Greater Newcastle Area
A commodities sector entrepreneur, focused on bulk commodities markets and export processes.
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Coal Port Services is an independent provider of logistics management and documentation services to the global coal industry. Coal Port Services manages key connections in the logistics, export and shipping operations of leading international coal producers and commodity traders. We specialise in the complex day-to-day management of bulk commodity supply chains, from mine gate to vessel rail, on behalf of our clients. In addition to logistics management, Coal Port Services is capable of producing and managing our client’s entire commodity and shipping related documentation, including intricate Laytime calculations. The agency operates 24 hrs a day, 7 days a week, offering clients continuous business support and market feedback on all aspects of the coal chain. Coal Port Services has business roots that extend back three generations, drawing on the expertise of staff with over 150 years’ of combined experience in coal supply chain management.
Head of Coal trading activities in the Asia region, with responsibility for coordinating 8 sales staff across 6 countries. Profit generation budget of USD$ 3 million per annum through the trading of coal futures and swaps, plus additional sale side margin maximization, customer presentations and industry conference presentations. Singapore based position. Key achievements: - Established multiple new customer relationships for SG, increasing the Energy related hedging customer base 3 fold within 12 months. - Drove company growth by developing existing customer relationships, increasing market penetration for the hedging business from 15% of activity, to 60% of activity within a 12 month period. - Built strong customer relationships with major customers, in key markets of Indonesia, Thailand, China, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea, through regular meetings with senior management - SG named No.1 bank for coal hedging services in Asia, in the Asia Risk Awards 2011, (operated by www.Risk.net). - Represented SG in speaker roles at the Argus Coking Coal Conference, held in Singapore, 2011.
Head of Coal and Iron Ore trading activities for ANZ, with responsibility for coordinating 14 sales staff across 15 countries. Profit generation budget of USD$ 5 million per annum through the trading of coal futures and swaps, plus additional sale side margin maximization, customer presentations and industry conference presentations. Key achievements: - From scratch development of the first physical product trading desk, with coal as primary focus, in an Australian commercial bank. Also developed the coal futures and Iron Ore futures trading desks. - Embraced the ANZ Pan-Asia banking strategy, and developed new customer relationships in South East Asia, positioning the bank to increase its coal industry client base six fold in just three years. - Provided the key resource support in the development of the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) “physically deliverable” coal futures market, launched 2009. Designed the physical delivery mechanism for the ASX, which was the first exchange to offer a physically delivered bulk ore contract. - Developed and implemented all ANZ proprietary contracts and processes for physical commodity trading including logistics management, export processes, and charter party documentation, including laytime calculations. - Represented ANZ in speaker roles at the Annual McCloskey’s Asian Coal Conference, held in Bali, Indonesia, 2009.
Control of all operational processes. Managing forward supply balances, planning cargos, scheduling ships, quality control and reporting, invoicing and letters of credit, charter party documentation and contract development. Additional responsibilities covered all aspects of sales, customer service, purchasing, and dispute resolution. Also responsible for the management of three staff members.