Christiaan van den Brink, LL.M. πŸ‡³πŸ‡± πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ πŸ‡§πŸ‡·

Commodity Finance & Risk specialist | Empowering the mid-sized commodity traders.

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

About

After 17+ years in commodity financing & risk management (claims-handling) I have set up TCF Orange. TCF Orange focuses on 3 things: 1. Bazel.eu, our fund for easier access to transactional finance for the small & mid-sized trading community -at a competitive price. 2. Consultancy for Commodity Finance; helping small & mid-sized traders to understand their financing landscape, draft & execute action plans to support their business and growth plans. Solid risk management (i.e. insurance & claim handling) is part of that. 3. Trade Finance Directory to the Adamant Group of companies, supporting their growth in the biofuels market.

Experience

  • Director at TCF Orange
    Apr 2024 - Present Β· 2 yrs 3 mos

    At TCF Orange, we work with the mid-sized commodity trading community, improving their access to financing and risk management. Our advisory services cover transactional commodity finance, project finance (commodity-linked) and claims handling for marine cargo insurance. TCF Orange is a co-initiator of Bazel, a specialty lender focused on transactional financing for commodity traders.

  • Trade Finance Director at Adamant Group
    May 2024 - Present Β· 2 yrs 2 mos

    As Adamant's Trade Finance director I am responsible for securing working capital for current, growing & new trade-flows.

  • Co-Initiator at Bazel
    Nov 2024 - Present Β· 1 yr 8 mos

    Bazel Commodities is a specialty lender financing the flow of physical commodities. We do this as a direct Lender or by extending our financing solution as embedded finance for logistcal services providers (warehouses & transportation companies).

  • Career transition at Career Break
    Feb 2024 - Apr 2024 Β· 3 mos

    Transitioning into new and more entrepreneurial ventures. A huge thank you to my colleagues, commodity friends and clients, who have always supported and inspired me. I am super excited to share more details shortly and to see what the future will be holding …something with raw materialsπŸ€“πŸ™ƒπŸ€© More news to follow shortly!

  • Sr. Manager Commodity Trade Solutions | Claims-Handling | Metals & Mining | Agri at Aon
    Sep 2018 - Jan 2024 Β· 5 yrs 5 mos

    Aon’s Commodity Trade Team is dedicated to finding the best risk and financing solutions for companies engaging in the physical commodity trade. We focus on Metals & Mining, Oil & Energy and Agri & Chemicals. Our team of industry experts, specialised brokers, claims handlers and administrators deals exclusively with commodity trade. Our clients are commodity traders, producers and commodity trade financing banks.