Irfan S. Abji
President and CEO
Mr. Abji is the founder of Oakdale Group of Companies, LLC. Prior to starting Oakdale Mr. Abji was the Chief Financial Officer at Transcontinental Products & Services, Inc., a merchant banking firm focusing on international infrastructure projects. The company procured financing for international companies with projects in the range of $25 Million plus. Consulting Projects that Mr. Abji was directly involved in included the financing of crude topping units in Russia; Low Income Housing for the Country of Belize; Funding for a glass bottle manufacturing plant in Poland; Feasibility of a Telecommunications project which included the of launching five geosynchronous satellites for in partnership with several Russian Companies and Government subsidiaries.
Prior to his involvement with TPS, Mr. Abji was President of Texas Syndication, Inc., a subsidiary to TM Group, a family owned businesses in various countries in Africa. His responsibilities included the expansion and diversification of the businesses geographically. Projects included the acquisition of hospitality real estate when partnering with Gencom Hospitality and Patriot American Hospitality, who ultimately took all real estate holding public through a REIT; expansion of telecommunications representation of NCR and AT&T after their merger; partnering with Toronto Basketball Associates in bidding for the NBA expansion to Toronto, Canada.
Prior to his joining the family business Mr. Abji had worked for CitiBank as a Loan Executive in Southern California.
