robust governance, and a long-term perspective—ensuring reliability, transparency, and sustainable growth for our partners.
Jyyot Prashad is an experienced business professional with over 10 years of expertise across real estate, oil & gas, and commodity trading sectors. Throughout his career, he has worked closely with industry stakeholders, contributing to the development of strategic partnerships, investment opportunities, and operational growth across multiple markets.
With a strong understanding of energy markets, property investments, and commodity exchanges, Mr. Prashad has been actively involved in facilitating business expansion, deal structuring, and market positioning for emerging and established enterprises. His cross-sector experience enables him to navigate complex market dynamics while identifying high-value opportunities.
As a strategic advisor, he brings valuable insights into market development, business strategy, and industry networking, supporting organizations in building sustainable growth and strengthening their presence in competitive sectors.
Jyyot Prashad
Managing Partner
Vinod Painuly is a seasoned energy professional and management advisor with over 33 years of experience in the global oil and gas sector. His career spans the entire value chain, from exploration and production to petrochemicals and refinery operations, with significant international assignments in France and Moscow.
A specialist in strategic planning and government relations, Mr. Painuly has a proven track record of navigating complex regulatory environments and facilitating high-level cooperation between state and central government departments. He is a recipient of the Dr. Abdul Kalam Centre (KIGA) Award for innovation in governance and holds an M.Tech from IIT Kanpur. As a recognized industry expert, he frequently provides technical commentary for national media on international energy contracts and policy.
Vinod Painuly
Advisor
Sajid Obama, is an entrepreneur and energy sector professional with extensive experience in oil & gas commodities and multi-fuel trading. As the Founder and CEO of FuelCab India, he is building an AI-enabled multi-fuel marketplace aimed at modernizing energy distribution and connecting fuel suppliers with businesses.
He has also mentored 25+ startups across technology, energy, and marketplace sectors, contributing strategic guidance on growth and business development. With a strong focus on global investment leadership and innovation in the energy ecosystem, Sajid actively supports emerging ventures and scalable business models across international markets.
