Experience

IMC SHIPPING CO. PTE. LTD.

• Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Director Drybulk

  • Feb 2022 - Present



Looking for the next challenge and job opportunity

• Retail
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Gardenleave and now looking for the next challenge

  • Jul 2020 - Present



LH Shipping Pte Ltd

• Singapore

• Head Global Shipping

  • Jun 2019 - Jul 2020

  LafargeHolcim Trading is the leader in seaborne trading of cementitious products. We provide solutions for the import and export needs of cementitious materials, gypsum, solid fuels and other dry bulk goods and support our customers with adequate services to develop their market. Our chartering and shipping teams manage a diverse network of seaborne logistics operating bulk carrier vessels and specialized self-discharging pneumatic cement carriers. From our trading offices in Zurich, Singapore and Miami we offer around the clock support to our suppliers and customers around the world.



Humanitarian health-work in Cambodia

• World Wide

• Executive

  • Mar 2017 - Jun 2019



Trammo Limited

• United Kingdom
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President & General Manager Ocean Freight

  • 2006 - Mar 2017

  Trammo AG (ex Transammonia AG) is an international Merchandising and trading firm that markets, trades, distributes and Transports Fertilizers, Fertilizers Raw Materials, Coal, Petcoke, Rice, Liquefied Petroleum Gases (LPG), and Petrochemicals . The company was founded in 1965. Trammo employs over 400 people operating in offices in 28 cities around the world. Assignments - Freight trader with a comprehensive global network who consistently has generated a profit - Provided global leadership for 19 chartering personnel in 3 geographical locations (Singapore, Zurich and Tampa) - Overall responsible towards Management for a turnover of $420m / 690 fixtures (550 dry and 140 liquid) with a combined volume of 14.8m mts (2015) - Setting and implementing strategy (short and long term) for trading freight (liquid & dry) - Day to day rating and fixing of both dry (primarily Supramax and Panamax) and liquid vessels (Stainless Steel and MR’s) - Responsible for in-house chartering department (TA Chartering) proving a service to Trammo traders (liquid and dry) - Presented business plan to the Board of Directors for setting up in-house freight trading company. Implementation and daily responsible for Trammo Bulk Carriers with a a separate Profit and Loss book - Presented investment proposal (budget & business plan) to BOD for the purchase of each 1/3 of 3 Green Dolphin vessels in Joint Venture with a Greek shipowner. Implementation of the approved project - Trading of Freight derivatives as a hedge - Performance evaluation of my staff and providing feedback - Recruiting of new talents and dismissal of people - Reporting to the CEO and the BOD - Member of the Senior Management



Glencore

• Switzerland
• Mining
• 700 & Above Employee

• Freight Trader / Shipping Expert

  • 1999 - 2006

  Glencore is one of the largest suppliers of a wide range of commodities and raw materials to industrial consumers with headquarters in Baar, Switzerland Assignments - Working in the Coal department, sitting among the traders providing instant freight quotes - Day to day in charge of our physical book (40m mts), primarily panamax and capes - Use of all tools available (FFA / Time Charter / Joint Ventures / options / bunker hedges etc.) to trade freight and optimise returns - Extensively trading of FFA (OTC) as hedge but also speculation (position taking) - The Glencore freight department is a separate profit / loss centre and we consistently made a profit trading physical and paper freight - Supervising 3 freight traders - I was offered partnership with Glencore after 2 years - Reporting to the head of Coal Freight (Angus Paul) and to the head of the Coal Division (Ivan Glasenberg and Tor Peterson)



MUR Shipping

• United Arab Emirates
• Maritime Transportation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Shipping Manager

  • 1997 - 1999

  MUR Shipping is majority owned by MacSteel International Holdings BV, a JV between ArcelorMittal South Africa Ltd and Macsteel Global SARL. The organisation has over 170 employees world wide and controls up to 100 owned and chartered vessels.MAY 1997 - COMPANY TRANSFER FROM RSA TO SWITZERLANDAssignments- Setting up the MuR Shipping office and recruiting of staff- Employed and operated vessels in the Marimur JV- Chartered in vessels (TC) on behalf of our RSA office- Serviced local customers (Alusuisse / Multistone / Glencore etc)- Closing down the MuR Shipping office in Zug and transferring to Singapore and Johannesburg

• Vessel Operator

  • 1995 - 1997

  MUR Shipping is majority owned by MacSteel International Holdings BV, a JV between ArcelorMittal South Africa Ltd and Macsteel Global SARL. The organisation has over 170 employees world wide and controls up to 100 owned and chartered vessels.Assignments - Operating a fleet of 10 vessels from A to Z



Simpson Spence & Young

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Competetive Broker

  • 1994 - 1995

  Simpson Spence Young is the world's largest independent shipbroker with offices in 15 locations. Assignments - Client and business development / management - Broking of cargo and tonnage contracts Simpson Spence Young is the world's largest independent shipbroker with offices in 15 locations. Assignments - Client and business development / management - Broking of cargo and tonnage contracts



ChemTrans AG

• Unterägeri, Switzerland

• Operation & Chartering

  • Jun 1991 - Aug 1994

  Company description ChemTrans AG is a Trading Company trading various grades of Acid (Sulphuric & Phosphoric Acid) who owns a fleet of 5 Chemical Tankers (IMO 1 + 2). Assignments - Operation of own and chartered in tonnage - Scheduling of the fleet to meet own trading needs - Fixing own fleet for 3rd party business (parcel of FC) Company description ChemTrans AG is a Trading Company trading various grades of Acid (Sulphuric & Phosphoric Acid) who owns a fleet of 5 Chemical Tankers (IMO 1 + 2). Assignments - Operation of own and chartered in tonnage - Scheduling of the fleet to meet own trading needs - Fixing own fleet for 3rd party business (parcel of FC)



Beacon Chartering & Shipping Ltd

• Auckland, New Zealand

• Shipbroker

  • Jan 1990 - Nov 1990

  Beacon Chartering and Shipping is an Auckland based shipbroker. The company has an exclusive agency agreement with the Japanese reefer-company Kyokuyo for chartering and agency of their reefers loading or discharging in New Zealand. Further they provide broker service to local Charterers. Assignments - Attended to vessels husbandry in and around Auckland - Issued all kind of shipping documents (B/L / Cargo Manifest / SOF etc) - Fixing ships for local Charterers (logs and wood pulp)



Svane & Gjoerding A/S

• Kolding, Denmark

• Apprenticeship

  • Sep 1986 - Mar 1989

  Svane and Gjoerding is a Shipbroker in Kolding handling stevedoring, customs clearance and attending to all needs of vessels calling the port. Assignments - Clearing of ships & goods - Chartering of ships for North European Trade - Laytime calculations - Stevedoring - Unloading and loading of bulk goods and general cargo - Settlements of accounts with ships and shipping companies Svane and Gjoerding is a Shipbroker in Kolding handling stevedoring, customs clearance and attending to all needs of vessels calling the port. Assignments - Clearing of ships & goods - Chartering of ships for North European Trade - Laytime calculations - Stevedoring - Unloading and loading of bulk goods and general cargo - Settlements of accounts with ships and shipping companies