About Axon Group
AXON GROUP DMCCO was founded in 2006 in Dubai Maritime City by Rajiv “Bobby” Saigal, son of Major Dev Saigal. The family has over 50 years of experience in the shipping and offshore business. He is a shipbroker and an investor, and a pioneer in the offshore business. His business is founded on long-term personal relationships and an encyclopaedic knowledge of the offshore shipping and EPC industry.
Specialising in refining, petrochemicals, and fertilizers, and combining traditional shipbroking skills. He lead a business with a network of valuable and important relationships around the globe and an understanding and knowledge of the global corporate markets of India, Middle East, USA, Europe and Africa operating from the modern futuristic city of Dubai to reach out and advise on complex deals across the continents in partnerships with banks, financial institutions and law firms.
Rajiv “Bobby” Saigal has particularly close relationships with companies in the Middle East, the USA, Europe, India, and Africa. He knows how to spot a deal and then pull it together, with both sides trusting his negotiating skills, discretion, and understanding of the oil and gas and shipping industries. He has a small team of in-house experts.
Other Axon in-house experts are:
Dr. Rachna Upadhya, who combines senior-level experience in Finance (ex Managing Director at Bear Stearns), medical Doctor (Senior General Practitioner and Senior Specialist Doctor in Mental Health/ General Practitioner). Has held senior positions at Collins Stewart (Managing Director), UBS (Director), Merrill Lynch and Lehman Brothers. Amongst the First female CEOs at Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Top 5 Rising Stars working in the Gulf (2009) and the Top 50 Global Stars working in Finance (2009) An MBA specializing in Finance from Imperial Management School, London also working in the field of future of artificial intelligence She also serves as an Independent Member of Council of Cranfield University, Trustee of St George’s’ Hospital Charity and a Non Executive Director of Cardiff and Vale Health Board (NHS). Has been involved in multiple healthcare IPOs and M&A deals.
Mr. Vijay Tandon based in London with 40 years of expertise in the value chain upsteam, midstream and LNG. Experience in capital markets and carbon capture across the world. Graduate MBA of Rotterdam University and Imperial College London.
Axon also has people on the ground in Mumbai and Delhi in India