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Niaz Faruqui

Investor at Chevron

Houston, Texas

Overview 

Niaz Faruqui is a Corporate Venture Capitalist based in Houston, Texas, with a background in supply and logistics management within the energy industry. He has a strong track record in optimizing value chains and operations, having worked at Chevron in various roles including VC Investor, Pricing Lead, and Global Value Chain Analyst. Highlights of Niaz Faruqui's career include his expertise in supply chain management and his experience investing in startups focusing on logistics, EnergyTech, and ClimateTech/CleanTech sectors. His current role as a Corporate Venture Capitalist involves strategic investments in Series A and Seed stage companies, particularly in Austin, Texas.

Work Experience 

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Chevron

  • VC Investor

    2018 - Current

    Transactional level full deal flow experience including lead role in landscaping, origination, diligence, negotiations, executing investments, and post-investment governance.

  • Pricing Lead

    2013 - 2018

    Led crude and products price forecasting, internal transfer pricing, fundamental analysis, inventory management and projects.

  • S&OP Coordinator

    2012 - 2013

    Coordinated the Sales and Operational Planning process, product disposition, channel and export optimization.

  • Global Value Chain Analyst

    2010 - 2011

    Coordinated the development and implementation of process improvement and sustainability efforts for the global downstream business processes.

  • S&OP Coordinator

    2007 - 2010

    Led the development and execution of S&OP for central and south Africa. Managed several sub-teams such as raw materials and refinery optimization, demand and price forecasting, and internal transfer pricing.

  • Regional Value Chain Analyst

    2004 - 2007

    Deployed global business processes and supply chain best practices across the region. Led the crude and products optimization processes as LP planner and worked on the successful migration from a legacy LP model (PIMS) to Chevron’s proprietary system (Petro).

  • Various early career assignments

    1994 - 2004

    Led the in-bound and out-bound logistics, long-term offtake agreements, and import tendering process. Implemented road transport safety initiatives around driver, vehicle and journey management. Other assignments in OE/ HES, QA, operations, optimization, strategic and business planning, in Karachi (Pakistan), Dallas (USA), Seoul (South Korea) and Dubai (UAE).

Unocal Corporation explores, develops, and produces natural gas, crude oil, condensate, and natural gas liquids

unocal.com

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